Blog articles by Riverkeeper staff and supporters

Our friend, Greg Porteus, pilot and foundation president of Launch 5, just sent us these great photos from the 8 Bridges Swim. Thank you again to the event organizers for including us in this incredible event, and congrats on completing the swim! Jumping in! Splash! […] More
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by Kyle Rabin and Peter Hanlon 10 Things to Know about Power Plant Water Use: Some things get better with age. Not power plants. The nation’s older power plants that still rely on antiquated and damaging once-through cooling systems have a huge thirst for water. […] More
Last Sunday, 60 Minutes aired a segment by Leslie Stahl discussing the potential economic positives and the environmental perils of fracking.  The piece features contrasting interviews of Aubrey McClendon, the CEO of Chesapeake Energy, the largest independent gas producer in the country, and Michael Brune, […] More
Yesterday we had the privilege of bringing several journalists out on the river to cover the 8 Bridges Swim. The 8 Bridges Swim is running from the Rip Van Winkle Bridge near Catskill to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City, covering 120 miles of […] More
Here is another sneak peek from the upcoming 2011 version of Fractured Communities: Geologists have postulated that there may be a connection between hydrofracking and seismic events, such as earthquakes. On May 27, 2011, England’s sole hydrofracking project was halted after two earthquakes occurred less […] More
On June 30, France became the first country to institute a national ban on natural gas extraction through hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”).  The bill passed France’s lowest legislative chamber, the National Assembly, on June 21 and on June 30, the Senate followed suit. The Senate vote […] More
We took these photos as we came southbound from Waterford folllowing the completion of our June water quality patrol. Results from our June patrol will be posted shortly. Turtles and cormorants at Binnen Kill Bald (headed) Eagle at Rattlesnake Island Great Blue Heron at Catskill […] More
In Putnam County there are no official beaches but people enjoy the Hudson from the shore wherever they can. On our current patrol north we passed Garrison and Cold Spring on Wednesday, a beautiful warm day. We saw two adventurous cliff divers in Garrison and […] More
Industry is challenging the constitutionality of a West Virginia town’s hydrofracking ban on Marcellus Shale drilling. Last week, Morgantown, West Virginia passed an ordinance banning natural gas drillers from using hydrofracking techniques in the city, or within a mile of the city’s limits. Northeast Natural […] More
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This August, Riverkeeper will release an updated version of Fractured Communities, available here. Fractured Communities describes hundreds of case studies demonstrating that industrial gas drilling, including horizontal drilling using high-volume hydraulic fracturing, results in significant adverse environmental impacts. We will be posting sneak peeks of […] More

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