Jeremy Cherson
@jcherson.bsky.social
Associate Director of Government Affairs at Riverkeeper. Based in the Hudson Valley of the great State of New York. All things protecting the Hudson River and its tributaries. Visit us at https://bsky.app/profile/riverkeeper.org or on the web riverkeeper.o
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Jeremy Cherson
@jcherson.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Riverkeeper - Protecting the Hudson River & Safeguarding Drinking Water
Protecting the Hudson River & Safeguarding Drinking Water
www.riverkeeper.org
Riverkeeper launched our new website this week. I'm super proud of our team which has been hard at work for a year redesigning and debugging the new site. New features will be launched over the next few months. www.riverkeeper.org
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🚨 Meteorologists are sounding the alarm: severe weather forecasts are already slipping due to staffing cuts at the National Weather Service. Lives are on the line.
📉 Forecast quality down
⏱️ Lead times shorter
⚠️ Systems stretched thin
Call Congress now—demand they fully restore NOAA.
📉 Forecast quality down
⏱️ Lead times shorter
⚠️ Systems stretched thin
Call Congress now—demand they fully restore NOAA.
Meteorologists say NWS cuts degraded forecasts during recent storms
The National Weather Service’s reduction in weather balloon launches meant forecasters had less data available when the central U.S. got hammered with hail and tornadoes.
www.nbcnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨 Meteorologists are sounding the alarm: severe weather forecasts are already slipping due to staffing cuts at the National Weather Service. Lives are on the line.
📉 Forecast quality down
⏱️ Lead times shorter
⚠️ Systems stretched thin
Call Congress now—demand they fully restore NOAA.
📉 Forecast quality down
⏱️ Lead times shorter
⚠️ Systems stretched thin
Call Congress now—demand they fully restore NOAA.
Oh hey! We support this bill!
H.R.2959
To amend the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense ...
SPONSOR: @pkryan.bsky.social
№ CO-SPONSORS: 1
STATUS: Introduced
LATEST ACTION: House floor - 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on ...
#Democrats
Details at congress.gov
To amend the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense ...
SPONSOR: @pkryan.bsky.social
№ CO-SPONSORS: 1
STATUS: Introduced
LATEST ACTION: House floor - 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on ...
#Democrats
Details at congress.gov
April 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Oh hey! We support this bill!
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Americans' Concerns About Environmental Issues.
(Gallup)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250416-top...
(Gallup)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250416-top...
April 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Americans' Concerns About Environmental Issues.
(Gallup)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250416-top...
(Gallup)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250416-top...
This is chilling. Non-profits need to band together with universities and other institutions to protect our right to criticize our own government and their actions - no matter who is in charge at any given time. That's the American way. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Officials Weigh Earth Day Move Against Green Groups
White House officials are preparing executive orders that would strip some environmental nonprofits of their tax-exempt status, setting up a possible Earth Day strike against organizations seen as sta...
www.bloomberg.com
April 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is chilling. Non-profits need to band together with universities and other institutions to protect our right to criticize our own government and their actions - no matter who is in charge at any given time. That's the American way. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
We are not backing down from the fight for clean water.
Rather than working for the people, the administration is catering to mega-corporations and their billionaire CEOs at the expense of the environment and people’s health. @riverkeeper.org
www.riverkeeper.org/news-and-eve...
Rather than working for the people, the administration is catering to mega-corporations and their billionaire CEOs at the expense of the environment and people’s health. @riverkeeper.org
www.riverkeeper.org/news-and-eve...
Standing strong for the Hudson River: Pushing back against rollbacks and holding the line for clean water...
Protecting the Hudson River & Safeguarding Drinking Water
www.riverkeeper.org
April 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We are not backing down from the fight for clean water.
Rather than working for the people, the administration is catering to mega-corporations and their billionaire CEOs at the expense of the environment and people’s health. @riverkeeper.org
www.riverkeeper.org/news-and-eve...
Rather than working for the people, the administration is catering to mega-corporations and their billionaire CEOs at the expense of the environment and people’s health. @riverkeeper.org
www.riverkeeper.org/news-and-eve...
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Solved the microplastics problem
‘Clean Water,’ ‘Equity,’ ‘Microplastics’ and Other Words Banned in Leaked USDA Memo
The agency has banned some key language from its vocabulary, including the words “clean water,” “affordable housing” and “microplastics.”
barnraisingmedia.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Solved the microplastics problem
I've joined TikTok! Please follow me as I embarrass myself and hopefully reach new audiences with clean water policy nuggets from Planet Albany. www.tiktok.com/@jeremychers...
In February, I testified on behalf of @riverkeeper_hudsonat a New York State budget hearing in Albany, advocating for increased funding to tackle urgent environmental challenges. We’re pushing for cri...
TikTok video by jeremychersonriverkeeper
www.tiktok.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I've joined TikTok! Please follow me as I embarrass myself and hopefully reach new audiences with clean water policy nuggets from Planet Albany. www.tiktok.com/@jeremychers...
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The warming atmosphere is increasing heavy rain and flooding. We must empower NY water authorities with policy tools to address the stormwater crisis. My bill (S4071) enables them to adopt innovative strategies to make communities “Rain Ready.” Thank you to the Senate Majority for your support.
April 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The warming atmosphere is increasing heavy rain and flooding. We must empower NY water authorities with policy tools to address the stormwater crisis. My bill (S4071) enables them to adopt innovative strategies to make communities “Rain Ready.” Thank you to the Senate Majority for your support.
Big wins for clean water in NY’s budget proposals in race to deadline.
💧 $700M/$600M for water infrastructure
💧 $9.5M for Hudson River Programs(+$2M!)
💧 $500M for the Environmental Protection Fund
Now we need Gov. Hochul to hit "accept" to lock it in!
www.riverkeeper.org/news-and-eve...
💧 $700M/$600M for water infrastructure
💧 $9.5M for Hudson River Programs(+$2M!)
💧 $500M for the Environmental Protection Fund
Now we need Gov. Hochul to hit "accept" to lock it in!
www.riverkeeper.org/news-and-eve...
With federal cuts looming, NYS lawmakers propose boosts to clean water funding...
Protecting the Hudson River & Safeguarding Drinking Water
www.riverkeeper.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Big wins for clean water in NY’s budget proposals in race to deadline.
💧 $700M/$600M for water infrastructure
💧 $9.5M for Hudson River Programs(+$2M!)
💧 $500M for the Environmental Protection Fund
Now we need Gov. Hochul to hit "accept" to lock it in!
www.riverkeeper.org/news-and-eve...
💧 $700M/$600M for water infrastructure
💧 $9.5M for Hudson River Programs(+$2M!)
💧 $500M for the Environmental Protection Fund
Now we need Gov. Hochul to hit "accept" to lock it in!
www.riverkeeper.org/news-and-eve...
Dude. I'm running out of adjectives for sheer self-own of the U.S. right now. We are being stripped and sold for parts. The know nothings are winning. Sagan's warnings were 100% accurate.
New: A NOAA lab in Hawaii that is connected to the longest-running observation of global greenhouse gas concentrations is slated for closure in August, according to a list of lease terminations Democratic members of Congress shared with @washingtonpost.com.
Trump moves to close government lab that tracks planet-warming pollution
The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Dude. I'm running out of adjectives for sheer self-own of the U.S. right now. We are being stripped and sold for parts. The know nothings are winning. Sagan's warnings were 100% accurate.
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"Ozempic owes its success 2 research N2 Gila monster venom, which after 4 decades of investigatn, finally gave rise to GLP-1s, drugs that hold promise in transforming #publichealth & are already shifting the economy. If silliness be the proxy 4 edge science, play on — give us excess of it." #MedSky
Opinion | Science needs more shrimp on treadmills
The case for funding more edge science — not less.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"Ozempic owes its success 2 research N2 Gila monster venom, which after 4 decades of investigatn, finally gave rise to GLP-1s, drugs that hold promise in transforming #publichealth & are already shifting the economy. If silliness be the proxy 4 edge science, play on — give us excess of it." #MedSky
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🗞️ "Later this year, Riverkeeper will roll out a more robust version of its public monitoring program at more than 200 locations in the river and its tributaries." Read more: ⬇️
Microplastics in the Hudson River, @riverkeeper.org's public monitoring program in the river, and reducing the amount of plastics getting into us with the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act.
highlandscurrent.org/2025/02/21/o...
highlandscurrent.org/2025/02/21/o...
Out There: Plastics on the Brain
The plastics problem is getting worse
highlandscurrent.org
February 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🗞️ "Later this year, Riverkeeper will roll out a more robust version of its public monitoring program at more than 200 locations in the river and its tributaries." Read more: ⬇️
Reposted by Jeremy Cherson
Absolutely shocking and very worrying from NOAA www.newscientist.com/article/2469...
February 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Absolutely shocking and very worrying from NOAA www.newscientist.com/article/2469...
Reposted by Jeremy Cherson
The US National Science Foundation is set to lose 1/4 to 1/2 of its staff: www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs
National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.
www.eenews.net
February 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The US National Science Foundation is set to lose 1/4 to 1/2 of its staff: www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
Reposted by Jeremy Cherson
Trump is purging vital scientific data, including a climate-justice tool for the health and financial well-being of millions of Americans. There's a Data Dunkirk saving this data, but there shouldn't have to be
🎁 link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
🎁 link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Trump’s Climate Data Purge Hurts Americans’ Health and Wallets
The removal of web tools that scientists and policymakers use to study global warming is a blow to the country’s physical and economic well-being.
www.bloomberg.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Trump is purging vital scientific data, including a climate-justice tool for the health and financial well-being of millions of Americans. There's a Data Dunkirk saving this data, but there shouldn't have to be
🎁 link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
🎁 link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Reposted by Jeremy Cherson
The CDC weekly report the Trump admin. paused was expected to cover a study on whether veterinarians treating cows had bird flu. Another stalled report shows cases in which people carrying bird flu may have infected cats.Read the @kffhealthnews.bsky.social story by @amymaxmen.bsky.social on @cnn.com
Trump administration’s halt of CDC’s weekly scientific report stalls bird flu studies | CNN
The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.
www.cnn.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The CDC weekly report the Trump admin. paused was expected to cover a study on whether veterinarians treating cows had bird flu. Another stalled report shows cases in which people carrying bird flu may have infected cats.Read the @kffhealthnews.bsky.social story by @amymaxmen.bsky.social on @cnn.com
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Apparently all the PhD researchers holding prestigious NSF-funded research fellowships are having their salaries withheld until some unspecified time when the leadership figures out how to eliminate any grant funding that doesn’t align with the president’s political ideology.
It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.
January 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Apparently all the PhD researchers holding prestigious NSF-funded research fellowships are having their salaries withheld until some unspecified time when the leadership figures out how to eliminate any grant funding that doesn’t align with the president’s political ideology.
For real? This can't be real? Is this legal? Highway funding based on birthrates?
NEW: Yesterday, the Department of Transportation issued a memo that says DOT and DOT-supported programs should "give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average." www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...
www.transportation.gov
January 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
For real? This can't be real? Is this legal? Highway funding based on birthrates?
Had a great time advocating for the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act with @beyondplastics.bsky.social and @riverkeeper.org on Tuesday. Very grateful for the volunteers from Westchester County who came up to make their voices heart. And thanks to Senate Sepulveda for supporting!
January 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Had a great time advocating for the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act with @beyondplastics.bsky.social and @riverkeeper.org on Tuesday. Very grateful for the volunteers from Westchester County who came up to make their voices heart. And thanks to Senate Sepulveda for supporting!
Reposted by Jeremy Cherson
Science, Silenced: For the first time in 60+ years, one of CDC’s flagship scientific publications—the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)—was not published yesterday as scheduled following the Trump administration's gag order earlier this week. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
Trump's Gag Order Halts CDC Publication
MMWR did not publish as usual at 1 p.m. today
www.medpagetoday.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Science, Silenced: For the first time in 60+ years, one of CDC’s flagship scientific publications—the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)—was not published yesterday as scheduled following the Trump administration's gag order earlier this week. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
Reposted by Jeremy Cherson
PASSED: The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)!
Passing WRDA unlocks vital water-related projects that drive our economy forward, strengthen waterways, help communities mitigate flood damage, protect fragile ecosystems, and more.
Passing WRDA unlocks vital water-related projects that drive our economy forward, strengthen waterways, help communities mitigate flood damage, protect fragile ecosystems, and more.
December 19, 2024 at 1:20 AM
PASSED: The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)!
Passing WRDA unlocks vital water-related projects that drive our economy forward, strengthen waterways, help communities mitigate flood damage, protect fragile ecosystems, and more.
Passing WRDA unlocks vital water-related projects that drive our economy forward, strengthen waterways, help communities mitigate flood damage, protect fragile ecosystems, and more.
Reposted by Jeremy Cherson
The US EPA issued a ban this week on TCE and PCE, dry cleaning chemicals that infamously contaminated Camp Lejeune's drinking water for decades.
www.thenewlede.org/2024/12/us-e...
www.thenewlede.org/2024/12/us-e...
US EPA bans toxic dry cleaning chemical
By Shannon Kelleher The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday issued a ban on a highly toxic chemical used in dry cleaning, glue and stain removers, a move the agency called a “major mil...
www.thenewlede.org
December 10, 2024 at 9:03 PM
The US EPA issued a ban this week on TCE and PCE, dry cleaning chemicals that infamously contaminated Camp Lejeune's drinking water for decades.
www.thenewlede.org/2024/12/us-e...
www.thenewlede.org/2024/12/us-e...