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Take Action: Tell FERC the AIM Pipeline Project DEIS Fails to Evaluate Significant Environmental Impacts

By Misti Duvall on September 22, 2014
Algonquin Gas Transmission (Algonquin) has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for permission to construct the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM ) Project, an upgrade of more than 37 miles of natural gas pipeline and associated facilities in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. […] More

Clinton County Passes New York’s Most Comprehensive Fracking Waste Ban

By Riverkeeper Intern on August 4, 2014
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The Clinton County legislature recently approved the State’s most rigorous fracking waste ban, which prohibits landfills and wastewater treatment plants from accepting fracking waste, and bans the spreading of fracking waste on all roads within the county. More

Federal Court Finds FERC’s Environmental Review of Gas Pipeline Fails to Comply with Requirements of Federal Law

By Riverkeeper Intern on July 7, 2014
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Pipeline clearing in PA, credit: Max Phillips Via Flickr
On June 6, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) environmental review of Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s reconstruction project was impermissibly segmented and failed to adequately address the cumulative impacts of the project. More

State Court of Appeals Confirms Municipal Right to Ban Fracking

By Mike Dulong on June 30, 2014
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It would be hard to overestimate the importance of the victory won today by municipalities and grassroots advocates across New York State. In a landmark decision, the State’s highest Court ruled that local municipal governments may decide if and where gas companies can perform the highly industrial practice known as hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) within town borders. More

Tell Assembly and Senate Leadership to Take Action on a Fracking Moratorium Now!

By Misti Duvall on June 2, 2014
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With only three weeks remaining in this year’s legislative session, time is running out for the New York Legislature to take action on fracking in 2014. Unfortunately, New Yorkers have seen this show before. Help us carry the message that this year must be different: […] More

NY has a fracking waste problem, and we need your help to address it!

By Misti Duvall on May 6, 2014
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The state currently allows the use of brine from conventional, low-volume hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and gas storage in New York to be spread on our roadways for de-icing, dust control and road stabilization. More

Join Us in Albany May 12th for a Fracking Lobby Day and Urge State Legislators to Take Action

By Misti Duvall on April 25, 2014
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We need your help! Join us on May 12th in Albany to talk to state legislators about fracking, the improper handling of its waste, and the need for an official moratorium and comprehensive health impact assessment. More

Take Action: Protect NY Water from Constitution Pipeline

By Misti Duvall on March 19, 2014
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Photo via Doug Kerr/Dougtone, CC Flickr
Constitution Pipeline Company, LLC (Constitution) has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for permission to build a 124 mile, 30 inch natural gas pipeline – the Constitution Pipeline – from Susquehanna County, PA to Schoharie County, NY, crossing a portion of the Hudson River […] More

Weather Channel Expose Highlights Health Impacts of Fracking

By Misti Duvall on March 6, 2014
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InsideClimate News, The Center for Public Integrity and The Weather Channel / Image: Lynn Buehring (Credit: Lance Rosenfield/Prime)
The Weather Channel – along with Inside Climate News and The Center for Public Integrity – recently unveiled the results of an eight month investigation into emissions of air pollutants and related health impacts from oil and gas drilling using of high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing […] More

RvK Supports Lower Court Decision Requiring Environmental Review for Fracking-Related Water Withdrawals

By Misti Duvall on January 2, 2014
Riverkeeper – along with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) – recently filed a friend of the court (amicus curiae or amicus) brief in support of the lower court’s decision in a case brought by Sierra Club and others challenging a municipality’s agreement to allow Shell to withdraw up to 1.5 million gallons of public water per day in New York for use in Pennsylvania fracking operations. More