08.19.10
:: Rvk in the Press :: Huffington Post
08.19.10
:: Latest Developments :: Safeguard Drinking Water
08.19.10
:: Latest Developments :: Safeguard Drinking Water

Algae Blooms - Photo courtesy Laurie Seeman
On July 15, 2010, Gov. Paterson signed into law new legislation banning the use of phosphorus in dish-washing detergents and lawn fertilizers throughout New York.
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08.11.10
:: Latest Developments :: Riverkeeper Events
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.
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08.11.10
:: Rvk in the Press :: The Daily Freeman
08.10.10
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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.
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08.06.10
:: Rvk in the Press :: Now or Never Radio
08.04.10
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Photo courtesy Giles Ashford
Last night the NY State Senate passed a bill that places a moratorium on fracking in the Marcellus Shale in New York.
This is an important victory that was possible because of ALL OF YOU stood up and said DON’T FRACK WITH NY WATER. This bill was DOA until you rallied, wrote and called. We now need the Assembly to pass the bill and then Governor Paterson to sign it.
This is a great victory, but it’s only a brief reprieve from fracking. That’s time for the next Governor to …
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06.26.10
:: Latest Developments :: Safeguard Drinking Water
Riverkeeper has just launched the Don’t Frack With NY Water! campaign to get the word out about the potential threat that “fracking” (short for hydraulic fracturing) poses to the safety of New York’s water.
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06.14.10
:: Rvk in the Press :: The Indypendent