05.07.15
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The Campaign for a Cleaner Hudson has urged GE to take on additional restoration dredging to clean up more of the toxic PCBs it dumped into the river.
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11.01.14
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Community leaders and environmentalists to call on GE not to abandon river cleanup with only 65% of the job done
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01.31.14
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Groups Commend State Comptroller’s Rejection of GE Natural Resource Damage Liability Report
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12.04.13
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Groups call on Natural Resource Trustees and GE to work out cooperative agreement for
natural resource restoration before company demobilizes from the Hudson
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09.30.13
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EPA released its Record of Decision (“ROD”) for the Gowanus Canal today, which requires both the remediation of historical industrial pollution and reduction in sewer overflows containing toxic chemicals and untreated sewage into the Canal.
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05.01.13
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Supports EPA’s proposed plan that includes reduction of CSOs
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04.30.13
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As the cleanup of PCBs in the Hudson River begins its fourth year, environmental groups – Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Riverkeeper, and Scenic Hudson – continue to watch General Electric (GE) closely to ensure that the river remains on target to be restored to a cleaner state as soon as possible.
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12.29.12
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“We’re pleased with the direction the EPA has taken,” said Josh Verleun, Riverkeeper Staff Attorney and Chief Investigator. “Overall we support EPA's plan and their continued position that controlling CSOs is an essential part of the Gowanus canal cleanup. Development of the additional controls that would reduce CSOs by 58 – 74% is a significant step forward.”
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06.06.12
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Leading environmental groups were disappointed at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency release of the first “Five-Year Review” of the Hudson River Superfund PCB remediation project this week, following a truncated process that bypassed the ordinary opportunities for input from other expert agencies.
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03.29.12
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Julia Church, Clearwater, 845 265 8080, ext. 7112, or
[email protected] Kate Slusark, Natural Resources Defense Council, 212 727 4592;
[email protected] Tina Posterli, Riverkeeper, 914 478 4501, Ext. 239;
[email protected] Jay Burgess, Scenic Hudson, 845 473 4440, Ext. 222, or
[email protected] Five-Year Review has potential to ensure the most effective cleanup Capital Region/Hudson Valley — March 29, 2012 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that, while the Hudson River cleanup continues this year, the agency will simultaneously perform a necessary evaluation to determine just how […]
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