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Environmental groups claim science, not what they call ‘corporate interests’ should guide Hudson River cleanup

EPA adds polluted NYC canal to Superfund list

Science–Not Corporate Interests–Should Guide Hudson River Cleanup, Say Environmental Groups

EPA, GE to release final reports on PCB cleanup’s first phase Friday; groups urge EPA to determine next steps Learn More

Riverkeeper Commends EPA Decision for Comprehensive Superfund Cleanup of Toxic Gowanus Canal

Gowanus Canal
Photo credit: Josh Verleun
Tarrytown, NY – March 2, 2010 – Riverkeeper, New York’s leading clean water advocate, today commended the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to list Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal on the Superfund National Priorities List. The decision to list the canal will begin a comprehensive effort by the federal EPA to remove 150 years of contamination from the Canal’s murky bottom and to address sites along the Canal’s banks that continue to leach pollution into the waterway. Learn More

Newtown Creek: Going the Way of the Gowanus

Cleaning Up Newtown Creek

Battle Brews Over Gowanus Canal Clean-Up

Newtown Creek awaits Superfund aid

On the Waterfront – Gowanus Canal

EPA, Bloomberg Compete to Clean Gowanus

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Hudson River Valley
Hudson River Valley

In honor of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s voyage, Riverkeeper takes a journey upriver.

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