05.11.16
:: Docket
Huge thanks to all the volunteers who came out to the shorelines, from Brooklyn to the Capital District, on May 7, 2016, for our 5th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep. We invite you to stay involved and make a difference throughout the year. Join us! Be part of a good thing. Sweep 2016 by the numbers: Number of projects: 108 Number of volunteers: 2,200 Trash removed: 39 tons Recyclables removed and recycled: 9 tons Number of tires removed: 423 Trees and shrubs planted or maintained: 836 Most common debris: plastic bottles, Styrofoam […]
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05.02.16
:: Docket
John Parker, Riverkeeper’s Director of Legal Programs, speaks with “The Many Shades of Green” on WRCR Radio as we get ready for two big events: Riverkeeper Sweep on Saturday, May 7, and the Fishermen’s Ball May 18. “Riverkeeper, in its history of over 50 years, started out as a group of fishermen that were just fed up with what they started seeing on that river – pollution taking its toll, local communities impacted, oil literally coming out of the Croton train station, not far from where we are. These were […]
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02.06.16
:: Rvk in the Press :: The Hudson Independent
01.21.16
:: Rvk in the Press :: The Journal News
12.10.15
:: Get Involved
Riverkeeper was delighted to be part of the conference "Global Warming: Environmental Ethics and Its Practice," hosted by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Oct. 29 in New York City.
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10.21.15
:: Press Releases :: Take Action
Event to press delegates to UN Paris Climate talks to commit to "urgent carbon reductions."
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10.09.15
:: Rvk in the Press :: New Paltz Times
09.21.15
:: Rvk in the Press :: Daily Freeman
07.16.15
:: Rvk in the Press :: Daily Freeman
05.22.15
:: Rvk in the Press :: Saugerties Post Star