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Take Action: Help reduce packaging waste in New York State!
New York State has an opportunity to reduce packaging waste, make remaining packaging recyclable, and at the same time cut out toxic chemicals - will you help make it happen? The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A5322/S4246) would require companies to cut their single-use [...]
Threat of Fracking Returns to New York State
(Photo Credit: WRGB) Last fall, Southern Tier Solutions, a Texas-based company contacted 6,500 landowners in three counties inviting them to lease their land for gas extraction and CO2 storage. Although hydraulic fracturing (fracking with water) was banned through an Executive Order in 2014 [...]
The Hudson River Shoreline in Castleton: So Close and Yet So Far
For nearly 30 years, the Village of Castleton-on-Hudson has been waiting for access to its municipal waterfront park on the shoreline of the Hudson River. Between the community and their park stands a locked gate and railroad tracks. Each day, the local community continues to [...]
2024 Hudson River Advocacy Day
Clearwater goes to Albany for Hudson River Advocacy Day Yesterday Clearwater’s Executive Director David Toman, Environmental Action Director Jen Benson, and Board Member Steve Stanne participated in Hudson River Advocacy Day, joining fellow advocates in visiting Senators and Assemblymembers urging them to support [...]
EPA’s dredging remedy for Hudson River PCBs Superfund site is failing to protect human and environmental health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 14, 2023 Findings from independent, scientific assessment of publicly available data comes as EPA prepares to release its review of the Hudson River PCBs Superfund site Hudson Valley, NY — The Friends of a Clean Hudson (FOCH) coalition today released [...]
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Inc.’s 2023 Board Election Results
A Message From Our New Board President Dear Clearwater Members, Thank you to all of our members who attended Sunday’s annual meeting, and to everyone who participated in the board election. We are pleased to announce the election results as follows: Welcome to the three [...]
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Clearwater Files New Indian Point Environmental and Public Health Contention
Clearwater Files New Indian Point Environmental and Public Health Contention Safe Use of Hudson River for Drinking Water Questioned Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.’s Petition to File a New Contention Based Upon New Information Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Inc.’s Motion for Leave to File a [...]
Clearwater’s “Spring Splash” Concert with Jeff Tweedy and Pete Seeger is a Big Success
Clearwater’s “Spring Splash” Concert with Jeff Tweedy and Pete Seeger is a Big Success POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Hudson River Sloop Clearwater’s sold out “Spring Splash” benefit concert on Saturday night at Beacon High School, Beacon, NY, was a big success, raising tens of thousands of [...]
Sloop Clearwater Starts Historic 40th Sailing Season with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Sloop Clearwater Starts Historic 40th Sailing Season with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, America’s flagship environmental organization, and the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted a special ribbon cutting ceremony this afternoon to mark the beginning of the sailing [...]
The Great Brooklyn Experiment of 2009
Brooklyn 2009 The Great Brooklyn Experiment of 2009 carries on despite Mother Nature's best attempts to break our spirit. I was disappointed to have to cancel our “Thank You” sail for the many folks who helped get us here, which also would have continued our [...]
Brooklyn 2009 Part 2
It’s been a frenetic week aboard sloop Clearwater, but all the energy moved generally in the right direction. Completing our week in Red Hook only fortified our good feelings about the neighborhood and our resolve to return. Highlights of our visit there, beside the obvious [...]
Young Women at the Helm; Part I
We gathered our ringer Young Women at the Helm (YWH) volunteers early Monday morning at Yonkers and were secure alongside at the West 79th Street Boat Basin by noon. The ship was soon engulfed in a flurry of training, curriculum review, food preparation and, just [...]