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-Monday, 12/15
From Faucet to Flush: The Future of New York’s Water System
-Tuesday, 1/27
Reflected Light IV
An Art Auction to Benefit Riverkeeper
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Riverkeeper Goes to the Supreme Court
 On December 2, Riverkeeper was honored to make our first appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Riverkeeper vs. Entergy, is a critical step in our ongoing battle (spanning over three decades) to get the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require power plants to comply with the Clean Water Act. If we prevail, this will be a major victory that will help protect waterways and marine life across the United States. We expect to hear a decision in spring 2009. Stay tuned.
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 Watershed Gas Drilling Comments Due 12/15!
Riverkeeper encourages the public to submit written comments on the draft scope of the environmental review of impacts from industrial gas drilling in the Catskills and throughout New York State. Comments are due Monday, December 15, 2008 and may be submitted by email. The draft scope is available here. Riverkeeper will submit comments in support of its position that this is an unacceptable activity within the New York City Watershed.
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Riverkeeper Submits Additional TZ Bridge Comments
 On December 1, Riverkeeper submitted written comments on the new Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 environmental review documents. While a few of Riverkeeper’s concerns have been addressed by the New York State Department of Transportation, concerns about the legal procedure, environmental impacts, and commuter rail option remain. Because of the enormous environmental, economic and social implications for the region from the bridge’s rehabilitation or replacement Riverkeeper seeks to ensure that all legal protections be applied -- for our communities and for the Hudson River.
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Scenes from the Hudson River
On Tuesday, November 25, the Mirant Corporation demolished the 475-foot smokestack at the former Lovett Coal Plant.
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On November 6, a dolphin was observed near Poughkeepsie at Hudson River mile 77. The Riverhead Foundation identified the dolphin as an "Offshore" Bottlenose, a genetic variety of the Common Bottlenose. They were very surprised it was inshore, let alone up the river.
 There were several unconfirmed sitings around this time posted on the Hudson River Almanac. While dolphins are rare in the Hudson, Harbor Porpoises are not uncommon in the Upper Bay of New York Harbor and the lower estuary.
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