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Investors, Boaters Urge GE to Finish Cleanup of PCBs It Dumped

August 28th, 2015|Comments Off on Investors, Boaters Urge GE to Finish Cleanup of PCBs It Dumped

  The Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment and the Hudson River Boat & Yacht Club Association both released letters this week calling on General Electric to continue cleaning up PCBs it dumped in the Hudson River beyond the end of [...]

Clearwater Calls Members to Action as GE Removes Cleanup Equipment

August 26th, 2015|Comments Off on Clearwater Calls Members to Action as GE Removes Cleanup Equipment

Clearwater issued a call to action to its 5,000 members, urging them to call out the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for allowing General Electric to quietly begin dismantling its PCB cleanup operation before the agency has even approved [...]

Clearwater Offers Free ‘Tideline’ Programs for Students

August 19th, 2015|Comments Off on Clearwater Offers Free ‘Tideline’ Programs for Students

ESOPUS MEADOWS PRESERVE, NY - Clearwater is offering a limited number of FREE Tideline education programs for classroom students at its new facility in the village of Ulster Park, near Kingston. Tideline is a land-based [...]

Clearwater Sets Aquatic Invasive Species Trainings Aug. 30, Sept. 1

August 17th, 2015|Comments Off on Clearwater Sets Aquatic Invasive Species Trainings Aug. 30, Sept. 1

Clearwater will hold two training sessions for volunteers who want to help survey local waterways for aquatic invasive species infestation on Sunday, August 30, 10:00AM-Noon and Tuesday, September 1, 1:00-3:00 PM.  Both sessions will be at Black Rock [...]

Young Women at the Helm on the River and In the Sky

August 5th, 2015|Comments Off on Young Women at the Helm on the River and In the Sky

Some members of Clearwater's Young Women at the Helm program showed themselves how high they can fly Wednesday, August 5.  It was only the second day of the three-day Youth Empowerment programs,taking place aboard the Clearwater this week. [...]

Clearwater and Pacific NW Groups Announce ‘Columbia Clearwater’

July 23rd, 2015|Comments Off on Clearwater and Pacific NW Groups Announce ‘Columbia Clearwater’

BEACON, NY, July 23, 2015 - Hudson River Sloop Clearwater’s executive director Peter Gross and Portland Fish Company’s president Jesse Schwartz announced today that Clearwater is entering into an arrangement with a new environmental nonprofit [...]

Clearwater Sets Its Fall Public Sail Schedule!

July 2nd, 2015|Comments Off on Clearwater Sets Its Fall Public Sail Schedule!

BEACON, NY- Clearwater announces that its new Fall Sail Schedule is available on the organization’s website, www.Clearwater.org, for ticket purchase and the booking of chartered sails on the iconic 106-foot sloop. The 18th Century replica [...]

Statement by Clearwater’s Peter Gross: ‘Pope Epitomizes Leadership’

June 18th, 2015|Comments Off on Statement by Clearwater’s Peter Gross: ‘Pope Epitomizes Leadership’

BEACON, NY - Clearwater's executive director Peter Gross hailed Pope Francis for his moral leadership as the pontiff's ground-breaking encyclical on  climate change was issued today. "The Pope’s recognition that climate change is an urgent and [...]