Preserve River Ecology - Latest Developments

The state is close to making a decision on United Water’s proposed desalination plant for Rockland County; a plant that would be costly to our environment as well as our wallets, increasing Rockland’s water bills by almost $500. The devastation from Hurricane Sandy leaves Rockland County residents with even deeper concerns about this plant.

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Riverkeeper has submitted to New York State on the proposed Tappan Zee Bridge project which point out how the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) is legally and factually deficient in at least three key areas...

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Riverkeeper is going live on RNN! We’ll share our concerns about the proposed Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project with senior political reporter Andrew Whitman, on the Richard French Live program on Friday, August 24. Issues to be addressed include: The lack of mass transit and financing plans for the Tappan Zee project The seriousness of the project’s impacts on the Hudson River ecosystem Assuring a public role in future decision-making To date, the Governor has not provided plans to deal with these key issues. Too little is known about the […]

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Last week, New York State released its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed new Tappan Zee Bridge project. Since that time, Riverkeeper has reviewed the 1,000+ page document and found serious areas of concern.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Department of Transportation are rushing forward with plans to build a new Tappan Zee bridge without adequately considering alternatives or legitimate community concerns – and without adequately protecting the Hudson River from significant damage that would result from this massive construction project.

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The Hudson River needs you. Governor Cuomo and State agencies involved are bent on pushing through a plan to replace the Tappan Zee Bridge at breakneck speed, while refusing to answer the public’s tough questions about cost, mass transit, impacts to the Hudson River and even the fundamental question of whether we need a new bridge in the first place.

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Riverkeeper will be filing detailed comments about the Tappan Zee Bridge draft Environmental Impact Statement before the public comment deadline on March 30. These are some of our top concerns.

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United Water New York, the company that supplies most of Rockland County’s drinking water, has proposed building a desalination plant it calls the Haverstraw Water Supply Project.

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New York is rushing the reconstruction of the Tappan Zee Bridge, and we need you to send a message to the Department of Transportation: Slow down, study alternatives and build the right project for the region's future.

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