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July 2022: EA Update

July 13th, 2022|Comments Off on July 2022: EA Update

July 2022 Environmental Action Update The past month has been full of legal decisions, some of which Clearwater favors and some we strongly oppose. Clearwater Decries U.S. Supreme Court decision re: EPA Statement: Hudson River [...]

Clearwater Condemns Supreme Court’s June 30th EPA Ruling

July 5th, 2022|Comments Off on Clearwater Condemns Supreme Court’s June 30th EPA Ruling

Hudson River Sloop Clearwater condemns Thursday's West Virginia v. EPA Supreme Court decision to curtail the Environmental Protection Agency's power to regulate carbon emissions.  While the decision does not eliminate EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse [...]

Meet Captain Rory!

June 29th, 2022|Comments Off on Meet Captain Rory!

 Meet Our New Captain, Rory Kane! We are proud to introduce our new sloop Captain, one that the Clearwater community may recognize: Rory Kane. Kane got his start with us first as a winter [...]

Sloop Scoop: June 2022

June 15th, 2022|Comments Off on Sloop Scoop: June 2022

Sloop Scoop 8: Completing the Restoration and Returning to the Hudson Since our last Sloop Scoop, we have made so much progress! The sloop splashed up in Albany, made the transit down to Kingston, [...]

Clearwater Statement Regarding the Court’s Decision to Uphold the NYS DEC’s Denial of a Title V Air Permit

June 14th, 2022|Comments Off on Clearwater Statement Regarding the Court’s Decision to Uphold the NYS DEC’s Denial of a Title V Air Permit

Clearwater applauds the Court’s June 8th, 2022 decision to affirm the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's authority to deny Danskammer's air permit and views it as a major victory for the Stop [...]

June 2022: EA Update

June 8th, 2022|Comments Off on June 2022: EA Update

June 2022 Environmental Action Update NYS Freshwater Wetlands Act passes, is signed and funded: Small wetlands hold huge amounts of stormwater, store more carbon than forests do, and filter pollution. Recently the New York State [...]

“Queerwater”: More Than Just a Play on Words

May 31st, 2022|Comments Off on “Queerwater”: More Than Just a Play on Words

In honor of pride month, we want to spotlight one of the ways how Clearwater has supported and amplified the LGBTQ+ community. Hudson River Sloop Clearwater is looking forward to hosting their Youth Empowerment [...]

May 2022: EA Update

May 10th, 2022|Comments Off on May 2022: EA Update

May 2022 Environmental Update NY-NJ Watershed Protection Act:  The New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act would provide $50 million, as well as technical support from federal agencies, for watershed protection at a time when the [...]