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Restoring the Clearwater’s Luster

December 21st, 2015|Comments Off on Restoring the Clearwater’s Luster

New boat school refurbishing the Hudson River sloop By Michael Turton The Clearwater, the graceful reminder of Pete Seeger’s love of the Hudson River, is wintering in Kingston, where it is undergoing some well-earned repairs. [...]

Clearwater Receives $10k Grant to Create a Microplastics Pollution Prevention Project

December 18th, 2015|Comments Off on Clearwater Receives $10k Grant to Create a Microplastics Pollution Prevention Project

 BEACON, NY– Hudson River Sloop Clearwater has received a $10k grant from the Malcolm Gordon Charitable Fund to launch a Microplastics Pollution Prevention Project. The project will raise the alarm about microplastics pollution, a threat [...]

NY State Awards $343k for Historic Sloop Restoration

December 16th, 2015|Comments Off on NY State Awards $343k for Historic Sloop Restoration

BEACON, NY– Hudson River Sloop Clearwater has received another generous round of support from New York State in the form of a $343,776 matching grant. This grant from the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic [...]

Sloop Clearwater Arrives Home For the Winter

November 5th, 2015|Comments Off on Sloop Clearwater Arrives Home For the Winter

Clearwater returns to Kingston to begin her largest restoration project since 1969. KINGSTON, NY– The Hudson River’s iconic sloop Clearwater will transit through the Rondout Creek this evening to complete the final leg of her [...]

Clearwater Crew Colors in The Planks

October 15th, 2015|Comments Off on Clearwater Crew Colors in The Planks

Clearwater's Float the Boat campaign to fund the restoration of the sloop has quickly raised $27,000!  Clearwater's crew is monitoring our progress by coloring in the planks of the vessel's hull to track the climb toward [...]

Clearwater Says GE Exhibits ‘Callous Disregard’ in Halting Dredging

October 5th, 2015|Comments Off on Clearwater Says GE Exhibits ‘Callous Disregard’ in Halting Dredging

BEACON, NY– Hudson River Sloop Clearwater reacted with outrage and a pledge to persist in the face of General Electric Company’s announcement today that it has completed dredging of PCBs it disseminated into the Hudson [...]

Decommissioning Nuke Plants Conference Oct. 15 in NYC

September 25th, 2015|Comments Off on Decommissioning Nuke Plants Conference Oct. 15 in NYC

Clearwater is co-sponsoring a conference to raise awareness about the significant challenges involved in decommissioning of nuclear plants, to take place on Thursday, October 15, 10:00 AM-3:00 PM, 2 West 64th Street, in Manhattan. The conference [...]