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
Blog articles by Riverkeeper staff and supporters
Left to Right: Rob Friedman, Patrol Boat & Water Quality Program Assistant, Phillip Musegaas, Hudson River Program Attorney, and Josh Verleun, Staff Attorney and Chief Investigator Some of the team after a patrol on Newtown Creek. More
The level of turbidity in the Lower Esopus Creek continues to run extremely high at the mouth of the creek as it empties muddy red water into the much clearer Hudson River. The below photos were taken on November 11 during our November patrol.It has a […] More
Left to right: Captain Mike St Jeanos, Officer Scott Daly, Officer Martin Skotarczak (their colleague, Officer Anthony Glorioso was aboard in October). Last Friday we had Department of Environmental Conservation’s Region 4 law enforcement officials aboard for a patrol from Saugerties to Waterford. We’ve worked […] More
On November 10, 2011, the industry-dominated U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) advisory panel on fracking released its second report, which expressed mild frustration at the pace of government and industry’s efforts to implement the panel’s August 2011 recommendations. “Progress to date is less than the […] More
Last week, we had a CBS film crew aboard to discuss post-Hurricane Irene river conditions. By sheer luck, the DEC fisheries team happened to be out doing beach seins for young-of-year fish as part of a long-term study on Hudson River fish species. Based on […] More
Sea smoke as we headed southbound for NY Harbor before sunrise. Tappan Zee Bridge at dawn. More
Saturday, October 29. The Fletcher in her berth at Westerly Marina in Ossining. The snow started midday. Beautiful. More
On October 18th we were southbound from Kingston to Ossining, midway through our October water quality sampling patrol, when we came upon the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater in Haverstraw Bay. She is always beautiful, but today she was more lovely than usual. More
Professors Karl Coplan and Dan Estrin with Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic students out on the Fletcher! More
