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Environmental group plans to sue Accord Speedway

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:27:11 -0400

Times Herald-Record Posted: June 04, 2009 - 2:00 AMRead Article

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Riverkeeper Files Notice of Intent to Sue Accord Speedway

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:23:48 -0400

may 31st, 2009

Hudson Valley Press Online
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Brooklyn's Lavender Lake Needs Superfund

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:51:26 -0400

by Joshua S. Verleun
May 26, 2009

After almost 150 years of industrial use and decades of raw sewage discharges from New York City's combined sewer system, the Gowanus Canal has become one of the nation's most contaminated bodies of water....

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http://www.gothamgazette.com/article//20090526/255/2925

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Dredging starts today

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:40:21 -0400

Final preparations are made as historic PCB project begins By NICK REISMAN
reisman@poststar.com Updated: Friday, May 15, 2009 2:00 PM EDT Read Article

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GE to begin dredging PCBs from Hudson sediment

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:36:56 -0400

By Alexa JamesTimes Herald-RecordPosted: May 15, 2009 - 2:00 AMRead Article

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Poetic Injustice on the Hudson

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:34:35 -0400

On the funeral day for one of the last Hudson River fishermen, GE begins dredging PCBs from the Hudson River.

The Daily Green - May 15, 2009 at 9:43AM by Dan ShapleyRead Article

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Daily News - Gowanus Canal fails odor test, stinks

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:59:47 -0400

BY Erin Durkin
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Friday, April 24th 2009, 8:41 AM

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New Gowanus snag: Developer claims Superfund designation for canal will derail housing development

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:04:15 -0400

BY Erin Durkin
DAILY NEWS WRITER

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 4:00 AM

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/04/23/2009-04-23_new_gowanus_snag_developer_claims_superfund_designation_for_canal_will_derail_ho.html

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Groups debate Supreme Court's power plant ruling

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:19:28 -0400

4/2/2009 - New York Times:

Environmental groups are downplaying the significance of a Supreme Court ruling yesterday that held U.S. EPA may weigh the costs and benefits of new water regulations on power plants. Read Article:

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/04/02/02greenwire-groups-debate-supreme-courts-power-plant-rulin-10424.html

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Take Me To The River(keeper)

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:17:40 -0400

DEP Progresses in Providing Aid, Advocacy Group Keeps Watch

4/2/2009 - Shawangunk Journal

http://www.shawangunkjournal.com/2009/04/02/news/0904024.html

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Times Union - Plant's impact on river at issue

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:08:49 -0500

Indian Point's effect on the Hudson will be central in key nuclear power case .

timesunion.com/ASPStories/storyprint.asp

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Marketplace - High court hears nuke power plant case

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:05:51 -0500

The Supreme Court is taking up a challenge by an environmental group that alleges a New York power plant is polluting the Hudson River and should not be exempt by Clean Water Act rules for newer plants. Sam Eaton reports.

marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/12/01/scotus/

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11-27-08: A Sea Change - Holiday shopping: plastic bags blow & Riverkeeper bottles

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:37:50 -0500

www.aseachange.net/2008/11/holiday-shoppin.html

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12-1-08: Legislative Gazette - NY wants tougher invasive species rules

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:34:44 -0500

www.legislativegazette.com/read_more.php

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12-1-08: Journal News - Indian Point case heads to Supreme Court tomorrow

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:23:57 -0500

www.lohud.com/article/20081201/NEWS02/812010334/1018

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11-26-08: Mid Hudson News - Supreme Court to hear arguments in Riverkeeper v. Entergy case

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:46:35 -0500

WASHINGTON – Environmental organization Riverkeeper, Inc. will argue its case over the need for cooling towers at Indian Point and other power plants before the US Supreme Court on December 2.

The case will determine whether or not the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to compare costs with benefits in determining the “best technology available” for the cooling water intake structures of existing power plants including the Indian Point nuclear plants.

Phillip Musegaas is the Hudson River program director for Riverkeeper.

“What we are focused on here is the impact to the river and there is no doubt scientifically that the minimization of impact from utilizing cooling towers as opposed to continuing to use once through cooling, that’s a fact; that’s a 95 percent reduction,” he said.

Entergy spokesman James Steets said cooling towers at Indian Point don’t make sense. “This is a large expenditure that could actually lead to the closure of the plant,” he said. “It doesn’t make sense to require cooling towers when after 25 years of studying the river, spending $50 million on studies that have been overseen by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, we’ve been able to draw no correlation between the operation of, not just Indian Point, but the plants along the Hudson River, that include Indian Point, to Hudson River fish populations. We’ve seen no significant impact.”

Riverkeeper will argue that every day, power plants in the United States withdraw over 214 billion gallons from U.S. water bodies to cool their facilities, and kill billions of fish and aquatic creatures in the process. That is due mostly, they say, to the use of “antiquated cooling systems” known as once-through cooling.

www.midhudsonnews.com/News/November08/26/Rivkp_vs_Entergy-26Nov08.html

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7/29/08: Journal NewsFeds OK Entergy's plan to spin off nuke biz

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:36:49 -0400

http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080729/NEWS02/807290385/1025/NEWS09

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7/24/08: NY Times - Once Again, the Hudson Is at a Turning Point

gchambers@riverkeeper.org — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:59:23 -0400

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/20hudsonwe.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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