05.19.15
:: Rvk in the Press :: The Buffalo News
Preserve River Ecology
05.18.15
:: Press Releases :: Crude Oil Transport
Riverkeeper sues DOT over critically flawed crude-by-rail standards
Riverkeeper is challenging new U.S. Department of Transportation crude-by-rail standards in federal court, saying that they fail to protect the public and the environment from proven threats.
05.16.15
:: Rvk in the Press :: MSNBC
Oil shipped by rail another safety concern
05.14.15
:: Rvk in the Press :: Rockland County Times
TZ Bridge Blog: NYS Drops Appeal for Clean Water Funds Money
05.12.15
:: Press Releases :: Preserve River Ecology
Riverkeeper statement on EPA/NY agreement regarding Tappan Zee and Clean Water funds
Riverkeeper has the following statement in response to today’s announcement of an agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation.
05.07.15
:: Crude Oil Transport
DOT delivers industry wish list on bomb trains
CR: Jennifer Willis
05.07.15
:: Rvk in the Press :: Nyack-Piermont Patch
National, Local Officials Call for Ban on Crude Oil Train Shipments
05.06.15
:: Rvk in the Press :: The Journal News
Lowey: Ban explosive crude from rail
05.05.15
:: Rvk in the Press :: Times Union
Schumer urges tougher oil train safety rules
05.04.15
:: Press Releases :: Crude Oil Transport
Riverkeeper responds to Sen. Charles Schumer’s proposal on crude oil train safety
For Immediate Release: May 4, 2015 Contact: Leah Rae, Riverkeeper 914-478-4501, Ext. 238 “Sen. Schumer is right to demand faster, stronger action to address the imminent danger from crude oil trains that run straight through our towns daily and along our rivers daily,” Riverkeeper President Paul Gallay said. “We should not have to wait five or 10 years for what’s urgently and clearly needed: to get accident-prone rail cars, clearly prone to disastrous spills and explosions, off the tracks.” “The feds have acknowledged these accidents will continue – at a […]
