Blog articles by Riverkeeper staff and supporters

Please view this webinar recorded January 21, 2016 on the Pilgrim Pipelines and the threats they pose to New York and New Jersey communities. More

It's very exciting to see graduate engineering management students take the principles of environmental sustainability and apply them to the field. More

Every male smallmouth bass caught in the Wallkill River as part of a federal survey of national wildlife refuges in the Northeastern U.S. had “intersex” characteristics, such as immature eggs that formed in their testes. The likely cause is the presence of endocrine disrupting chemical contamination in the river. More

The need for investment in clean water infrastructure in New York State is the largest in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Watersheds Survey, released January 13. More

What IS that orange stuff? That question occurred to Gareth Hougham of Hudson Valley Arts and Science while conducting two rounds of water quality monitoring on the Sparta Brook this summer. More

There's news breaking today that Gov. Andrew Cuomo intends to propose boosting spending in the next New York State budget for the Environmental Protection Fund, increasing year-over-year funding from by nearly $125 million to $300 million. More

State grants have recently been announced, which will result in at least $22.6 million in direct state and federal investments in community wastewater or green infrastructure projects and studies to improve water quality in the Hudson River Watershed. More

By a unanimous vote, the NYS Public Service Commission decided to abandon Suez’s controversial plan to tap, treat and desalinate Hudson River water and pipe it to Rockland County homes and businesses. More

After eight years of an acrimonious public debate, on December 17, 2015, the NYS Public Service Commission is expected to finally decide the fate of a proposal by multinational giant Suez Environment to construct a controversial Haverstraw Water Supply Project desalination plant for public drinking water in an irreplaceable habitat of the Lower Hudson River. More