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August 6, 2023
EAST RUTHERFORD (AFP) – He is not a lawyer, finance guy or a politician, but activist Bill Sheehan has moved mountains to clean up the Hackensack River in New Jersey just outside Manhattan, which for decades has been a dumping ground for industrial chemicals. Even still, the former taxi driver said, there is still so […]
May 28, 2023
Last weekend, a relatively small sailboat sailed into the metro area waterways to bring a different message: not might, but peace.
April 26, 2023
The longtime advocates to protect the Hackensack River watershed bought a Main Street office, with help from community donors
April 22, 2023
Tom Deignan profiles Irish Americans that work in environmental activism and justice, including Denis Hayes, Noreen Doyle, Maura Toomey, and Bill Sheehan.
January 23, 2023
The NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) held a hearing on sewer overflow improvements affecting North Bergen and Guttenberg.
January 4, 2023
Hackensack Riverkeeper, the citizen-steward of the Hackensack River Watershed, is pleased to announce it is accepting applications for the 2023
December 20, 2022
The agency settled with 85 firms responsible for PCBs, dioxin and other pollution in the riverbed. Work will cover 17 miles from Newark to Garfield.
October 27, 2022
Some residents rebuilt, elevating homes. Some left and never returned. New flood defenses have been installed. But storm surge remains a risk.
September 30, 2022
EPA officials have called an end to the groundwater cleanup at the Universal Oil Products site in East Rutherford. A final cleanup phase remains.
September 28, 2022
The plan calls for a 1,900-foot-long floodgate across the Hackensack River. Other proposed structures would protect New York Harbor.