09.25.12
:: Press Releases :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 CONTACTS: Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper, P: 215.369.1188 x 102 Cinda Waldbuesser, National Parks Conservation Association, P: 215.327.2529 Tina Posterli, Hudson Riverkeeper, P: 914.478.4501 x 239 Coalition disappointed by further court delays that jeopardize local communities, the environment and our national parks. Brooklyn, N.Y. – The U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York ruled that a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) is not ready for judicial review. The lawsuit was filed on August […]
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09.21.12
:: Press Releases :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
Riverkeeper is encouraged that the state will not make a decision on fracking until NYS Health Commissioner Nirav Shah completes his newly-announced review of the health analysis in DEC’s environmental impact statement on fracking.
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09.13.12
:: Press Releases :: Stop Polluters
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its decision requiring the Lower Esopus Creek to be included on New York State’s impaired waters list, disapproving the State’s previous determination to exclude it.
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09.10.12
:: Press Releases :: Public Access
Riverkeeper and a coalition of organizations and local citizens (collectively, Riverkeeper) announced a settlement agreement today in their lawsuit against the City of Poughkeepsie and its Mayor and Common Council (the City) for restricting public access to the Hudson River.
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09.06.12
:: Press Releases :: Pollution Enforcement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 914-478-4501 x 239,
[email protected] Tip from citizen watchdog leads to cleanup of junkyard sites in West-of-Hudson Watershed Ossining and White Plains, NY – September 6, 2012 – Riverkeeper announced today that a citizen watchdog tip and its own investigation led to New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) requiring the cleanup of a junkyard operation in the West-of-Hudson watershed town of Fleischmanns, located just outside of the Catskill Forest Preserve. A citizen watchdog reported discharges of auto fluids from junkyards into bodies of […]
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08.22.12
:: Press Releases :: Riverkeeper
Council Votes 44-0 to address impact of climate change on New York City and its most vulnerable citizens, expand public engagement
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08.20.12
:: Press Releases :: Preserve River Ecology
Riverkeeper called today’s vote on the Tappan Zee Bridge project at the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) meeting a major departure from past promises of transparency and inclusiveness.
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08.17.12
:: Press Releases :: Preserve River Ecology
Tappan Zee Bridge. Photo by Rob Friedman.
Riverkeeper urges executives of Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties to demand details about financing, tolls, public transportation and river impacts before voting for Gov. Cuomo's proposed new Tappan Zee bridge project.
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08.16.12
:: Press Releases :: Safeguard Drinking Water
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 15, 2012 Contact: Tina Posterli, 516-526-9371,
[email protected] In response to Governor Cuomo’s proposal today to remove permit requirements for medium Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), a coalition of leading environmental groups released the following statement: “As organizations committed to protecting and restoring New York’s rivers, lakes and streams, we are very concerned by the announcement today that New York State will weaken state environmental protections put in place to protect public health, safety and the environment by exempting medium sized industrial farms from its CAFO permit […]
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08.15.12
:: Press Releases :: Indian Point
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 914-478-4501 x 239,
[email protected] Riverkeeper: NRC Chief’s concerns and no solutions in sight signal that it’s time to start planning to close Indian Point Ossining, NY – August 15, 2012 – In a recent interview, newly appointed chairwoman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Allison Macfarlane, stated that industry’s review of seismic risk at nuclear plants is inadequate. She also said that the NRC has no deadline in mind for drafting a policy for nuclear waste storage. Following is a statement by Paul Gallay, […]
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