The view from our patrol boat, last night and this morning as we departed southbound from Waterford. The changing weather is on dramatic display over the Hudson. Sunset, on a blustery Sunday evening. Early this morning.
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. There’s controversy about a proposed sewer rate hike in Troy, where the cost of maintaining and upgrading sewers to prevent catastrophic failures and chronic overflows is rising, after decades of under-investment. The situation is common to communities around New York State with aging infrastructure, […]
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In response to environmental and public safety concerns about the AIM pipeline, Algonquin has asked that the gas be turned on next Friday.
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Riverkeeper spent a full day collecting samples along the Upper Hudson Thursday, in partnership with Jarrett Engineers. By day’s end we gathered more than 30 samples from 150 miles of the river upstream of the Troy dam. Water Quality Program Director Dan Shapley draws a […]
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Hudson River off Hyde Park. (Photo: John Lipscomb / Riverkeeper)
Looking south just before sunrise Monday morning, as we pass the existing, authorized anchorage for commercial vessels at Hyde Park. No vessels were anchored here. None were here the evening before, when we arrived from Ossining. If this existing authorized anchorage is underutilized, what is […]
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Help us help Newburgh. Riverkeeper is fighting to make sure the toxic PFOS contamination affecting the city’s water supply is cleaned up, the reservoir is protected from future contamination – and that all those exposed to toxic drinking water contamination are provided blood testing as […]
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A new report today identified $1 billion in needed water infrastructure investments in the Hudson Valley alone. It calls on state leaders to invest $800 million next year in community water infrastructure grants, and to make permanent the New York State Water Infrastructure Improvement Act. […]
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Kaare Christian speaks at the first annual meeting of the Roe Jan Watershed Community. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
It was less than a year ago that Kaare Christian called Riverkeeper with a concern: His creek wasn’t “on the map” – the map of Hudson River tributaries where Riverkeeper and our partner are sampling water quality. Within weeks, Kaare had put the Roeliff Jansenkill […]
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Indian Point is falling apart at the seams – literally. The latest malfunction at the 40-year-old nuclear plant is a leak of oil used to lubricate the plant’s turbine. Questions remain about how this happened. But we all know: The time has come and gone […]
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Slice of New Paltz has produced a 30-minute documentary on Wallkill River algae, and the work of Riverkeeper and the Wallkill River Watershed Alliance to monitor river conditions, support cleanup activities, and get people out on the river. Hear from Jen Epstein of Riverkeeper; Jason […]
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