Safeguard Drinking Water - Latest Developments

Say NO to the Governor Moving Forward with Fracking Regulations Before Environmental and Health Reviews Are Complete

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Governor Cuomo announced Tuesday that the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) would miss its November 29 deadline to finalize fracking regulations, which will require DEC to re-issue those regulations for an additional public review and comment period.  At a press conference yesterday at the Javits Center in New York City, Cuomo said, “we want to make sure [fracking is] safe and we want to make sure the environment is protected, [and] people are protected, and that’s why we’re doing a health assessment.” The “health assessment” Cuomo is referring to is […]

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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 Submits Letter in Support of EPA’s Determination that the Lower Esopus Is Impaired

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Testifies that legislative action on hydrofracking is urgently needed Riverkeeper testified in Albany today at the Senate Democratic Conference Public Forum on Hydraulic Fracturing along with our partner organizations and fellow advocates. Riverkeeper urged swift legislative action to address the substantial flaws in the state’s hydrofracking proposal and to end significant gas industry exemptions that exist in the state’s regulations. Specifically, Kate Hudson, Watershed Program Director for Riverkeeper, testified about the urgent need for: a health impact assessment on hydrofracking; closure of a regulatory loophole that currently excludes the gas […]

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Thank you to the many New Yorkers that have shared your concerns regarding hydraulic fracturing (fracking) with me. I am inspired by the passionate response I have seen in New York and around the country to protect our environment against irresponsible shale gas development.

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In response to today's ruling by Justice Donald F. Cerio, Jr. for the Otsego County Supreme Court, the New York Water Rangers released the following statement

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In response to the ruling by state Supreme Court Justice Phillip Rumsey, the New York Water Rangers released the following statement:

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has made it clear it intends to issue a finalized Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) this spring, which means that fracking could move forward under the state’s flawed proposal as early as this summer.

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