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Limiting Fracking to a Few Counties Doesn't Make it Safe
With a story in the New York Times, state officials floated the idea of allowing fracking to go forward in a handful of economically distressed Southern Tier counties. The proposal obscures the real issue—that the state’s environmental impact study and proposed regulations (which it shared exclusively with the industry but not the public) will fail to protect water supplies and communities. New York can’t move forward without assessing the true costs to human health and the economy, planning to deal with millions of gallons of hazardous wastewater per fracking well – or correcting numerous other egregious omissions. If New York fails this test, Riverkeeper stands ready to sue.
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Join us!: Rally with Riverkeeper and our
partners in Washington D.C. July 28 as we Fight the Frack Attack!
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Get Informed: Watch the Intelligence Squared debate about fracking, featuring Riverkeeper’s Watershed Program Director Kate Hudson, on WNET on June 28 at 4 p.m. or online at intelligencesquaredus.org.
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Victory! Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act Passes
We did it, and you helped us! The New York State Legislature approved the Sewage Pollution
Right to Know Act with strong bipartisan support, and now this important measure awaits the governor’s signature. New York will join more than a dozen other states by requiring publicly owned wastewater treatment plants to publicly disclose within four hours of discharging raw or partially treated sewage to state waterways, including the Hudson River and its tributaries. This is an important first step in protecting our water and our health.
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See Photos: Check out these shots from the second-annual 8 Bridges Swim, an incredible 120-mile odyssey that raised awareness about Hudson River water quality.
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NRC Must Consider Nuclear Waste Storage at
Indian Point
After our landmark victory in federal court, Riverkeeper and our partners are petitioning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to hear our arguments about the unsafe storage of nuclear waste as it considers Entergy’s application to re-license its aging Indian Point reactors for another 20 years. More than 1,500 tons of dangerous nuclear waste is being stored in unfortified containers at Indian Point, and another 1,000 tons would be added if the NRC relicenses the plant.
Riverkeeper in the Press
7.11.12:: Gotham Gazette
Koch urges closure of Indian Point
Ed Koch has joined a growing chorus of environmental advocates and politicians calling for Indian Point Energy Center in Westchester County to be shut down, saying the aging nuclear plant poses a danger to the 8 million people who live 24 miles to the south in New York City – especially in the wake of what was learned from the Fukushima disaster. “We know there is no possibility of evacuating New York City,” he said. “There is no evacuation plan.”
7.05.12:: Huffington Post
Intelligence Squared Fracking Debate Discusses Pros and Cons of Shale Gas Boom
“The only reasonable and fair answer is, "No, no fracking way." –
Kate Hudson, Riverkeeper’s Watershed Program Director
6.28.12::News 12
Tappan Zee Bridge Town Hall Meeting
More than 500 people came out to express concerns about the cost, jobs and secrecy of the $5 billion bridge project. “Lack of clear, detailed information from the state creates a lot of uncertainty…a lot of confusion,” said Phillip Musegaas, Hudson River Program Director at Riverkeeper.
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