Latest Clearwater Blog Posts
A New Opportunity
A New Opportunity: A Message from Hudson River Sloop Clearwater’s Programs Department The Pier at Milton Landing has risen from an old barge dock into a beautiful new public pier. Many thanks are due to Howard Baker for getting us involved, and especially to The [...]
September 2021 Environmental Action Update
September 2021 Environmental Action Update Hurricane Ida Follow-up: As we pick up the pieces from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, it should be clear to everyone in the Hudson Valley and the greater NYC metropolitan area that climate adaptation and mitigation should be a priority. [...]
August 2021 Environmental Action Update
August 2021 Environmental Action Update Stop Danskammer Flotilla: On Wednesday, August 4, Clearwater, Food & Water Watch and others hosted a wonderful flotilla opposing the proposed expansion of the Danskammer fracked gas plant. The plant currently only operates a few days a year during [...]
July 2021 Environmental Action Update
EA Update for July 2021 E-News Decommissioning Oversight Board Convened: The very first meeting of the Decommissioning Oversight Board (DOB) was convened on June 23. Representatives from relevant state agencies, elected officials, labor unions, the environmental community, and the scientific community. There was time for [...]
June 2021 EA Update
EA Update for June 2021 E-News Indian Point: What’s Next? An Environmental Justice Community Discussion On May 26th, Clearwater was joined by community members, elected officials, and advocates from environmental justice communities across the Hudson Valley to discuss concerns surrounding Indian Point’s decommissioning. There [...]
The Shutdown of Indian Point
The Shutdown of Indian Point: What Happens Now? Indian Point has stood as a distinct landmark of the lower Hudson Valley for the past half-century. It has provided the region with jobs and energy, all while posing a potential risk to the people of the [...]