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Today Riverkeeper released Volume 9 of its Industrial Gas Drilling Reporter. Learn More

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. Learn More

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

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

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 … Learn More

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. Learn More