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Riverkeeper Supports New York State’s Denial of Critical Certification for Indian Point

Indian Point DEC public meeting
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

City Expands East River & Long Island Sound Cleanup Effort

End of Summer Sale

Fish Pin
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

New York City Council Town Hall Meeting on Fracking

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

LAJARA: What’s the fracking problem?

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EPA Public Meetings Postponed

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

RvK Made Voice Heard at Listening Sessions

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

Safe to Swim?

Two Sides of the Fracking Fracus