Contaminated Sites

03.03.10 :: Rvk in the Press :: Empire State News

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

03.03.10 :: Rvk in the Press :: Associated Press

EPA adds polluted NYC canal to Superfund list

03.02.10 :: Press Releases :: Contaminated Sites

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

03.02.10 :: Press Releases :: Contaminated Sites

Riverkeeper Commends EPA Decision for Comprehensive Superfund Cleanup of Toxic 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

12.15.09 :: Rvk in the Press :: WNYC: News Blogs