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Groups Commend State Comptroller’s Rejection of GE Natural Resource Damage Liability Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2014 Contact: Julia Church, Clearwater, 845 265 8080, ext. 7112; Julia@clearwater.org Kate Slusark Kiely, Natural Resources Defense Council, 212 727 4592; kkiely@nrdc.org Tina Posterli, Riverkeeper, 516 526 9371; tposterli@riverkeeper.org Jay [...]
Pete Seeger, Hudson River Activist and Folk Musician, Dead at 94
Photo Dona Crawford What can a song do? What can a sailboat do? Some would say music exists just to soothe or distract people from their troubles. Some say sailboats are just rich [...]
2014 Clearwater Festival Tickets Now on Sale!
Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival to Take Place June 21 and 22 at Croton Point Park; Festival-Goers Will Save with Reduced Ticket Prices and Fees for This Year’s Festival Clearwater's 2014 Great Hudson River Revival, [...]
Clearwater Sees Changes in Board Leadership
Anne Osborn Accepts Role as Clearwater Board President BEACON, NY– The Clearwater Board of Directors met on January 11 and voted in longtime Hudson Valley resident and former Clearwater board president, Anne Todd Osborn of [...]
Clearwater Receives Nearly $500k for Sloop Restoration from New York State
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 2013 BEACON, NY —New York State has awarded $497,303 to Hudson River Sloop Clearwater to support a three-year plan for restoration and repairs to the sloop Clearwater. The grant was [...]
Clearwater Festival Tickets PRE-SALE!
The special Clearwater Festival pre-sale begins December 16th and lasts only through December 31st. The Clearwater Festival will take place on June 21 & 22, 2014 on the banks of beautiful Croton Point Park [...]
NRC Board Finds That an Accident at Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Would Have Greater Impact on the Poor and Minorities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 3, 2013 Contacts: Richard Webster, Public Justice, (202) 630-5708 RWebster@PublicJustice.net Julia Church, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, (845) 265-8080, x7112, Commun@Clearwater.org BEACON, NY — On November 27, Thanksgiving eve, the Atomic Safety [...]
Way Ahead of Schedule on PCB Cleanup, GE Should Start Natural Resource Damage Work Before Project Ends, Say Enviro Groups
Groups call on Natural Resource Trustees and GE to work out cooperative agreement for natural resource restoration before company demobilizes from the Hudson FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 4, 2013 Contacts: Julia Church, Clearwater, 845 265 [...]
Greening the Holidays
In the busyness of the holiday season, we may tend to focus in only a fleeting way on values that we could and should embody throughout the year. The holidays are a special time for [...]