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A New Opportunity
A New Opportunity: A Message from Hudson River Sloop Clearwater’s Programs Department The Pier at Milton Landing has risen from an old barge dock into a beautiful new public pier. Many thanks are due to Howard Baker for getting us involved, and especially to The [...]
September 2021 Environmental Action Update
September 2021 Environmental Action Update Hurricane Ida Follow-up: As we pick up the pieces from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, it should be clear to everyone in the Hudson Valley and the greater NYC metropolitan area that climate adaptation and mitigation should be a priority. [...]
August 2021 Environmental Action Update
August 2021 Environmental Action Update Stop Danskammer Flotilla: On Wednesday, August 4, Clearwater, Food & Water Watch and others hosted a wonderful flotilla opposing the proposed expansion of the Danskammer fracked gas plant. The plant currently only operates a few days a year during [...]
July 2021 Environmental Action Update
EA Update for July 2021 E-News Decommissioning Oversight Board Convened: The very first meeting of the Decommissioning Oversight Board (DOB) was convened on June 23. Representatives from relevant state agencies, elected officials, labor unions, the environmental community, and the scientific community. There was time for [...]
June 2021 EA Update
EA Update for June 2021 E-News Indian Point: What’s Next? An Environmental Justice Community Discussion On May 26th, Clearwater was joined by community members, elected officials, and advocates from environmental justice communities across the Hudson Valley to discuss concerns surrounding Indian Point’s decommissioning. There [...]
The Shutdown of Indian Point
The Shutdown of Indian Point: What Happens Now? Indian Point has stood as a distinct landmark of the lower Hudson Valley for the past half-century. It has provided the region with jobs and energy, all while posing a potential risk to the people of the [...]
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Team Clearwater – Five Boro Bike Tour – ROSTER FULL
Registration for Team Clearwater 2010 is now CLOSED. Please consider sending a donation in support of our current riders and joining us next year. Team Clearwater & the Five Boro Bike Tour Ride with us! May 2, 2010 Battery Park, NYC 6:30 - 7:45AM lineup [...]
Mind Your Whistling
By Aubrey Gallegos This week marked the first week of program for Clearwater’s spring season! It rolled in with characteristic Clearwater energy and adventure, and we were certainly not lacking for wind! Meteorologists have their theories about what causes foul weather, but on tall ships [...]
June 2010
Please note: the following event is by invitation only. Please see our "Events" tab for new and exciting opportunities to get involved with Clearwater! Saturday, June 19th, 2010 More information with exact meeting location, parking and site map, will follow soon via email! Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival [...]
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and World-Class Scientists Bridge the Science Education Gap
Government, Science, Environmental Groups, and Pete Seeger take the pulse of the Hudson River, and bring it to thousands of young people. POUGHKEEPSIE—Inner city students, world-class scientists, and environmental leaders will gather at Waryas Park in Poughkeepsie on June 5 to unveil a new, mobile [...]
Environmental Groups to EPA: Reasonable Adjustments Will Ensure PCB Cleanup Success
Comments to EPA bolstered by work of independent scientist, challenge GE’s calls for delays and reduced cleanup effort CAPITAL REGION/HUDSON VALLEY – May 25, 2010 – Following the results of the first phase of toxic cleanup in the Hudson River, leading environmental groups and [...]
Biggest, Greatest, Weirdest!
- Aubrey Gallegos (education intern) Last week we had an "-estest Day", a day of Biggest, of Greatest, and Weirdest. It started Thursday morning when Maija and I went seining in Beacon. There's nothing better than waking up in the morning, pulling on waders [...]