12.11.15
:: Boat Blog
In this two-part interview with FiOS 1 News, Riverkeeper's John Lipscomb details the alarming spike in reported sturgeon deaths along the Hudson – coinciding exactly with the start of construction on the new Tappan Zee Bridge.
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12.11.15
:: Riverkeeper
We are proud to report on another banner year in our efforts for the Hudson River, its creeks and streams, and our precious drinking water supplies. These "Riverkeeper Victories" are yours as well: Our donors, activists and volunteers are the driver of our success. In 2016 – our half-century mark – we will need you more than ever to meet the challenges ahead.
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12.10.15
:: Get Involved
Riverkeeper was delighted to be part of the conference "Global Warming: Environmental Ethics and Its Practice," hosted by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Oct. 29 in New York City.
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12.08.15
:: Press Releases :: Water Quality
Broad coalition asks for state budget investment into community water infrastructure to support health, economic development
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12.06.15
:: Press Releases :: Indian Point
For Immediate Release December 6, 2015 Contact: Cliff Weathers, Communications Director Mobile: 917-202-6854 Email:
[email protected] Riverkeeper President Paul Gallay says, “We’ve got to close Indian Point, before it closes us.” Ossining, NY — Indian Point’s Reactor 2 was forced to shut down on Saturday, the latest in a string of mishaps at the nuclear power plant this year. The reactor was shut down after several control rods lost power. Operators were forced to shut down the reactor at 5:30 p.m. As of yet, Entergy, the nuclear plant’s owner, has not […]
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12.04.15
:: Press Releases :: Safeguard Drinking Water
“Hunter’s landfill leachate treatment system must be upgraded to preserve a critical drinking water source and fishery,” says New York’s clean water advocate. “Six years of violations of the Clean Water Act must come to an end.”
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12.03.15
:: Press Releases :: Safeguard Drinking Water
City of Kingston Reiterates Strong Opposition to Proposed Pipelines, Citing Commitment to Protect Drinking Water and Climate, Reduce Dependence on Fossil Fuels
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12.03.15
:: Press Releases :: Preserve River Ecology
The National Geographic Filmmaker will lead a post-film panel discussion with noted community leaders, politicians and environmentalists.
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12.02.15
:: Don't Frack with New York
Riverkeeper has spent the past seven years providing New Yorkers with information and resources to help shape the debate about the process of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract natural gas from deep underground deposits.
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11.24.15
:: Contaminated Sites
Contamination from the manufactured gas plant covers several acres of river bottom to the north and south of the Walkway Over the Hudson state park. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
On Friday, November 20, Riverkeeper submitted its comments to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) regarding the proposed remedies for the Poughkeepsie Manufactured Gas Plant brownfields site just below the Walkway Over the Hudson.
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