Posts Tagged ‘superfund’

Riverkeeper Makes Headlines During Critical Times

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

EPA Declares Newtown Creek A Superfund Site

EPA Adds Newtown Creek to Superfund List

Riverkeeper Commends EPA Decision for Comprehensive Superfund Cleanup of Toxic Newtown Creek

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Tina Posterli, Riverkeeper, 516-526-9371 Tarrytown, NY – September 27, 2010 – Riverkeeper, New York’s clean water advocate, today commended the Environmental Prote… Read More

Tell the EPA to hold GE responsible for the full cleanup of the Hudson River

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

Newtown Creek: Eat at own risk

Brooklyn-Queens Oil Spill Is City’s Gulf Counterpart

GE Loses Superfund Challenge

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

MMS Regulations and Greenpoint Oil Spill

Environmental groups say “reasonable adjustments” will ensure PCB cleanup success

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