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What a victory for New York’s water and public health. Thank you, Governor Cuomo, DEC Commissioner Martens and Acting Health Commissioner Zucker, for allowing the science showing the harms of fracking to be the basis for New York State DEC’s decision to prohibit fracking. More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jared Margolis, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 717-6404, [email protected] Leah Rae, Riverkeeper, (914) 478-4501 x 238, [email protected] Petition Seeks to Limit Length, Weight of Oil and Hazardous Material Trains to Prevent More Derailments Existing Federal Proposals Fail to Sufficiently Protect Public, […] More
In August, the independent state Authorities Budget Office (ABO) announced it was investigating the Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) to determine if the state’s laws and processes were followed as the Cuomo Administration sought to raid funds through the Clean Water Act to instead support construction costs of the New New York Bridge. More
Increasing Numbers of Crude Oil Trains Moving Across New York State And Down the Hudson River Valley Pose New Risks to Children, Schools, Communities and the Environment More
Two leading Hudson Valley environmental groups are applauding a decision today by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) that United Water should not continue to pursue its proposed desalination plant in Haverstraw, Rockland County. More
More action needed to end threat to river and communities from explosions, spills More
Community leaders and environmentalists to call on GE not to abandon river cleanup with only 65% of the job done More
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Current plan doesn’t address rail and marine shipping of Bakken and Tar Sands crude More
Public Service Commission Greenlighted Danskammer Operation Without Considering Impacts to Hudson River Water Quality and Regional Air Quality More
Action taken to discourage further attempts to raid funds, and ensure due public process for future projects More
Tell Gov. Hochul to block invasive species at the Erie and Champlain canals
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