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- Canal Corporation Responds To Dredging Report
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Waste Control Specialists Drop the Ball in Texas
Ah yes, Andrews again. Texas, that is. Waste Control Specialists seem to be dropping the ball a bit and given that the ball is toxic as well as radioactive, well, I’d just as soon they stop playing. Whatchya reckon – … Continue reading
Posted in Dredging, PCBs, Wastewater, aquifer, conservation, drinking water, general electric, information, infrastructure, nuclear, sanitation, toxic waste, watershed
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Real-Time Monitoring of the Hudson Moves Forward
From DredgingToday.com BEACON, NY (6/25) – Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries announced that it has deployed its first of many real-time monitoring stations that will monitor the northern reaches of the Hudson River. Launched in cooperation with General Electric … Continue reading
Posted in Dredging, PCBs, The Hudson River, Wastewater, canal, conservation, drinking water, estuary, fish, fishing, flora and fauna, general electric, information, infrastructure, nuclear, preservation, sanitation, shellfish, toxic waste, watershed
Tagged aroclor, B2, beacon institute, Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, Behan Communications, conservation, contamination, Dredging, drinking water, environmental, estuary, fauna, fish, flora, Fort Edward, GE, general electric, Hudson Falls, Hudson River, IBM, James S. Bonner, john cronin, Mark Behan, monitoring, New York, NYSE: GE, NYSE:GE, pcb, PCBs, polychlorinated biphenyls, pper Hudson River Dredging Project, recreation, REON, River and Estuary Observatory Network, shellfish, St. Lawrence River, Thompson Island Dam, toxic waste, water quality, watershed, wildlife
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Debate Begins on Indian Point Nuke Plant
By ADAM BOSCH of the Times Herald-Record BUCHANAN – Nuclear plant operators, government officials and the public will begin a debate this week about whether the Indian Point nuclear plant should install a closed-loop cooling system or risk being decommissioned. … Continue reading
Posted in Renewable Energy, conservation, fish, flora and fauna, information, infrastructure, nuclear, toxic waste
Tagged clean water act, conservation, DEC, Department of Environmental Conservation, drinking water, Entergy, Entergy Nuclear, Entergy Nuclear Northeast, environmental advocates, environmental conservation, fish, flora and fauna, Hudson River, Indian Point, information, infrastructure, new york state department of environmental conservation, nuclear, nuclear plant, nuclear power plant, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, nuclear waste, nuke, power plant, preservation, radioactive waste, Riverkeeper, sanitation, shortnose sturgeon, sturgeon, water quality certificate
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It’s Getting Hot in Texas Again (Andrews, That Is)
Yup, Andrews is back in the news. Remember, this is where all those PCB-laden sediments were shipped after being dredged out of the Hudson River. The issues are once again all too real: jobs versus health and safety; a regular … Continue reading
Posted in PCBs, aquifer, conservation, drinking water, general electric, information, nuclear, toxic waste
Tagged Andrews, Andrews County, aquifer, aroclor, Behan Communications, birth defects, contamination, drinking water, Environmental Protection Agency, environmentalists, EPA, general electric, High Plains Aquifer, Hudson River, Jack Welch, leak, Mark Behan, New York, nuclear waste, Ogallala Aquifer, radioactive, South Carolina, Texas, Texas League of Women Voters, toxic, toxins, tritium, Vermont, Waste Control Specialists, WCS, West Texas
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Hey! Are Those Fish Radioactive Or Just Happy To See Us?
Makes you wonder if there’s anything deadly, toxic or just plain harmful left to dump into our rivers and oceans, doesn’t it? – Hudson By DAVE GRAM of the Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. – When a fish taken from the … Continue reading
Posted in drinking water, fish, fishing, flora and fauna, information, nuclear, toxic waste
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Andrews Wants Their Toxic Waste With a Radioactive Chaser
I couldn’t make this up. PCB-contaminated sediment from the Hudson River, medical waste, mercury – pick a poison – are not enough for the good folks of Andrews, Texas. – Hudson. By SARAH SNYDER of NewsWest 9 ANDREWS – The … Continue reading
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Entergy Won’t Spin Off Nuke Plants As Planned, People and Fish Benefit
As you know, depending on the news source, the focus of a story shifts. The story below is about Indian Point, Entergy, water quality and living things. The story following it is about Indian Point, Entergy and money. Interesting, isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged clean water act, cleanup, conservation, contamination, cooling towers, DEC, Department of Environmental Conservation, drinking water, Enexus, Entergy, Entergy Nuclear Northeast, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, estuary, fish, Hudson River, New Orleans, New York, nuclear, nuclear energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Riverkeeper, rivers, sturgeon, wildlife
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Entergy Won’t Spin Off Nuke Plants As Planned, Shareholders Benefit
As you know, depending on the news source, the focus of a story shifts. The story below is about Indian Point, Entergy and money. The story above is about Indian Point, Entergy, water quality and living things. Interesting, isn’t it? … Continue reading
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Tagged cesium 137, clean water act, cobalt 60, conservation, cooling towers, DEC, Department of Environmental Conservation, drinking water, Enexus, Entergy, Entergy Corp, Entergy Nuclear Northeast, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, fish, Hudson River, Indian Point, New Orleans, New York, nuclear energy, nuclear power plants, Riverkeeper, sturgeon, tritium, Vermont Yankee, water quality
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Indian Point Nuke Plant Has Water Permit Denied
By MARK LONG for The Wall Street Journal NEW YORK — New York environmental regulators have denied a key water-quality certification Entergy Corp. needs to extend by 20 years its license to operate the 2,000-megawatt Indian Point nuclear-power plant. The … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy group, clean water act, DEC, Department of Environmental Conservation, Entergy, Entergy Nuclear, Entergy Nuclear Northeast, environmental advocates, environmental conservation, Hudson River, Indian Point, new york state department of environmental conservation, nuclear plant, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Riverkeeper, shortnose sturgeon, sturgeon, water quality certificate
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Riverkeeper Leads the Charge To Keep Hudson Clean
Riverkeeper serves as the Hudson River’s leading citizen-based pollution enforcement organization. It serves a diverse population, from urban dwellers residing in New York City to suburban residents to local fishermen and families who live and work in the rural communities … Continue reading
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Tagged aroclor, Behan Communications, boats, canoes, cleanup, conservation, contamination, DEC, Department of Environmental Conservation, Dredging, drinking water, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, estuary, fish, Fort Edward, GE, general electric, history, Hudson Falls, Hudson River, kayaks, Mark Behan, New York, new york state department of environmental conservation, NYSE: GE, NYSE:GE, pcb, PCBs, pollution, polychlorinated biphenyls, recreation, Riverkeeper, rivers, superfund site, toxic, Washington County, wildlife
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