06.01.17
:: Press Releases :: Contaminated Sites
Riverkeeper released the following statement today in response to the EPA’s second five-year review report on the Hudson River PCBs Superfund site. Riverkeeper President Paul Gallay said: “The evidence clearly shows the Hudson River remedy is not protective of human health and the environment and will not meet EPA’s goals. EPA’s decision flies in the face of that evidence. Instead of moving the goal posts, EPA should try to meet its own goals by mandating additional remediation. We cannot accept an outcome that will leave Hudson River fish toxic for […]
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05.30.17
:: Press Releases :: Contaminated Sites
WHEN: Saturday, June 3, 2017: 1 – 4 p.m. WHERE: Kingsland Wildflowers, 520 Kingsland Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222 WHAT: Members of the public are invited to join community organizations, agencies and environmental groups for a Newtown Creek Community Visioning Workshop. HOSTED BY: Riverkeeper & Newtown Creek Alliance Newtown Creek is a 3.8-mile waterway border between Brooklyn and Queens, a federally designated Superfund site with a long history of industrial pollution and environmental neglect. Each year, billions of gallons of raw sewage flow into the creek. This is a key time […]
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01.18.17
:: Rvk in the Press :: Poughkeepsie Journal
12.22.16
:: Press Releases :: Contaminated Sites
Late yesterday, the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation released its independent report on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s review of the cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contamination in the Hudson River.
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12.01.16
:: Rvk in the Press :: Daily Freeman
11.17.16
:: Contaminated Sites
The EPA Five-Year Review of Hudson River PCBs Superfund site is underway, and more must be done to ensure that it is open, transparent, and scientifically reliable assessment.
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11.15.16
:: Rvk in the Press :: Times Union
11.10.16
:: Rvk in the Press :: Brooklyn Daily Eagle
11.04.16
:: Rvk in the Press :: Hudson Independent
10.27.16
:: Rvk in the Press :: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
