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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
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
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
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 [...]
Action Alert: Contact NYC Council on Indian Point Closure
Action Alert: Clearwater urges all New York City residents to call, write, and meet with their City Council representatives to get them to co-sponsor the resolution to close the Indian Point nuclear plant.
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’
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!
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’
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 [...]