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03.02.10 :: Press Releases :: Contaminated Sites

Riverkeeper Commends EPA Decision for Comprehensive Superfund Cleanup of Toxic Gowanus Canal

Photo credit: Josh Verleun

Tarrytown, NY – March 2, 2010 – Riverkeeper, New York’s leading clean water advocate, today commended the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to list Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal on the Superfund National Priorities List. The decision to list the canal will begin a comprehensive effort by the federal EPA to remove 150 years of contamination from the Canal’s murky bottom and to address sites along the Canal’s banks that continue to leach pollution into the waterway.

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12.15.09 :: Rvk in the Press :: WNYC: News Blogs

Newtown Creek: Going the Way of the Gowanus

12.15.09 :: Rvk in the Press :: WNYC

Cleaning Up Newtown Creek

12.09.09 :: Rvk in the Press :: WNYC

Battle Brews Over Gowanus Canal Clean-Up

12.03.09 :: Rvk in the Press :: Queens Courier

Newtown Creek awaits Superfund aid

10.22.09 :: Rvk in the Press :: New York Times Magazine

On the Waterfront – Gowanus Canal

10.15.09 :: Rvk in the Press :: Brownstoner

EPA, Bloomberg Compete to Clean Gowanus

08.11.09 :: Press Releases :: Contaminated Sites

Leading Environmental Organizations Applaud Resumption of Hudson River PCB Dredging

For Immediate Release Contact: Rebecca Troutman 914-478-4501 x 241 POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – The three leading environmental advocacy organizations in the Hudson Valley—Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson—applauded today the decision by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resume dredging of PCBs around Fort Edward, NY with enhanced engineering controls at dredging locations to reduce spillage of material back into the river and re-suspension of PCBs. Dredging was halted on Friday, August 7 after General Electric (GE) notified the EPA that regularly monitored water testing results exceeded a […]

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07.24.09 :: Latest Developments :: Contaminated Sites

GE Hudson-PCB Dredging Update

Photo Courtesy John Norton

July 24, 2009. Since the commencement of the dredging on May 15, over 57,000 cubic yards of river sediment have been removed from the Hudson River around Rogers Island in Fort Edward, NY, and in the east bank of the river near Griffin Island. And, so far, EPA and GE are reporting no violations of Performance Standards for the resuspension of PCBs (500 parts per trillion, which is the EPA drinking water standard). Due to Riverkeeper concerns about GE’s full commitment to this remediation, at the July 16 EPA – […]

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07.16.09 :: Rvk in the Press :: Capital News 9

Contaminated Sites

Riverkeeper Commends EPA Decision for Comprehensive Superfund Cleanup of Toxic Gowanus Canal

Newtown Creek: Going the Way of the Gowanus

Cleaning Up Newtown Creek

Battle Brews Over Gowanus Canal Clean-Up

Newtown Creek awaits Superfund aid

On the Waterfront – Gowanus Canal

EPA, Bloomberg Compete to Clean Gowanus

Leading Environmental Organizations Applaud Resumption of Hudson River PCB Dredging

GE Hudson-PCB Dredging Update

Bickering and questions at dredging meeting

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