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Sewage Right to Know Act Passes Assembly
As Riverkeeper resumed water quality testing for
the seventh year, Albany took notice of the unsafe conditions that too
often plague the Hudson because of sewage contamination. Passed
unanimously by the Assembly, the Sewage Right to Know Act would require
our wastewater treatment plants statewide to notify the public when
sewage is discharged into our waterways. More than 1,000 of you signed
Riverkeeper's petition supporting this law; now, we need your help to pressure the Senate.
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Do Your Part: Urge
your state senator to pass bill S.6268A, the Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act.
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Donate: Please
contribute to
our Water Quality Program. The material alone for a single water
quality test costs $15, and Riverkeeper processes more than 175 tests
per month.
Tell the NRC: Don't Let It Happen Here
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is hosting a public meeting about the safety of
Indian Point on May 17, and we need your help to send it a loud message: Don't Let it Happen Here! Last year, nearly 500 people joined the largest rally of
its kind. Join Riverkeeper for a rally demanding that the NRC consider
lessons from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi meltdown when it holds hearings
on the proposed relicensing of Entergy's Indian Point nuclear reactors.
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Do Your Part: Save the date of May 17 to speak at the NRC's public meeting about
Indian Point's safety performance. The rally will precede the NRC open
house at 6 p.m. and the public meeting at 7 p.m. at the DoubleTree Hotel
(455 South Broadway, Tarrytown). Check riverkeeper.org for details
about the rally, and transportation from New York City.
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Get Informed: Read about New York's recently announced investments in clean energy that can help replace Indian Point.
Feds Deny $2 Billion for Tappan Zee Bridge
Riverkeeper has been calling for New
York to follow the law and thoroughly consider alternatives to
replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge with a huge double span that wouldn't
provide public transportation, but would destroy more than 160 acres of
Hudson River habitat. New York is so intent on building that it already
has construction equipment in the river – but the federal government shares some of our concerns. It denied $2 billion in requested financing, leaving no clear mechanism to fund construction.
Riverkeeper in the Press
4.23.12:: Wall Street Journal
Keeping City Rivers Safe
Riverkeeper Board of Directors member David Kowitz is featured in
this Donor of the Day column. He has directed a portion of his donation
to Riverkeeper toward the Indian Point campaign, stating, “It's
‘shocking’ that one of the country's oldest nuclear plants ‘with a
pretty checkered safety history’ is so close to New York. That's why I
gave this gift, because I feel that the moment of truth is on us and
this is our one chance to get this thing shut down…It is David and
Goliath stuff."
4.23.12:: The Journal News
For Piermont’s John Lipscomb, the Hudson River is his home and his history
“It’s an honor to work for the river, and it’s very frustrating at
the same
time. You learn that without a caring public, without humans to look
after it, it’s in trouble.” – John Lipscomb, Riverkeeper Patrol Boat
& Water Quality
Program Director
4.22.12 :: The Poughkeepsie Journal
Riverkeeper Sweep seeks volunteers for June cleanup
“We have seen in our membership that people just seem to be hungry to
get involved and do something tangible — in a way that was growing and
different.” -- Dan Shapley, Riverkeeper’s Membership and Events Manager.
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