11.21.12
:: Latest Developments :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
Governor Cuomo announced Tuesday that the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) would miss its November 29 deadline to finalize fracking regulations, which will require DEC to re-issue those regulations for an additional public review and comment period. At a press conference yesterday at the Javits Center in New York City, Cuomo said, “we want to make sure [fracking is] safe and we want to make sure the environment is protected, [and] people are protected, and that’s why we’re doing a health assessment.” The “health assessment” Cuomo is referring to is […]
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11.15.12
:: Latest Developments :: Preserve River Ecology
The state is close to making a decision on United Water’s proposed desalination plant for Rockland County; a plant that would be costly to our environment as well as our wallets, increasing Rockland’s water bills by almost $500. The devastation from Hurricane Sandy leaves Rockland County residents with even deeper concerns about this plant.
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10.12.12
:: Latest Developments :: Safeguard Drinking Water
Riverkeeper Submits Letter in Support of EPA’s Determination that the Lower Esopus Is Impaired
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10.10.12
:: Rvk in the Press :: Mid-Hudson News
10.05.12
:: Press Releases :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
Riverkeeper commends the over 50 medical professionals and the Broome and Tompkins County Medical Societies who renewed their call for the state to conduct a comprehensive health impact assessment (HIA) on fracking in a letter to Governor Cuomo released yesterday.
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10.02.12
:: Rvk in the Press :: New York Time
09.26.12
:: Rvk in the Press :: NRDC Switcboard
09.26.12
:: Rvk in the Press :: Mid-Hudson News
09.26.12
:: Rvk in the Press :: Examiner
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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