Blog articles by Riverkeeper staff and supporters

Today’s editorial in The New York Times highlights the very same concerns Riverkeeper has been raising regarding New York’s failure to commit to issuing regulations before permits and the inadequate proposal for protecting the NYC drinking water supply in its revised fracking environmental impact statement: […] More
On August 25, 2011, a Sullivan County judge enjoined Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. from drilling for natural gas under a residential subdivision, and barred the company from recovering the $99,255 signing bonus it paid to the homeowner for the rights to drill. At issue […] More
In response to Hurricane Irene, the Riverkeeper Patrol Boat, the R. Ian Fletcher, retreated upstate to the Coxsackie area.  The photos in the following slideshow were taken before, during, and after the storm. For photo captions double click on the image. Our prayers go out […] More
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Photo courtesy Giles Ashford
Tell Gov. Cuomo & NY’s Environmental Agency: 60 Days is Not Enough! Join us for a virtual rally on September 6th from 4 to 8 pm to tell Governor Cuomo and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) how you feel about dirty gas drilling and […] More
In a Riverkeeper exclusive interview by Karen Rybold-Chin, Lisa Graves, Executive Director of The Center for Media and Democracy, talks about the task forces of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the work going on to secretly advance its agenda, targeting legal rules that […] More
This past Saturday we brought the boat north from Ossining to avoid the worst of Hurricane Irene. We anchored in the sheltered channel between Coxsackie and Rattlesnake Islands and the west bank of the river. As you can see in the photo below, the shoreline […] More
Last month, we blogged about Morgantown, West Virginia’s passage of an ordinance that banned shale gas drillers from using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) techniques in the city or within a mile of the city’s limits. Northeast Natural Energy and Ern-out Properties LLC sued the city shortly […] More
Originally posted at Ecocentric. As a new mom, Mary Ann Hitt knows that “this fight is the single biggest thing” she can do to protect her daughter’s future. The fight? To foil plans–conceived about a decade ago–for a new “coal rush” that would have put […] More
When: August 23, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Where: Katonah Village Library, The Garden Room, 26 Bedford Road, Katonah, N.Y. 10536 NY Senator Greg Ball (R, C- Patterson) will hold a hearing on August 23, 2011 to examine the risks and benefits of hydraulic fracturing (also […] More
On August 11, 2011, after 90 days of deliberation, a seven-member U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) advisory panel released an interim report presenting recommendations to reduce the environmental impacts from shale gas production. The panel’s recommendations may serve as a major turning point in the […] More

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