The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the Syracuse meeting, originally scheduled for this Thursday, August 12th at the Oncenter Complex Convention Center, as been cancelled. The Agency now intends to hold a new public meeting on the study in upstate New York […] More
Blog articles by Riverkeeper staff and supporters
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced they are moving this Thursday’s public meetings from Binghamton, NY to the Oncenter Complex Convention Center in Syracuse, NY. The meetings will allow the public to comment on EPA’s upcoming fracking study. EPA will hold three sessions this […] More
Today, Andrew Cuomo released his new Energy policy document, Power NY, the New NY Agenda. The Agenda is a step in the right direction but stops short of calling for a permanent ban on fracking in our watersheds. The Agenda states that “existing watersheds are […] More
Last night the NY State Senate passed a bill that places a moratorium on fracking in the Marcellus Shale in New York. This is an important victory that was possible because of ALL OF YOU stood up and said DON’T FRACK WITH NY WATER. This […] More
The debate over hydraulic fracturing has gained the attention of Capitol Hill. In response to concerns raised about the safety of hydrofracking, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct a scientific study to determine the impact of natural gas drilling on drinking water and the […] More
In an op-ed today in the Chelsea Now newspaper, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and member James Gennaro called for a ban on fracking in the state: It will not be enough to merely place more regulatory hurdles in the path of those […] More
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio would ban drilling in NYC Watershed. But Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the democratic candidate, has made no such commitment. A recent article in the Ithica Journal outlines the positions of the two candidates. In his New NY Agenda, Attorney General […] More
New Yorkers know that our tap water is essential during sweltering city summers. Riverkeeper visited an NYC Water-On-the-Go station at Union Square Park to talk to parents, pet owners, and other folks about keeping cool with the best H2O in the world. You can join […] More
A New York Times article leads off with a chilling picture of the consequences or under-regulated gas drilling, or fracking, in Pennsylvania: Around suppertime on June 3 in Clearfield County, Pa., a geyser of natural gas and sludge began shooting out of a well called […] More
