For that reason, the study is "a waste of time and resources, " said Phillip Musegaas of the environmental group Riverkeeper.

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Kennedy "is a leader and an environmental activist and his opinion carries weight, " said Kate Hudson, the watershed program director at the environmental group Riverkeeper, which works with Kennedy on legal action to protect the environment.

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Matthiessen, president of Riverkeeper, the environmental organization.

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Environmental advocates and Riverkeeper, a nonprofit organization working to protect the Hudson River and its tributaries, issued a statement based on the reports that Libous should recuse himself from the fracking debate, where he is a leader of supporters.

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