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Riverkeeper: Lawmakers Must Prevent Crude Oil Train Disasters on the Hudson River

Groups Applaud Legislative Commitment to Clean Water

For Immediate Release: March 13, 2015 Adirondack Council – John Sheehan: 518-441-1340 Environmental Advocates – Travis Proulx: 518-462-5526 x238 NYLCV – Jordan Levine: 212-361-6350 x206 Riverkeeper – Cliff Weathers 914-478-4501 x239 Groups Applaud Legislative Commitment to Clean Water, Urge Three-way Negotiations With Executive Senate & Assembly budget proposals are the first steps in funding healthy water systems Albany – This week the Senate and Assembly demonstrated strong leadership by proposing dedicated grant funding for our communities’ drinking water and sewer infrastructure projects in the SFY2015-16 budget. In their respective one-house […]

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Newburgh hears from pipeline opponents

Riverkeeper renews call to tighten oil tanker car regs

West Virginia accident renews concerns over oil trains in NY

Environmental group steps up efforts to ban outdated crude oil-carrying trains

Call Repeated To ‘Stop The Oil Trains’

West Virginia CSX train derailment raises concerns about possibility of local accident

Scrub bead ban bill on tap

Riverkeeper Calls for Immediate Steps to Protect Public From Danger of Crude Oil Trains

After Disasters in West Virginia and Ontario, Riverkeeper Calls for Immediate Steps to Protect Public From Danger of Crude Oil Trains

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