🎉 Big win for holding railroads and oil tankers accountable! The Assembly just passed @PatriciaFahy109's A9213A, strengthening our oil spill fund protections and ensuring responsible parties have sufficient liability coverage in the case of a catastrophic disaster. Riverkeeper

Yesterday evening, Senator Michelle Hinchey passed S8703-A, a critical increase in the $ cap of the NYS Oil Spill Compensation Fund and requiring petroleum shippers to disclose their liability coverage. A Riverkeeper priority since 2015, the bill now heads to Governor Kathy Hochul.

What a disappointment. Planning and goal setting is the easy part, implementation is when the real work starts. Let’s meet our climate goals New York State Senate NY Assembly Majority Governor Kathy Hochul

westchester.news12.com/boaters-beachg… #fixourpipes Westchester Gov

Humbled to be honored by Riverkeeper at its annual gala. I look forward to continue partnering with its outstanding staff and supporters in protecting the Hudson and making NY a more climate friendly place to live.

via ⁦The New York Times⁩ Dams are under increased stress and pressure due to climate. They need to come down safely now, not fail in disasters due to poor planning nytimes.com/2024/06/25/us/…

Riverkeeper's longtime captain John Lipscomb retires after 24 years protecting the Hudson. We thank John and welcome Luis Melendez our new captain! yahoo.com/news/riverkeep… via Yahoo News

Proud to announce the formation of The Westchester Coalition For Clean Water! WCCW is committed to achieving, maintaining, and protecting clean water in all of Westchester’s waterways for all community members now and for the future.  #WestchesterCleanWater #CleanWaterCoalition

⁦Riverkeeper⁩ is proud to be a founding organization for #WestchesterCoalitionforCleanWater: Westchester environmental groups unite to protect Hudson River, Long Island Sound, beyond lohud.com/story/news/hea… via lohud.com

🚨 The Friends of a Clean Hudson coalition rejects EPA’s draft third five-year report on Hudson River PCBs cleanup. EPA’s findings fail to protect public health & environment. We urge the public & officials to voice concerns by Oct 8! Read more here 👉ow.ly/o92S50Szebo

Riverkeeper’s habitat restoration team has snapped some lovely recent photos of the watershed 📸 We have so many natural wonders right here in our backyard that deserve appreciation, protection, and restoration. It’s always worth stopping and smelling the mountain laurels 💮

I want to swim in the river! Support access to more public swimming locations on the Hudson River and the waters around New York City bit.ly/3Wh1Xvv

Riverkeeper prepares new captain to lead patrol boat program wamc.org/news/2024-09-1…

Thank you Riverkeeper for inviting me out on the Bob Boyle, its new water monitoring boat. I’m proud to have delivered $100K in State Senate grant funding to help purchase this boat and improve our surveillance on the health of the Hudson River.

Thank you Senator Pete Harckham for supporting @Riverkeeper's water quality monitoring program with a $100,000 NYS Senate grant. This grant helped us purchase our third vessel and our only full-time scientific research boat. riverjournalonline.com/news/harckham-…

Thank you City & State NY for including me in the 2024 Hudson Valley Power 100. All credit due to the amazing team Riverkeeper cityandstateny.com/power-lists/20…

Environmental orgs seek to pressure EPA over Hudson River PCB cleanup spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/hudson-val…

New York isn't doing enough to protect ancient Atlantic sturgeons, lawsuit argues gothamist.com/news/new-york-… via @gothamist

Commentary: Road salt use is making New Yorkers’ drinking water undrinkable timesunion.com/opinion/articl… via Times Union

Here's why you can't swim at Manhattan's newest beach gothamist.com/news/heres-why… via @gothamist