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News from Clearwater
Dave Conover Named Interim Executive Director
BEACON, NY– Hudson River Sloop Clearwater has announced long-time Clearwater staff member Dave Conover as the interim executive director of the Beacon based non-profit organization. Mr. Conover has been the Education Director at Clearwater since [...]
Environmental and Health Organizations Call For Immediate Indian Point Shutdown
BUCHANAN, NY — The latest in a spate of troublesome incidents at the Indian Point Energy Center has prompted an urgent call from six environmental and health organizations to immediately shut down the aging nuclear [...]
Volunteer Maintenance Day- February 28th
Spend Sunday at the sloop! We are excited to host another open maintenance day for anyone who wants to get involved in our biggest restoration yet! The day begins at 9:30 and ends at 3:30. [...]
Celebrating Environmental Justice has been canceled
CANCELED Our February concert "Celebrating Environmental Justice" has been canceled. The concert series will pick up again on March 20th with "A Tribute to the Memory of Pete Seeger" at The Linda in Albany. For more information [...]
Restoration Phases
Click on links below to see photos and ship plans depicting work already done and the extensive work remaining in the third and final phase starting October 2015. In the winter of 2009-2010, Clearwater crew and shipwrights from Rondout [...]
Indian Point: Radioactive Water leaks into Groundwater
Indian Point Leaks Increase Dramatically: In response to a hugely elevated spike in the ongoing leaks at Indian Point Clearwater, Riverkeeper, Scenic Hudson, Sierra Club, IPSEC and many others will be calling for this aging [...]
Clearwater Receives ‘Sea Education’ Award
BEACON – Hudson River Sloop Clearwater has been awarded the Sea Education Program of the Year award for Clearwater’s ground breaking Youth Empowerment Programs. The award was presented to Captain Annika Savio on January 30th [...]
Clearwater supports the Montrose9!
Dear Friends, There was big news about Spectra AIM pipeline at the end of last week. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected all the Requests for Rehearing filed in May 2015 http://www.lohud.com/story/tech/science/environment/2016/01/29/ferc-algonquin-rehearing-request/79521930/ This means that [...]
Clearwater Takes a Break from Revival to Save the Sloop
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater has been the subject of many rumors regarding the fate of Clearwater’s annual Great Hudson River Revival in Croton Point Park, NY. This year, the sloop Clearwater is in the middle [...]