Click on a sub-menu for articles, reports, awards, and other newsworthy items on Clearwater.
News from Clearwater
Leonard Lopate Show: Indian Point Relicensing
WNYC Leonard Lopate Show, August 22, 2012: Earlier this month the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted unanimously to wait before approving new licenses for Indian Point or other nuclear plants until it can determine how [...]
Mid-Hudson Sustainability Planning Project to Host July 30 Public Meeting
Join the discussion and help us work toward a more sustainable future for the MidHudson Region. The public is invited to a Mid-Hudson Sustainability Planning Consortium Public Meeting Monday, July 30 from 6:30 - 8:30 [...]
Clearwater and the Fall Kill Watershed Committee to Unveil Innovative Signage
Presentation to Take Place as Part of Poughkeepsie’s 2012 Hudson River Day Celebration Join Clearwater and the Fall Kill Watershed Committee, Hudson River Housing, and the Poughkeepsie community for a celebration in Middle Main on [...]
Clearwater and Hudson River Maritime Museum Partner to Celebrate Hudson River Day 2012
Featuring Kingston Home Port and Education Center Groundbreaking Ceremony The public is invited to the Kingston Waterfront for a spectacular Hudson River Day 2012 event, Saturday, July 21, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, featuring a [...]
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 [...]