Posts Tagged ‘PCBs’

A Night to Fight for a #HealthyHudson

Share the facebook event! Join Riverkeeper, Scenic Hudson, Congressman Jerry Nadler, Senator Brad Hoylman and partners at Patagonia Meatpacking for an evening to learn how to take action to stand up f… Read More

Tell EPA: Protect People and Wildlife, Not GE – Poughkeepsie PCBs Public Meeting

Did you know that the Hudson River is the nation’s largest Superfund site, running for almost 200 miles from Hudson Falls, NY to Manhattan, because of General Electric? GE dumped over a million poun… Read More

Environmental Leaders Blast EPA’s Hudson River Report on PCB Cleanup

Review ignores contamination’s impacts on people, environment, economy Contacts: Manna Jo Greene, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, 835-265-8080, Ext. 7113, or [email protected] Gil Hawkins, Hudso… Read More

Riverkeeper responds to DEC report challenging effectiveness of PCBs cleanup

For immediate release: December 21, 2016 Contact: Cliff Weathers, Communications Director 914-478-4501, ext. 239; [email protected] Late yesterday, the NYS Department of Environmental Conserva… Read More

Demand More from EPA — We Must Be Protected from PCBs

The EPA Five-Year Review of Hudson River PCB Superfund site is underway. Riverkeeper continues to call for EPA to do more to ensure that it is an open, transparent, and scientifically reliable assess… Read More

Hudson River at Risk: PCBs- GE’s and the EPA’s Toxic Legacy

On Monday, April 18, join us at The Linda, WAMC/Northeast Public Radio’s Performing Arts Studio in Albany, for a free screening of the new short film PCBs: GE’s and the EPA’s Toxic Legacy. This … Read More

Groups Call Foul on EPA’s Approved Hudson River Demobilization Plan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 12, 2015 Contact: Manna Jo Greene, Environmental Director, Clearwater, 845 807 1270, or [email protected] Kate Kiely, NRDC Strategic Communications Manager, 212 7… Read More

‘Defend the Hudson’ protest: Groups demand a complete cleanup of PCBs

Riverkeeper Staff Attorney Abigail Jones delivered the following remarks during today’s “Defend the Hudson” protest in Saratoga Springs, organized by the Campaign for a Cleaner Huds… Read More

Defend the Hudson: People’s Protest and Press Conference on PCBs

General Electric is planning to abandon its cleanup of the Hudson, even though enough PCBs remain in the river to delay its recovery for generations. Join Riverkeeper and the Campaign for a Cleaner Hu… Read More

Back to School on PCBs in the Hudson (Recorded Webinar)

Watch a recorded version of “Back to School on PCBs in the Hudson,” hosted by Riverkeeper, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Campaign for a Cleaner Hudson. See below for some act… Read More