Posts Tagged ‘GE’

Over the course of 30 years, General Electric dumped more than 1.3 million pounds of dangerous toxic chemicals called PCBs into the Hudson River, one of the most important and cherished rivers in Nort… Read More

Last week, the company proposed a year delay on deciding whether to commit to a full clean-up of the Hudson! Unbelievably, after dumping over a million pounds of PCBs into the Hudson for 30 years, cre… Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contacts: Julia Church, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, 845-265-8080, x 7112 or [email protected] Kate Slusark, NRDC, 212-727-4592 or [email protected] Tina Posterli, Riv… Read More

Ruling upholds EPA’s authority to Order Cleanups of Superfund Sites The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington rejected GE’s argument that the EPA’s unilateral authority to order pollution cleanups… Read More

On Friday, May 15, the long delayed clean-up of the Hudson River PCBs begin. Now Riverkeeper will keep a watchful eye on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make sure the entire clean-up… Read More