Blog articles by Riverkeeper staff and supporters
Originally published at Ecocentric Paul Gallay, Executive Director & Hudson Riverkeeper and environmental attorney Reed Super talk about how power plants using once-through cooling technology to cool their turbines and produce electricity are destroying the Hudson River’s fish and aquatic life in this important new […] More
Riverkeeper and Clean Water NOT Dirty Drilling, a coalition of environmental organizations working together to protect New York water, have launched a video ad campaign to raise awareness of the danger hydraulic fracturing poses to New York State’s water supply. A blog post in The […] More
The Water Quality Sampling Season for 2011 has officially begun and with it life gets even busier! Today we sent out our first monthly Water Quality Report of the year – for our May patrol – and a flurry of emails from throughout the Hudson […] More
Power plant cooling water intake systems kill billions of fish and other aquatic creatures every year and currently require more water than any other industry in the United States. Many of these plants are located on some of the nation’s most beautiful and treasured waterways. […] More
*As published on Ecocentric Blog by Kyle Rabin | 05.18.2011 | Rob Weltner, President of Operation SPLASH [Photo courtesy of Dulce Fernandes] Rob Weltner grew up on the south shore of Long Island so the South Shore Estuary looms large in his life. “Ever […] More
Wall Street Journal story on the sewage and storm water overflow problems in the waters around New York City: Many old communities in the Hudson Valley have Combined Sewage Overflows (CSOs) and as a result their local waterways suffer sewage contamination when it rains. Green […] More
By Kari Lydersen *As published on Midwest Energy News The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new steps to reduce the number of fish killed by power plant cooling systems, but critics say the plan, which relies on state-level enforcement, will be ineffective. Every year billions […] More
Progress on the boat 3/28/11 through 4/10/11 Fourteen weeks in. Patching and cleaning up sheer strake continues – we use it as a filler job – in between doing other things. Luke shaping pins to fill old fastener holes in transom framing Frames are pinned, ready […] More
by Peter Hanlon 04.20.2011 No, the Other Power Plant Rule (the one about killing fish) Photo courtesy of Brian Smith, Citizens Campaign for the Environment I don’t know about you, but I’m a big fan of eating and breathing and of wildlife with fully-functioning reproductive […] More
