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.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 4, 2008

Riverkeeper and Councilman Eric Gioia Take Aim at Concrete Polluters on Newtown Creek

NYCON Allegedly Dumping Concrete Illegally in Newtown Creek

For Immediate Release: August 21, 2008

Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson applaud DEC’s progress towards Clean Water Act enforcement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 8, 2008

RIVERKEEPER CALLS ON GOVERNOR TO DECLARE NEW YORK CITY WATERSHED
OFF-LIMITS TO NATURAL GAS DRILLING
Riverkeeper Joins NYC Councilman Gennaro’s Call for Moratorium on Drilling in Watershed

(Tarrytown, NY) At a press conference with Queens City Councilman Gennaro today, Riverkeeper called on Governor Paterson to designate the New York City Watershed permanently “off-limits” for natural gas drilling.