By Allie Granger, Advocacy & Engagement Intern On June 6th, Riverkeeper joined forces with dozens of allied environmental and community organizations in Albany for the first New York State Bring Your Own Bag Act Advocacy Day. During our 7th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep, participants cleaned up […]
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Join the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center for a lively conversation about environmental justice and gentrification along the Brooklyn waterfront when professors Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis discuss their new book, Green Gentrification: Urban Sustainability and the Struggle for Environmental Justice. Their book explores […]
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Photo: Beth Allee / Riverkeeper
A group of dedicated – seriously dedicated – volunteers helped complete Riverkeeper’s annual effort to clear trash from the shorelines, the project known as Riverkeeper Sweep. Take a moment to check out the scene, above. Despite non-stop, pouring rain, nearly 20 volunteers worked to clean […]
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Riverkeeper is proud to support the Hudson River Protection Act (H.R. 1504) sponsored by Representatives Sean Patrick Maloney and Eliot Engel, which would limit the areas that may be designated as anchorage grounds for vessels carrying hazardous or flammable cargo. The maritime industry’s proposal to […]
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Groups representing a variety of interests wrote to Gov. Cuomo today, urging increased investment, to $800 million, in water infrastructure grants in the next state budget. The need for investment in water infrastructure in the Hudson River Watershed outside of New York City is in […]
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This one-day symposium will explore the energy policies, demand, and change that is occurring and yet to come for the Hudson River and watershed.
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