Posts Tagged ‘PCBs’

Urge EPA to reject GE’s attempts to delay cleanup Riverkeeper, along with Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Natural Resources Defense Council and Scenic Hudson, have submitted a letter to EPA Administr… Read More

Riverkeeper in the news: At the forefront of the most pressing environmental issues facing the health of our waterways. Over the past month, we’ve been extremely successful at getting the word out a… Read More

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

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