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Riverkeeper, Our Friends on the River
By Maija Niemisto, Clearwater Director of Shipboard Education Usually when I ride a pre-dawn train on the Hudson Line with a hot coffee steaming between my hands and my face pressed up against the window [...]
Hudson River Estuary Added to “Great Waters” List
America’s Great Waters Coalition has declared the Hudson Estuary and watershed as one of the nation’s “Great Waters,” recognizing the river’s national importance
Public Comment on Controversial Rockland Desalinization Plant Closes This Week
Unsafe, Unneeded Project Would Pit Water Rights of Rockland County and New Jersey Residents Against Each Other for Corporate Profit at Both Ends
Clearwater Festival Adds New Performers to Line-Up
Josh Ritter, Alejandro Escovedo, Bhi Bhiman, Jose Conde Y Ola Fresca, Forro in the Dark, and Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole to perform at Great Hudson River Revival
$1.2 Million DEC Fine Marks Significant New Level of Enforcement
Underscores a Pattern of Violations at Indian Point The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s imposition of a $1.2 million fine on Entergy marks a new and welcome level of enforcement of public safety [...]
Rivera & Experts: Show Us the Nuclear Accident Evacuation & Preparedness Plans
For Immediate Release Contact: Guillermo Martinez for Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera – 518-455-5844 Tina Posterli for Hudson Riverkeeper -- 516-526-9371 Laura Haight for New York Public Interest Group – 518-436-0876 Manna Jo Greene for Hudson River [...]
Clearwater’s 2012 Public Sailing Adventures
Offer Passengers an Opportunity to Sail the Hudson River aboard a Tall Ship BEACON, NY – Clearwater invites the public to experience the beauty of the Hudson River and its shores from a new perspective [...]
Enviro Groups Welcome Mandatory EPA Checkup on Hudson River PCB Cleanup
Five-Year Review has potential to ensure the most effective cleanup The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that, while the Hudson River cleanup continues this year, the agency will simultaneously perform a necessary evaluation to [...]
Japanese Visitors Bear Witness in Debate Over Indian Point
On Monday, March 5, Clearwater hosted a unique opportunity for emergency responders and the general public from the New York area to hear from visiting Japanese experts who lived and worked through the disaster discuss what [...]