06.27.13
:: Press Releases :: Public Access
Riverkeeper: Access to River at Poughkeepsie Dock Restored
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06.27.13
:: Press Releases :: Preserve River Ecology
Riverkeeper to Present Testimony at NYC Council Hearing on Post-Sandy Resiliency Planning and Legislation
Riverkeeper will provide prospective on the City Council’s proposed local laws addressing the current and future resiliency of New York City’s infrastructure in the wake of Superstorm Sandy beginning at 10:00 a.m. at City Hall.
06.20.13
:: Press Releases :: Water Quality
Groups File Notice of Intent to Sue EPA for Failure to Protect Beachgoers from Water Pollution
06.19.13
:: Press Releases :: Water Quality
Riverkeeper, Citizen Action Results in $9.9 Million to Upgrade Tarrytown Pumping Station
Money will go toward repairing pump station directly responsible for multiple sewer line breaks and discharges of raw sewage into the Hudson
06.18.13
:: Press Releases :: Water Quality
DEC Falling Short on Sewage Right to Know Law
Environmental Groups Calling for Answers at Upcoming Meeting
06.04.13
:: Press Releases :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
Rockland County Legislators Praised For Voting to Ban Radioactive Fracking Waste
County Ban Prohibits Road Spreading, Processing or Dumping of Toxic Waste from Gas Drilling
05.30.13
:: Press Releases :: Indian Point
New Report Documents How Entergy Spends Millions on Lobbying, Campaign Contributions and Deceptive PR Strategies to Influence Indian Point Relicensing
The following is a statement by Brooklyn for Peace, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition, New York Environmental Law and Justice Project, New York Public Interest Research Group, PHASE, Riverkeeper and Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter in response to today’s release of the Common Cause report, Generating Influence: Entergy’s Political Spending and the Battle over the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant:
05.22.13
:: Press Releases :: Safeguard Drinking Water
Riverkeeper Multi-Year Study Answers Question – Is My Tap Water Safe to Drink?
Finds quality of New York City water remains high, but identifies concerns and potential future threats and calls for City action on pharmaceuticals, turbidity, waterborne pathogens and lead at the tap
05.14.13
:: Press Releases :: Indian Point
Citizens’ Coalition Calls for Action as NRC Rubber Stamps another Safety Assessment of Indian Point and Reduces Number of Inspectors at the Plant
Urges hearings on evacuation planning and immediate dry cask storage of dangerous nuclear waste; releases report card giving the NRC failing grades for not addressing critical safety issues at Indian Point
05.13.13
:: Press Releases :: Indian Point
Coalition Urges Action on Indian Point in Advance of May 14 NRC Annual Assessment Meeting
Environmental and citizens’ groups, and former and current elected officials are joining forces in a call for action in advance of yet another rubber-stamped safety assessment of the Indian Point nuclear power plant.
