Double your impact with Riverkeeper’s Earth Month Match! 🙌🌎
A generous donor has offered to match all gifts made through our special Earth Month Match donation page, as funds are available.
Help protect the Hudson today: riverkeeper.org/earthday
What happens upstream affects us all. The largest tributary of the Hudson, the Mohawk River, is under pressure. Pollution, aging infrastructure, and climate impacts put our shared waterways at risk.
Learn more about what’s at stake: https://ow.ly/mLwQ50YEzJf
This is what it looks like to show up for your community & the environment! Register for Riverkeeper’s 15th annual Sweep volunteer cleanup on Saturday, May 2.
Come clean your river! Link in bio: https://ow.ly/eUVS50YBYpG
Welcome, Ashton Golembo, our new Donor Experience Specialist! With a career built on producing engaging stories, managing complex logistics, and cultivating relationships, Ashton is excited to advance Riverkeeper’s mission through creative events that connect people to the Hudson River.
Riverkeeper is building on our decades of advocacy around Indian Point to ensure that the decommissioning of the nuclear energy facility is completed safely and with the best interests of the local communities and environment in mind.
Learn more in the full FAQ:
https://ow.ly/GXzB50YBogZ
⛈️💦 Rain overwhelms sewer systems, resulting in extreme flooding & sewage overflows that contaminate water bodies with untreated waste. That’s why we’re pushing Rain Ready NY, important legislation that would improve stormwater management & help communities prepare.
https://ow.ly/FOEA50YyRMb
We're still basking in the afterglow from celebrating our work to protect clean water including New York Harbor, a stunning backdrop for last week’s evening of revelry.
Here’s to the work ahead 💧✨
“Eliminating SEQRA review for larger housing projects without guardrails risks creating long-term harms to public health, the economy and the environment…With well-established smart growth principles, we can have affordable housing and clean air and clean water.”
Read:
https://ow.ly/LaFG50YyVnP
NY State budget negotiations are now in full swing. The one-house budgets contain some significant environmental wins, showing how our advocacy, buoyed by the voices of our supporters, continues to move the needle.
Read the full blog: https://ow.ly/B8vi50YxIFO
#NYBudget #NYClimateLaw
Today we’re celebrating World Water Day with our passionate community of clean water advocates. 💙🌍💧
Want to learn more about your water? Explore water quality across the region in our Riverkeeper Water Quality Portal: data.riverkeeper.org
#worldwaterday #worldwaterday2026 #waterquality
What a wonderful night celebrating clean water! 🌊💙
Special thanks to unwavering environmental champion Rep. Nydia Velázquez, who was honored as a Hudson Hero, and Eric Sanderson, who shared an engaging conversation on how NYC’s ecological past shapes our future.
Governor Hochul recently proposed changes to NY’s keystone environmental review law.
Tell the Governor that affordable housing & protecting the environment go together.
Speak up: https://ow.ly/mUz850Yvp1l
Watch: How New York’s water impacts our iconic pizza.
Riverkeeper experts and pizza pro Scott Wiener, founder of Scott's Pizza Tours, dove into how NYC's unique drinking water system works and its surprising role in our fave slices.
Watch now: https://ow.ly/OgVa50YuVKQ
Riverkeeper’s Science Team is looking for a Water Quality Intern for the 2026 sampling season from 4/1 to 10/31. Be a part of Riverkeeper’s Water Quality program and work with community science volunteers throughout the Hudson River watershed. 🚰🎣📈
Apply: https://ow.ly/fIar50YttcJ
📷: Joe Squillante
Please join us in welcoming Erin Burrows, our new Social Media Specialist! 🎉
Erin comes to Riverkeeper with a wealth of experience in content creation, digital marketing, and brand development in the higher education space and, most recently, at a worker-owned strategic communications agency.
Gov. Hochul has proposed changes to NY’s keystone environmental review law that could encourage sprawl, strain infrastructure, and push housing into flood-prone or contaminated areas.
Tell Hochul: Any changes must protect communities, ecosystems, and responsible growth👉 https://ow.ly/tSxT50Yqwwj
The Governor's plans to overhaul New York's landmark climate law will hurt the state's ability to address our changing climate.
Read our statement on why the law is critical to climate progress and building a cleaner, more affordable energy system for New Yorkers 👉 https://ow.ly/qNeI50Yqnii
🌎📣Following the 5th anniversary of the signing of the #RenewableRikers Act, NYC-EJA is proud to announce our newest report, “A Reset for Renewable Rikers”, a look at the possibilities for Rikers to be transformed into a sustainable renewable energy and composting hub for the City of New York.
More from last week’s Advocacy Day, where Riverkeeper and our partners met with nearly 40 New York State lawmakers.
These conversations help drive progress on critical clean water protections and safeguards for the ecosystems our communities rely on.
Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/9bA650Yp87f
📅 This week in 2010, after years of advocacy by Riverkeeper and community partners, the Gowanus Canal was designated a Superfund site.
Today we’re advancing cleanup, reducing sewage overflows, testing water quality, and holding polluters accountable.
Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/ySFJ50YoGpf
We’re hiring! 🌊
Donor Experience Manager/Specialist — Lead creative outreach & donor events along the Hudson River (NYC focus).
Water Quality Intern — Collect/process water samples, train in lab techniques & work with community science volunteers.
Apply: https://ow.ly/4tLw50Yne3Q
This week we met with ~40 legislators in Albany to push for clean water across NY.
Our 2026 Policy Agendas for NYS & NYC lay out the path forward for stronger protections 👉 Riverkeeper.org/policy
From the river to the halls of power — we’re working for a swimmable, fishable, drinkable Hudson.
Five years ago, NYC passed legislation to close Rikers Island and transform it into renewable energy + wastewater infrastructure.
We’re pushing to make Renewable Rikers real — for cleaner water, climate, and environmental justice.
Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/72ho50YleGr
📷: formulanone (CC)
This week! 💧🍕
Join us on Thursday (12:30–1:30 pm) to explore how NYC’s drinking water system works — and why it matters for your favorite foods (featuring pizza expert Scott Wiener!)
Register here 👉 https://ow.ly/JVB150Yki3l
The Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board — which includes Riverkeeper — convened for its regularly scheduled meeting.
We're monitoring decommissioning in order to ensure water quality, wildlife, and the surrounding communities remain protected.
Read the latest 👉 https://ow.ly/wCTu50Ykhp8
Volunteer season is almost here! 🌊
Join thousands for Riverkeeper Sweep on May 2 — the largest day of service for the Hudson. Help clean waterways from NYC to the Adirondacks and protect wildlife & recreation.
Sign up for updates and get involved 👉 https://ow.ly/JuBR50YiRhF
Riverkeeper honors Richard L. “Dick” Ottinger, 97, a lifelong champion of the Hudson River. A 16-year Congressman, he fought polluters, helped stop Con Edison’s Storm King plant, and shaped the modern environmental movement. Rest in power, Richard Ottinger.
📷 Pace University
Riverkeeper, Save the Sound, and Guardians of Flushing Bay have filed a lawsuit challenging the NYC's plan to chlorinate sewage, dechlorinate it, then release it into Flushing Creek in Queens. We support solutions that clean the water and respect communities. Find out more➡️https://ow.ly/L7iB50Yh6fI
Riverkeeper strongly objects to the Trump Administration’s decision to repeal the Endangerment Finding, the scientific determination that greenhouse gases are harmful to public health and the environment.
Read our full opposition statement ➡️ https://ow.ly/oGYg50YeFeE
Help heal the Hudson 🌊 Volunteer with Riverkeeper!
Join the Riverkeeper Sweep on Sat., May 2 — the largest cleanup of the Hudson 👉 https://ow.ly/Fv3j50YaqGJ
Become a Volunteer Ambassador and help protect the river year-round👉 https://ow.ly/9xEC50YaqGH
Every action makes a difference 💙