Concerns about the Legal Procedure, Environmental Impacts, and Commuter Rail  Remain

WHAT:  Riverkeeper will hold a press conference following oral arguments before the Supreme Court  in Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc.

 

 Ruling will address EPA’s use of cost-benefit analysis to determine power plant upgrades.

 

60 Days After Riverkeeper and Gioia Announced Intent to Sue, DEC Taking Action Against NYCON For Illegal Concrete Dumping

Lehigh Cement fined $50,000, ordered to halt illegal discharges
and remediate contaminated wetlands

Riverkeeper Attorney to Testify at Emergency Public Hearing
On Natural Gas Drilling Within NYC Watershed

NYCON Allegedly Dumping Concrete Illegally in Newtown Creek

Lehigh Cement fined $50,000, ordered to halt illegal discharges and remediate contaminated wetlands

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 8, 2008 Riverkeeper Attorney to Testify at Emergency Public Hearing On Natural Gas Drilling Within NYC Watershed On September 10, Riverkeeper attorney Jay Simpson will testify before the New York City Council Environmental Protection Committee’s emergency public hearing on natural gas drilling within the NYC Watershed.