The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has begun environmental review for the Atlantic Bridge Project and is requesting input regarding the scope of that review. The Atlantic Bridge Project is the second planned expansion of the Algonquin natural gas pipeline system, following the Algonquin Incremental […]
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The third transformer explosion and fire in just eight years at Indian Point is proof positive that we need to decommission this unreliable, unsafe and environmentally damaging facility. This most recent incident is particularly disturbing not just because starkly similarly failures have already happened twice, […]
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Our friend, paddler and clean water advocate Margo Pellegrino, shares this report from her remarkable journey. Learn more at her blog, Paddle 4 Blue. I’ve paddled an outrigger canoe solo along the length of the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts. I’ve done this for […]
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The Final Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (“SGEIS”) on High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (“HVHF”) is a document to be celebrated. It contains the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (“DEC”) finding that “there is currently insufficient scientific information to conclude that [HVHF] can be undertaken […]
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Today I patrolled south from Waterford and Troy through the Port of Albany and was reminded of some photos sent to me in 2012 by my longtime great friend Susie Rogers (Bard Professor, kayaker, author of “My Reach: A Hudson River Memoir”). She was kayaking […]
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Last weekend’s transformer fire and resulting oil spill are the latest wakeup call about the multitude of unacceptable dangers at the Indian Point nuclear plant. We spoke with Andrew Whitman on Fios1 “NewsBreakers” about the spill and the bigger picture. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player […]
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Courtesy: Union of Concerned Scientists
New Yorkers have a unique opportunity to support sustainable energy in our state – and we all need to pay attention and speak up. The state-led initiative Reforming the Energy Vision (REV), seeks to address the immense challenges facing New York State’s energy system, maintain the state’s leadership on climate policy and provide affordable energy to the public. Aiming to radically alter the trajectory of New York’s energy delivery system, the initiative emerged in late 2014 and is planned throughout 2015.
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Carol grabs a sample at
Newburgh's public boat launch. A couple fishermen were looking on, curiously, and when I called in a missing pollution discharge public notification sign that was supposed to be placed at one of the city's combined sewer outfalls, I learned from the city that all the signs are being improved and replaced. One improvement: They'll face both the shore and the water. Newburgh has excellent leadership when it comes to water issues. Nice job, Newburgh.
By the time I boarded the Riverkeeper patrol boat in Garrison around 9 a.m. on May 13, Capt. John Lipscomb and Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory research assistant Carol Knudson had already traveled from Ossining and gathered three water samples from Peekskill, Annsville Creek and Fort […]
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Passing Indian Point this morning at 0800 – no sheen or odor observed. We patrolled the same areas we visited and documented on Sunday morning after the transformer explosion and spill at the nuclear plant. There was a strong southwest wind yesterday veering to northwest […]
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(Photo: Sean Dixon)
We spotted this egret Tuesday during our patrol along Newtown Creek. When I see wildlife on the creek, it gives me hope. Nature is waiting for us to do the right thing – If we clean up the creek, wildlife is going to rush back. […]
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