04.05.23
:: Press Releases :: News
Holtec adds insult to injury with early discharge plan Holtec, the firm responsible for decommissioning the Indian Point nuclear power plant, has informed the Indian Point Energy Center Decommissioning Oversight Board that it intends to begin releasing radioactive wastewater from the plant into the Hudson River in May, at the start of the recreation season. This is three months earlier than the timetable described by Holtec during a meeting February 2 with the oversight board. As public outrage increases over the planned discharges of radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River, […]
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03.22.23
:: Rvk in the Press :: Governing
03.16.23
:: Rvk in the Press :: Governing
03.15.23
:: Press Releases :: Storm Surge Barriers
Commenting on Army Corps’ $52 billion proposal for storm surge protection, Riverkeeper urges a broader approach that avoids environmental harm and addresses the full combination of flood risks – sea level rise, tidal flooding, rising groundwater and heavy rainfall – not just storm surge.
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03.14.23
:: Press Releases :: News
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it would set health-protective limits for several perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water at concentrations close to zero, establishing the first federal limits on pollution from the class of synthetic chemicals known as PFAS. Riverkeeper has supported health-protective PFAS standards such as those EPA proposed today. “We’ve seen that PFAS contaminate many drinking water supplies in New York State, especially in the lower and mid-Hudson Valley,” said Dan Shapley, Riverkeeper Co-Director, Science and Patrol. “Once in force, these new federal standards […]
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03.13.23
:: Rvk in the Press :: New York Times
03.09.23
:: Rvk in the Press :: Earth Island Journal
03.09.23
:: Rvk in the Press :: Hell Gate
03.07.23
:: Rvk in the Press :: Brooklyn Eagle
02.27.23
:: Rvk in the Press :: The Journal News
