New draft regulations allow dangerous DOT-111 cars to remain on the rails for shipment of heavy tar sands crude and do not go far enough, fast enough, to protect the Hudson River and local communities. More
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“Riverkeeper said this loan wouldn’t pass federal review and sure enough, the EPA has struck almost all of it down. Good for them. Now, the state needs to take the half billion dollars it tried to loan to itself for the bridge and spend it properly - on the state’s crumbling wastewater infrastructure.” More
Illegal commencement of construction highlights need for strict oversight of all Tappan Zee Bridge construction activities More
New EPA regulation fails to set a standard for protecting aquatic species More
Peekskill Brewery and Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. are brewing a first-of-its-kind collaboration beer to benefit Riverkeeper, New York's clean water advocate. More
Following recent actions taken by Albany, Rockland and Ulster Counties, the Orange County legislature has passed a resolution with unanimous bi-partisan support, calling for the state to conduct a comprehensive environmental study of the impacts of increased crude oil transport by train... More
Paul Gallay, Hudson Riverkeeper, offered the following response to approval by the NYS Thruway Authority Board of a $255.7 million Clean Water Act loan for construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge: More
Today the New York State Thruway Authority Board of Directors is slated to vote on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s $256 million clean water raid to fund construction of a new Tappan Zee Bridge. The Board is proceeding with the vote despite explicit statements from senior Environmental Protection Agency officials casting doubt on the validity of the loan, and a pending request to the New York State Authorities Budget Office to investigate whether the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation Board (EFC) violated its fiduciary duties by rushing to approve the loan without proper review. More
Continues call for immediate emergency action to ban the use of DOT-111 train cars to carry crude oil More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 516-526-9371, [email protected] 23% of Water Samples and 61% of Sample Sites Fail to Meet EPA Safe Swimming Guidelines OSSINING, NY – July 17, 2014 – Riverkeeper today released “How’s the Water? 2014” its third report summarizing the state of […] More
