Blog articles by Riverkeeper staff and supporters

Cross-posted from the Newtown Pentacle – photo by Mitch Waxman (February 16, 2009)  Sadly, oil is seeping out of a bulkhead on the Queens side of the Newtown Creek. Famously, the Greenpoint Oil Spill (click here for a link to newtowncreekalliance.org for more) occurred just across the water […] More
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Imagine walking down the streets of Manhattan and bumping up against a well pad every 20 blocks. More
  View more images on our Flickr site Riverkeeper was proud to stand alongside our fellow advocates and concerned citizens in delivering much needed water to fracking victims in Dimock, Pennsylvania. This delivery was especially poignant because the clean water in the 5,700 gallon truck […] More
Another busy season on the river is behind us! We hauled out this past Friday, and while we’re certainly sad to be back on land, we’ll be back in the water before you know it! Read about what an epic season we had here and […] More
(NYC & Dimock, PA)— It wasn’t a flood or natural disaster that left more than a dozen families in Dimock, PA without clean drinking water. The disaster in Dimock was caused by the Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation’s use of the hazardous gas drilling method […] More
With sunsets like this, we’re going to be mighty sad to haul the boat out of the river on Friday.  We took this in Haverstraw Bay on our way back to the boatyard.  More
This week the Sparkill Watershed Alliance (SWA) celebrated it’s 1st Anniversary with a gathering at Aleksandra Becnel’s creek-side home, the perfect setting! A handful of the Sparkill Watershed Alliance members celebrating! (Right to Left) SWA Founder, Laurie Seeman, yours truly and Sparkill Creek The Sparkill […] More
CBS News came aboard recently to discuss Hudson River turbidity following Hurricane Irene. More
Last week, we were southbound from Waterford during our November patrol.   After transiting the Federal lock, we photographed the Troy Dock fuel hoses and overturned floating dock sections, which were flipped during Irene. Note that, in addition to the two large blue fuel lines coming over […] More
Our friends over at Ecocentric have just published a great article about Reed Super and our parts in the case for closed-cycle cooling, and the latest version of the regulation.  The article covers why closed-cycle cooling is important, and why it is actually economically feasible. You can […] More