Posts Tagged ‘DOH’

Riverkeeper Responds to DEC Commissioner Joseph Marten’s decision to prohibit fracking in New York

What a victory for New York’s water and public health. Thank you, Governor Cuomo, DEC Commissioner Martens and Acting Health Commissioner Zucker, for allowing the science showing the harms of fracki… Read More

Riverkeeper Applauds Increased Funding for Land Acquisition, Flood Protection, but Identifies Key Omissions in Department of Health’s Revised Filtration Avoidance Determination

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 914-478-4501 x 239, [email protected] Calls on DOH to address turbid discharges to Lower Esopus Creek White Plains, NY, November 19, 2013 – In… Read More

Riverkeeper Calls on NYS Department of Health to Restore Measures to Protect the Lower Esopus That Were Improperly Deleted from a Key Approval at Request of New York City

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 914-478-4501 x 239, [email protected] Ossining, NY – August 29, 2013 – Days after the New York State Department of Health released a draft “… Read More

Riverkeeper: DOH Fails to Give Lower Esopus Creek Communities Full Opportunity to Participate in Process of Revising Filtration Avoidance Determination

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DOH denies upstate communities written request for local public hearing Ossining, NY – August 26, 2013 – This past Friday afternoon, the New York State Department of Health (… Read More

A Victory for Fracking Activists Across the State

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to postpone decision on fracking pending further health study Ossining, NY – February 12, 2013 – In a testament to the power of one of the g… Read More

In the Face of Pressure from IOGA, Governor Cuomo Announces DEC Will Miss November 29 Deadline for Fracking Regulations

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 … Read More

Health Experts Appointed by State but DOH Remains Silent on What is being Reviewed and Whether there will be Opportunity for Public Input

Riverkeeper applauds Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner Nirav Shah for appointing three highly-regarded public health experts to review the Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) anal… Read More

Riverkeeper Urges Comprehensive, Objective & Inclusive Study, in Response to State Commitment to Delay Fracking Decision until Announced DOH Health Review is Complete

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 516-526-9371, [email protected] White Plains, NY — September 21, 2012 — Riverkeeper is encouraged that the state will not make a deci… Read More

Riverkeeper Urges Comprehensive, Objective & Inclusive Study, in Response to State Commitment to Delay Fracking Decision until Announced DOH Health Review is Complete

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 516-526-9371, [email protected] White Plains, NY — September 21, 2012 — Riverkeeper is encouraged that the state will not make a deci… Read More

Toxic PCBs: New Information Points to Need for Removal, Long Term Effects

Last month, the EPA issued national guidance recommending that schools take steps to reduce potential exposures to PCBs from older fluorescent lighting fixtures, as part of the agency’s ongoing effo… Read More

Tell Gov. Hochul to block invasive species at the Erie and Champlain canals
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