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Take action today and urge the DRBC to postpone a vote on an application by XTO Energy (ExxonMobil Corp.) to withdraw 250,000 thousand gallons of water per day from the Oquaga Creek in Broome County, NY for gas drilling in Broome and Delaware counties.

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The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), has issued drilling and fracking rules against the will of New York State, New York City, Philadelphia, the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, many elected officials, and thousands of citizens. Please submit comments today to the DRBC.

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Send a message right away urging EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to ensure that GE conducts a full cleanup of its toxic PCBs from the Hudson River.

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Riverkeeper has worked with Clean Water NOT Dirty Drilling coalition partners to ask folks to take action to help protect New York’s drinking water. Clean Water NOT Dirty Drilling is a network of organizations working to protect the rights and health of landowners and communities and our most precious of environmental resources — clean drinking water — from the dangers of irresponsible, poorly regulated, and under-inspected gas drilling. The network has put together a pre-written letter outlining comments on New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Draft Strategic Plan for […]

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Riverkeeper is part of the initiative to restore New York’s Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) in the state budget and time is running out! In his budget proposal this year, Governor Paterson cut environmental funding to the bone. He slashed staff at the Department of Environmental Conservation and shut down dozens of parks. He also cut $69 million from the Environmental Protection Fund, which protects what we love most-our parks and zoos, drinking water, natural areas and farmland, and much more. When the Governor tried this last year, the Legislature restored […]

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