Posts Tagged ‘DOH’

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 914-478-4501 x 239, [email protected] Calls on DOH to address turbid discharges to Lower Esopus Creek White Plains, NY, November 19, 2013 – In… Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 914-478-4501 x 239, [email protected] Ossining, NY – August 29, 2013 – Days after the New York State Department of Health released a draft “… Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DOH denies upstate communities written request for local public hearing Ossining, NY – August 26, 2013 – This past Friday afternoon, the New York State Department of Health (… Read More

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to postpone decision on fracking pending further health study Ossining, NY – February 12, 2013 – In a testament to the power of one of the g… Read More

Governor Cuomo announced Tuesday that the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) would miss its November 29 deadline to finalize fracking regulations, which will require DEC to re-issue those … Read More

Riverkeeper applauds Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner Nirav Shah for appointing three highly-regarded public health experts to review the Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) anal… Read More

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

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

Last month, the EPA issued national guidance recommending that schools take steps to reduce potential exposures to PCBs from older fluorescent lighting fixtures, as part of the agency’s ongoing effo… Read More