Riverkeeper Blogs

Just how does Riverkeeper’s water sampling program yield results in the form of a cleaner river? Watch this video to see how our innovative, $350,000-a-year project – testing the Hudson and its tributaries – helped drive $160 million in vital clean-water investment in the last […] More

In a preview of much more to come, the 2014 Riverkeeper Sweep got off to an early start April 16 when Metro-North Railroad cleaned up an area of Oscawana Island in the Town of Cortlandt where anonymous dumping had occurred over the years. The town […] More

The NYS Department of State is set to close public comment Thursday, May 8, at 4:30 p.m. on the proposed expansion of Global Partners’ oil terminal in New Windsor. This terminal expansion could facilitate the transfer of up to 1.8 billion gallons of heavy crude […] More

Joan Hornig, philanthropist jeweler and wife of our board member George Hornig, has created a one-of-a-kind necklace to benefit Riverkeeper. More

Riverkeeper is urging our members and supporters to write to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation to take immediate action to reduce the risk from transportation of crude oil by rail through New York State. More

Riverkeeper will continue to assist in the exciting restoration of Randall's Island Park as a rare haven for wildlife at the kickoff event for the 2014 Riverkeeper Sweep, our third annual day of service for the Hudson River estuary. More

Watch this important webinar, “Preventing a Crude Oil Spill on the Hudson” from March 26, featuring Riverkeeper’s Watershed Program Director Kate Hudson and Hudson River Program Director Phillip Musegaas. Kate and Phillip provide background on the “virtual pipeline” for crude oil that snakes thousands of […] More

Spring is just around the corner… and that means there are lots of ways for you to volunteer with Riverkeeper! Earth Day Fairs and Festivals: Communities throughout the Hudson Valley and New York City are bringing people together for fairs and festivals the week of […] More

Last week, the Albany Times Union printed an in-depth investigative story that shows just how underhanded GE has acted regarding its discharge of millions of pounds of toxic PCBs in the Hudson River, including covering up its discharge and the negative health effects of PCBs. More