Posts Tagged ‘DEC’

Riverkeeper Urges Comprehensive, Objective & Inclusive Study, in Response to State Commitment to Delay Fracking Decision until Announced DOH Health Review is Complete

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 516-526-9371, [email protected] White Plains, NY — September 21, 2012 — Riverkeeper is encouraged that the state will not make a deci… Read More

Riverkeeper Urges Comprehensive, Objective & Inclusive Study, in Response to State Commitment to Delay Fracking Decision until Announced DOH Health Review is Complete

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 516-526-9371, [email protected] White Plains, NY — September 21, 2012 — Riverkeeper is encouraged that the state will not make a deci… Read More

Lower Esopus Creek in Ulster County expected to be designated ‘impaired water body’ due to turbidity

EPA Takes Action on the Lower Esopus in Response to Riverkeeper’s Petition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 914-478-4501 x 239, [email protected] Riverkeeper Urges Public Support White Plains, NY – September 13, 2012 – The U.S. Environmental Protecti… Read More

N.Y. appeals stormwater ruling; judge backs Riverkeeper, Soundkeeper on stricter permits

Environmental groups: NY State’s decision to exempt farms from permit program will weaken clean water protection standards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 15, 2012 Contact: Tina Posterli, 516-526-9371, [email protected] In response to Governor Cuomo’s proposal today to remove permit requirements for medium Concentr… Read More

Watershed unhappy with NYC reservoir releases

New Report: New York Fails to Oversee Oil and Gas Drilling, Enforce Laws

Environmental Organizations Call on Governor Cuomo to Heed Wakeup Call on New York’s Lax Oversight ALBANY, NY (07/17/2012)(readMedia)– In response to a new report released by Earthworks… Read More

Riverkeeper Calls on DEC to Require New York City’s Discharges into Lower Esopus Creek to Comply with State Law

Files comments on draft consent order urging no further turbid operational releases into what EPA and DEC have determined is an “impaired waterbody” (White Plains, NY – July 17, 2012) – Riverk… Read More

GM site cleanup outlined

Tell Gov. Hochul to block invasive species at the Erie and Champlain canals
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