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March 2021 Environmental Action Update
March 2021 Environmental Action Update Big News! Danskammer Update: Siting Board deems the Danskammer application complete. On Feb. 16 the Chairman of the NYS Public Service Commission, who chairs the Article 10 Siting Board, accepted Danskammer's application for a proposal to build a new [...]
Remembering Clearwater’s First Captain, Allan Aunapu
The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater organization mourns the passing of the sloop's first Captain, Allan J. Aunapu. Killed in a tragic accident in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, February 11th, 2021, Aunapu was 79. Aunapu was an iconic figure in the Clearwater community. [...]
February 2021 Environmental Action Update
February 2021 Environmental Action Update Nuclear Power is NOT a Climate Solution Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS) has produced an animated video clearly demonstrating why nuclear power is not the climate change solution that some make it out to be. In fact, aside from fossil [...]
Spotify Playlist: Winter Maintenance Vol. 1
Spotify Playlist: Winter Maintenance Vol. 1 Listen to the Winter Maintenance Playlist put together by former crew members here: https://bit.ly/WinterMaintenanceVol1 What Music and Clearwater Mean to Me: A message inspired by an entry in the head journal. I don't even like folk music...well not [...]
Black History Month: Uplifting the Voices of the Unheard
Black Voices of the Hudson Valley: Past and Present Clearwater stands firm in the continued fight for Black lives, knowing that there cannot be climate justice without social justice. As we celebrate Black History Month, we are reminded that each one of our [...]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Work of Environmental Protection and Justice
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Work of Environmental Protection and Justice By Sherrilyn Ifill* I rarely engage in popular speculation about whether Dr. King would have joined or supported this or that contemporary battle for justice and human rights. If you have spent [...]