09.21.10
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Photo courtesy Riverkeeper and Giles Ashford
Unbelievably, after dumping over a million pounds of PCBs into the Hudson for 30 years, creating the largest toxic waste site in the United States, and spending many millions of dollars on political, legal and PR maneuvering and delay, GE is saying it doesn’t want to commit now to Phase 2 cleanup of the Hudson River. The company offered to commit only to one more year of dredging, while gathering additional data – and only then to decide whether to perform rest of the cleanup.
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07.01.10
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Photo Credit: Sabrina Wells
Ruling upholds EPA’s authority to Order Clean-ups of Superfund Sites
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07.24.09
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Photo Courtesy John Norton
July 24, 2009. Since the commencement of the dredging on May 15, over 57,000 cubic yards of river sediment have been removed from the Hudson River around Rogers Island in Fort Edward, NY, and in the east bank of the river near Griffin Island. And, so far, EPA and GE are reporting no violations of Performance Standards for the resuspension of PCBs (500 parts per trillion, which is the EPA drinking water standard). Due to Riverkeeper concerns about GE’s full commitment to this remediation, at the July 16 EPA – […]
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03.20.09
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On March 20, Riverkeeper joined The Center for Health, Environment & Justice, Newtown Creek Alliance, Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY), and Councilman Eric Gioia at Newtown Creek to discuss a new report that reveals the relationship between global climate change, corporate bankruptcies and the crisis of the federal Superfund toxic waste cleanup program. The report, "Superfund: In the Eye of the Storm", calls on EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to add Newtown Creek to the federal Superfund National Priorities List and urges federal policymakers to support the reinstatement of "polluter-pays" fees, which expired more than a decade ago.
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01.26.09
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In a victory for the Community Advisory Group for the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site, General Electric has agreed to reimburse the EPA for certain costs relating to ensuring a safe drinking water supply to the communities at risk for PCB contamination from the upcoming dredging of the Hudson River.
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