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Defense Dept. Contractor: Indian Point Vulnerable to Terrorist Attack
Indian Point was in the cross-hairs of the terrorists who brought down the World Trade Center, but to this day, Entergy has failed to secure the nuclear power plant from attack from the water. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, true to form, has put public safety behind corporate profits, and failed to order security upgrades. Riverkeeper has frequently documented the inadequate—often non-existent—security provisions on the Hudson River. Now, a report commissioned by the Department of Defense identified Indian Point as one of eight reactor sites across the country vulnerable to a sea-borne terrorist attack that would result in reactor core damage or a spent fuel pool fire and a catastrophic release of radiation. “Given Indian Point’s location on the Hudson River, 34 miles north of Times Square and within 50 miles of twenty million people, it is imperative that additional security measures be required and implemented at this plant immediately, until this dangerous old facility is shut down for good,” said Phillip Musegaas, Riverkeeper’s Hudson River Program Director.
Donate: Riverkeeper is your voice in the hearings that will determine whether Indian Point closes for good, or granted another 20-year license. Please donate today.
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| Gas pipline construction in Great Britain, CC Jonathan Wilkins |
Coalition: Frack Gas Pipeline Unwelcome Here
Riverkeeper’s fight against fracking has never been just about the extraction of natural gas—because the impacts of fracking go far beyond that. Case in point: The proposed 122-mile Constitution Pipeline, which would carve a destructive path through the forests, wetlands, and streams of four New York counties so that Pennsylvania frack gas can reach population centers in the Northeast. That’s why 35% of the landowners affected, and nearly 1,000 people overall, have gone on the record in opposition to the project. Constitution’s preferred pipeline route would cross a portion of the Hudson River watershed, and a proposed alternative route would cut through the NYC drinking watershed. Riverkeeper and a number of environmental organizations have intervened in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval process and submitted detailed comments opposing the proposed project. “The 122-mile pipeline has the potential to impact and potentially contaminate multiple public drinking water sources and an untold number of private drinking water wells that lie within the Project area,” said Kate Hudson, Riverkeeper’s Watershed Program Director. “The pipeline itself proposes to cross hundreds of streams and wetlands by literally digging a hole through them.”
Donate: Please help Riverkeeper prevent harmful fracking with a donation to our Watershed Program today.
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| North River @ Hudson River, Adirondacks. Credit:MuseStream via Flickr CC |
We Need You: Take Action to Protect Clean Water
How good would you feel if you could prevent your family from getting sick while swimming, save your neighbors from an expensive and unneeded water plant—and protect the wilderness along 22 miles of Hudson River’s headwaters in the Adirondack Mountains? Why not find out by clicking these links and taking action on these three critically important issues today:
Riverkeeper in the Press
8.07.13:: North Country Public Radio
Environmental groups challenge new NY dairy waste rules
"What the state could have done and should have done was to find financial resources to support these medium-sized dairy farmers in putting in place the protections that are necessary to protect everybody's water quality." – Kate Hudson, Riverkeeper’s Watershed Program Director
8.06.13:: Journal News
Indian Point may close if Entergy loses water-use permit
The DEC in 2010 ruled the plant’s daily use of 2.5 billion gallons of river water harmed fish populations and the river’s ecosystem. It denied Entergy the water-use permits. Without them, Entergy can’t renew the plant’s licenses for another 20 years, said Neil Sheehan, a Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman.
08.05.13::Outside Online
Swimming New York City: A Survival Guide
Where can I swim, and is it going to kill me?
There is a wealth of data about the Hudson estuary available online, thanks to Riverkeeper, which regularly checks post-storm water quality at 75 different locations.
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