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Hull Restoration
Explore photos and ship plans depicting completed projects and the extensive work remaining in the third phase starting October 2015. In the winter of 2009-2010, Clearwater crew and shipwrights from Rondout Woodworking worked on the [...]
Indian Point: Radioactive Water leaks into Groundwater
Indian Point Leaks Increase Dramatically: In response to a hugely elevated spike in the ongoing leaks at Indian Point Clearwater, Riverkeeper, Scenic Hudson, Sierra Club, IPSEC and many others will be calling for this aging [...]
Clearwater Receives ‘Sea Education’ Award
BEACON – Hudson River Sloop Clearwater has been awarded the Sea Education Program of the Year award for Clearwater’s ground breaking Youth Empowerment Programs. The award was presented to Captain Annika Savio on January 30th [...]
Clearwater supports the Montrose9!
Dear Friends, There was big news about Spectra AIM pipeline at the end of last week. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected all the Requests for Rehearing filed in May 2015 http://www.lohud.com/story/tech/science/environment/2016/01/29/ferc-algonquin-rehearing-request/79521930/ This means that [...]
Clearwater Takes a Break from Revival to Save the Sloop
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater has been the subject of many rumors regarding the fate of Clearwater’s annual Great Hudson River Revival in Croton Point Park, NY. This year, the sloop Clearwater is in the middle [...]
National Day of Service
Thank you to all who volunteered with Clearwater on the National Day of Service. Whether you marched with us in the parade in Beacon or worked on Clearwater's hull restoration, you made a difference to [...]
Peter Gross Resigns as Executive Director
BEACON, NY– Peter Gross, Executive Director of the Beacon non-profit organization, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater has announced his resignation. Gross, who served as Executive Director since May of 2014 has stepped down citing, “significant differences between his [...]
GE Stopped Dredging Too Soon
Hudson Sloop Clearwater Executive Director Peter Gross stated, “Everyone recognizes that the current PCB remediation is not adequate to protect the Hudson River and people who, despite the health advisories, continue to eat Hudson River fish. The [...]
Legislation Banning Microbeads Products Passes Unanimously
Word from Washington: A bill to ban microplastics is on it's way to President Obama's desk. U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced the passage of the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, a bill that would [...]