Fighting the Power Seekers to Save a River Not since Riverkeeper's founding more than 30 years ago has the Hudson River been under such intense pressure from the electric power industry. Just as the Hudson River Fishermen's Association, our predecessor organization, fought to protect the river from exploitation then, Riverkeeper is fighting to protect it now.
Power plants suck in trillions of gallons of water to cool their turbines.
In doing so, they destroy billions of fish nationally each year. With the recent deregulation of electricity and increased competition, companies from all over are applying to build power plants along the Hudson River, already home to the Indian Point 2 and 3, Lovett, Bowline,Roseton, Danskammer and Albany Steam plants. In fact, the vast majority of the 21 new large power plants currently proposed for New York State would be sited on the Hudson River or in New York City. The largest killers of fish in America today are cooling water intakes at power plants. This is a National Heritage River which provides critical habitat for a great number of species.