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Anti-fracking groups agree on risks, disagree on a Cuomo tactic

Riverkeeper, state official debate effects of Ashokan Reservoir release

New Scientific Evidence Shows Magnitude of Potential Fracking Risks Has Grown

Environmental & Public Health Groups Urge Cuomo to Stand Firm on Moratorium and Conduct Comprehensive Health Impact Assessment

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Rockland residents voice opposition to desalination at PSC hearings

A century later, battle over NYC reservoirs divides upstate, city

Riverkeeper Calls on NYS Department of Health to Restore Measures to Protect the Lower Esopus That Were Improperly Deleted from a Key Approval at Request of New York City

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Days after the New York State Department of Health released a draft “Filtration Avoidance Determination (FAD)” that allows New York City to continue dumping turbid water from its reservoir system into Lower Esopus Creek, Riverkeeper has learned that two key provisions, designed to protect the Lower Esopus from such practices, had been deleted from the document at the insistence of New York City.

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Critics blast NYC and state Health Department for reversing proposed rules on watershed

Enviro Official Says NYC DOH Denies Request For Public Hearing

Riverkeeper wants NYC’s filtration waiver tied to rules regarding muddy discharges from Ashokan Rservoir

Riverkeeper: DOH Fails to Give Lower Esopus Creek Communities Full Opportunity to Participate in Process of Revising Filtration Avoidance Determination

DOH denies upstate communities written request for local public hearing

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