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Today Riverkeeper released Volume 9 of its Industrial Gas Drilling Reporter. Learn More

On July 15, 2010, Gov. Paterson signed into law new legislation banning the use of phosphorus in dish-washing detergents and lawn fertilizers throughout New York. Learn More

On August 2, Riverkeeper filed formal comments with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in response to the application by Champlain-Hudson Power Express, Inc. to build a 1,000 megawatt transmission line from Quebec to New York City. Champlain-Hudson is proposing to bury the high – voltage DC (HVDC) cable in the bed of the Hudson River from just below Albany to Yonkers and New York City, where the power will be fed into the grid. Learn More

Last month, Riverkeeper, together with its partners Scenic Hudson and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), fought back against efforts by Entergy, the owner of the Indian Point nuclear power plant, to overturn the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (“DEC”) denial of a critical water quality certification. Learn More

Riverkeeper is cleaning out its closets before the holiday season and we need your help. Support the organization you know and love by sporting our classic logo mugs, sweatshirts, and t-shirts. We have additional items for sale below that you won’t find on our website. Learn More

On Tuesday, August 24th from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, the New York City Council will hold a town hall meeting to discuss natural gas drilling in New York State. Learn More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the Syracuse meeting, originally scheduled for this Thursday, August 12th at the Oncenter Complex Convention Center, as been cancelled. The Agency now intends to hold a new public meeting on the study in upstate New York in September and will announce the location as soon as it is confirmed. Learn More

Riverkeeper made sure that the top-level federal officials who visited the Hudson Valley last week as part of President Obama’s “America’s Great Outdoors” initiative heard us loud and clear: the key to “America’s great outdoors” is great water quality. Learn More

Last night the NY State Senate passed a bill that places a moratorium on fracking in the Marcellus Shale in New York. This is an important victory that was possible because of ALL OF YOU stood up and said DON’T FRACK WITH NY WATER. This bill was DOA until you rallied, wrote and called. We now need the Assembly to pass the bill and then Governor Paterson to sign it. This is a great victory, but it’s only a brief reprieve from fracking. That’s time for the next Governor to … Learn More