03.22.10
:: Press Releases :: Riverkeeper

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Tarrytown, NY – March 22, 2010 -- Riverkeeper applauds the passage of the “Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act” by the House of Representatives on March 19, 2010. The Act would fund a federal study to assess whether the Hudson Valley should be made a unit of the National Park Service, in order to better preserve and promote the region’s outstanding natural, cultural, historic, recreational and scenic resources. The study area would stretch from Fort Edward, on the Upper Hudson above Albany, to the southern border of Westchester County. The Act was introduced by Congressman Hinchey on November 3, 2009, and co-sponsored by Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey and Congressmen Eliot L. Engel, Paul D. Tonko, John J. Hall, and Scott Murphy. A companion bill was introduced in the Senate on March 17 by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
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03.22.10
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03.22.10
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03.18.10
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03.12.10
:: Rvk in the Press :: The Journal News
03.08.10
:: Press Releases :: Stop Polluters

RvK and NYC SBS Dockmaster Unit patrol Gowanus Canal for polluters
New Increased Fines Will Deter Lawbreakers
Tarrytown, NY- March 8, 2010 – Riverkeeper, New York’s leading clean water advocate, today commended the New York City Council for passing Int. 54-A, a bill substantially increasing penalties for illegal dumping in New York City Waters. The bill, passed unanimously by the City Council, creates a new civil penalty for dumping into the waterways where none currently exists, setting fines at not less than $1,500 or more than $10,000 for the first violation, and not less than $5,000 or more than $20,000 for each subsequent violation.
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03.05.10
:: Latest Developments :: News
Article as it appeared in the Journal News – March 2, 2010
In the decade that he has led Riverkeeper, Alex Matthiessen has been a tireless advocate for the health of the Hudson River. In an effort to make the river more swimmable and fishable, and to preserve the quality of the drinking water supply, Matthiessen has fought with polluters, tussled with many of the developers who build in the watershed, and taken on giants like Entergy, the owner of the Indian Point nuclear power plants. Matthiessen, who announced last week …
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03.04.10
:: Latest Developments :: Riverkeeper
At the end of 2009, Riverkeeper launched its first-ever logo design contest in order to cast a wider net for a fresh, new perspective to symbolically represent the essence of who we are as an organization.
We received nearly 500 entries, which were boiled down to a final few in a very close competition. The winning design was by Sabine Reichert, a Hastings-on-the-Hudson resident, whose image instantly captured the key elements of what we stand for in one succinct symbol.
Sabine received her Masters in Illustration and Communication Design from the …
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