Q&A with scientist Gregory O'Mullan, an author of recent research on the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the Hudson River, and what it means for those who use the river recreationally.
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3.3 Million - That’s how many fish and other Hudson River organisms are killed every day on average at the Indian Point nuclear power plant.
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PSC Sends Rockland Desalination Plant Back to Drawing Board
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Riverkeeper, in conjunction with a coalition of environmental groups represented by Earthjustice – Catskill Mountainkeeper, Clean Air Council, Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, and Sierra Club – submitted comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Constitution Pipeline’s application to construct a interstate pipeline to transport natural gas from Pennsylvania to the New York City and Boston metropolitan areas.
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Photo via Creative Commons - Flickr, Lock the Gate Alliance/Doug Kerr
Hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale produces millions of gallons of contaminated and potentially radioactive waste fluid, which could be sent to Albany wastewater treatment plants or spread on Albany roads.
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Riverkeeper Friends, There’s a vision we all share. A Hudson that’s teeming with wildlife and that’s safe for swimming on these brutally hot days. A drinking water supply that’s valued and secure. Everyday we realize more and more of this vision, and it’s thanks to […]
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Twaalfskill sewage discharge, July 16.
Update on the City of Kingston's response to a sewage discharge into the Twaalfskill Brook that has been estimated at 500,000 gallons, and which has been flowing since at least July 8.
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River herring from the Hudson River (Photo courtesy Tom Lake)
Draft letter supporting reform of the Atlantic herring fishery, in order to protect Hudson River river herring, including American shad, blueback herring and alewives.
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Rob Farris viws the Twaalfskill from his yard, July 9, 2013. (Photo by Dan Shapley)
Riverkeeper continues to investigate a sewage discharge in the Twaalfskill, a tributary of the Rondout Creek in Kingston, NY.
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This is What Democracy Looks Like
If you support grass-roots democracy — and politicians who are willing to fight for it — please like and share this post. Riverkeeper is a proud partner of the folks pictured here – the Rockland Water Coalition. They’re fighting a proposed desalination plant that would […]
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