Blog articles by Riverkeeper staff and supporters

Despite the recent historic ban on high-volume fracking, New York still has a fracking waste problem. More than 510,000 tons and 23,000 barrels – and counting – of waste from oil and gas extraction operations in neighboring Pennsylvania have been shipped to New York landfills […] More

Community scientists have expanded Riverkeeper’s water quality sampling program far beyond our own sampling patrol along the Hudson, by working along New York City’s waterfront and in 211 miles of Hudson Valley streams. In this video, Laurie Seeman of Strawtown Art & Garden Studio explains […] More

Riverkeeper and Sierra Club co-presented a webinar, “An Update on Crude Oil Transportation in the Hudson Valley” on May 27 with Sean Dixon, Hudson River Program Staff Attorney for Riverkeeper; Roger Downs, Conservation Director for Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, and Kate Hudson, Riverkeeper’s Director of […] More

Dan Shapley visits with Catskill Creek community partners aboard Riverkeeper’s patrol boat at Riverview Marine in Catskill yesterday after receiving samples from Catskill Creek, right to its headwaters, which we are processing aboard. More than 20 Catskill Creek samples are being processed in Riverkeeper’s onboard […] More

First 2015 Water Quality Report The first of six Hudson River Estuary water quality sampling patrols of the 2015 season is complete, and the results are posted at riverkeeper.org. Note that the results presented here and on the Web represent a snapshot in time, and […] More

We need your help to end the loophole that allows the oil and gas industry to avoid hazardous waste requirements! The oil and gas industry currently enjoys a special exemption from New York State requirements governing the treatment of hazardous waste. Even though waste from […] More

Riverkeeper applauds the decision by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation regarding the proposed expansion of Global Companies' rail-to-barge transfer terminal in Albany, which would facilitate the transport of heavy "tar sands" crude oil. Riverkeeper calls on the state to follow through on what they’ve begun today and promptly issue a “positive declaration” requiring an environmental impact statement. More

Riverkeeper and former Assembly member Richard Brodsky have released the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) response to their request for a complete list of exemptions granted to the Indian Point nuclear power plant to otherwise binding NRC safety regulations. More

Members of the public reporting an oil sheen in the wake of the Indian Point transformer fire and oil spill should call both of these authorities: Federal/EPA spill hotline: 1-800-424-8802 NYS spill hotline: 1-800-457-7362 Photos are critical, and can be submitted to both EPA and […] More