News and updates
Updates on our work and mentions in the media
December 19, 2024
Our effort to reduce pollution in Newtown Creek
December 19, 2024
Changes to striped bass management under consideration
December 10, 2024
Riverkeeper proposes changes to support striped bass populations
December 10, 2024
Hudson River advocates resume calls for more PCB cleanup ahead of EPA meeting
WAMC
December 4, 2024
Riverkeeper testifies on "forever chemicals" at NYS Assembly
Shannon Roback, PhD
November 21, 2024
Get involved to protect the Hudson's iconic bass
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will hold a webinar on Monday, December 16 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm to consider changes to striped bass management.
November 16, 2024
Rising temperatures in Hudson River are '5-alarm fire' for wildlife
November 16, 2024
Suit: Endangered sturgeon accidentally being caught off Long Island
November 12, 2024
’Praying for rain’: How New York farmers are dealing with drought — and unexpected brush fires
November 8, 2024
Environmental groups challenge findings in EPA’s Hudson River Superfund Site review
The Friends of a Clean Hudson (FOCH), a coalition of national, state, and regional organizations led by Riverkeeper, Scenic Hudson, and Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, submitted comments on the EPA’s draft third five-year review for the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site calling on the agency to find the cleanup is “not protective of human health and the environment.”
November 4, 2024
Tracking New York's background radiation levels
WQXR
October 31, 2024
Striped bass recovery remains below targets
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