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Sundown at Indian Point (Part 2)

A clean sweep for the Hudson River

DEC halts Lafarge tire burning

River sweep, spring trash day coincide

Riverkeeper River Sweep Recap

Riverkeeper speaks out against NYC’s turbid releases from Ashokan Reservoir into Lower Esopus Creek

Saugerties, N.Y. – Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan held a news conference in Saugerties today with other elected officials and advocates to draw attention to the impacts from New York City’s practice of releasing massive amounts of turbid water from its Ashokan Reservoir into Lower Esopus Creek. Read the news release here. Following is a statement from Paul Gallay, President and Hudson Riverkeeper: The New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s management of the Ashokan Reservoir is critically important to the 9.5 million residents of New York City and many […]

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NYS program helps protect drinking water at its source – Riverkeeper statement

New York State announced Monday that more than 40 communities will benefit from the new Drinking Water Source Protection Program, which will assist communities in developing multi-faceted programs to address specific threats to their drinking water supplies. Riverkeeper has advocated for this program, as one response to the drinking water crisis in City of Newburgh that came to light five years ago this month. Communities in the region that will benefit from this program include: The Hudson 7 communities (City and Town of Poughkeepsie, Village and Town of Rhinebeck and […]

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New York Indian Point Nuclear Plant Shuts Down, Ending an Era

A hopeful post-nuclear future: Celebrate the closure of Indian Point, an unsafe and unnecessary plant

As Indian Point Goes Dark, New York Races to Swap Nuclear With Wind

Tell Gov. Hochul to block invasive species at the Erie and Champlain canals
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