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Add your message to our Cargo of Concern
Tell congress why it's important to protect the Hudson River by sending your messages to D.C. as part of our Cargo of Concern. Get creative! We can't wait to see what you come up with. [...]
Clearwater Responds to Decision on Paris Climate Accords
Bill McKibben points out in his recent New York Times op-ed that rejecting the Paris agreement amounts to rejecting two core elements of modern civilization: science and diplomacy. Climate change will disrupt our water supplies, [...]
Amid Indian Point and Other Northeast Nuclear Plant Closures, Leading Experts Will Address Decomissioning’s Thorniest Issues at New York Forum
Contact: Stephen Kent, skent@kentcom.com ,914-589-5988 WHAT? Indian Point and other nuclear plants in New York and the Northeast face closure and decommissioning, part of the vanguard of a coming wave of aging nuclear plant closures nationwide. The stakes [...]
Clearwater is Searching for a New Executive Director
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc., a 501(c)3 tax exempt nonprofit, member- supported corporation, has been a pioneer of the environmental movement since 1970, and the 106’ sloop Clearwater is the Hudson River's iconic enduring symbol [...]
Clearwater’s Invasive Species Watercraft Inspection Steward Program Kicks off Memorial Day Weekend
Coming to a Hudson River boat launch near you. BEACON, NY – Hudson River Sloop Clearwater started an Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Program in April 2015, with the goal to educate the public about aquatic [...]
The Clearwater Festival Announces Final Line-Up
Founded by Pete Seeger, Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival (The Clearwater Festival) Announces Lineup Featuring Lake Street Dive, the reunion of Cry Cry Cry (Lucy Kaplansky, Richard Shindell & Dar Williams), Los Lobos, Arlo Guthrie, [...]
Mystic Whaler Joins Clearwater for Spring Education Sails
The time has finally come for the Whaler Education Team to transit to the 79th Street Boat Basin. Our journey started with calm waters that looked like glass. We got to see jellyfish and had [...]
‘Hope on the Hudson’ Documentary to Premiere at Towne Crier Cafe in Beacon
Jon Bowermaster’s latest film to be debuted as a fundraising event to benefit Clearwater’s June 2017 sail to Washington DC BEACON, NY – On May 11, 2017 at 6:00 PM, Jon Bowermaster’s ‘The Hudson: A [...]
Making Environmental History – Clearwater is Sailing to Washington!
Media Contacts: Stephen Kent, skent@kentcom.com, 914-589-5988 Dave Conover, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, dave@clearwater.org 845-265-8080 ext 7104 (Re)Making Environmental History Fighting for Federal Clean Water Protections Now Under Threat, the Sloop Clearwater Will Sail to Washington, [...]