It’s like the gas industry and their apologists are living in a different universe from the rest of us, when it comes to the risks from shale gas extraction via fracking. Call it the “Spin Zone.” At a Wall Street Journal conference last week, Chesapeake […] More
Blog articles by Riverkeeper staff and supporters
How does the CEO of a major fracking company react when asked to publicly answer to facts about the true environmental and economic cost of hydraulic fracturing? The same way frackers react to the contaminated drinking water and wrecked communities they leave in their wake: […] More
There’s a lot of talk lately about the comfort-of-your-own-home brand of advocacy known as slacktivism, but grassroots environmentalists on the Hudson River aren’t paying much attention to it. They’re too busy doing cleanups, taking water quality samples and occupying government agencies until officials pony up […] More
It feels like Spring and the Patrol Boat is almost back on the water. This morning we were out (on foot) doing some sampling and snapped this lovely shot. Get ready to see us back out on the water shortly! More
Last week Riverkeeper was at the Brooklyn Brewery discussing local water quality issues with a full room of area clean water advocates. Riverkeeper staff and volunteers were joined by City Councilman Steve Levin and other community leaders. The “How Is the Water?” talk was sponsored […] More
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 2:44 PM To: John Lipscomb Subject: Update John, At 1355 on Wednesday March 7, 2012 I took two friends to see the Retired Staten Island Ferry that is taking on water at SteelWays Shipyard in New Windsor, NY. We went to the Newburgh […] More
In September, a watchdog reported to us that sewage was flowing from a pipe in the northeastern corner of Beacon Harbor in Beacon’s waterfront park.Discharge Source and Duration A member of the public discovered the discharge on September 17th, 2011. Riverkeeper began collecting water samples […] More
On Friday, February 24, New York Supreme Court Justice Donald F. Cerio, Jr., upheld the town of Middlefield’s ban on natural gas development within its borders, just three days after Justice Phillip R. Rumsey upheld Dryden’s nearly identical ban. The Dryden and Middlefield decisions are […] More
