What’s Going On…
Clearwater Partners with 1% for the Planet
BEACON, NY, May 4, 2015 – Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. is a new nonprofit partner of 1% for the Planet, an alliance of over 1,200 member companies in 41 [...]
Hudson River Advocates Take Anti-PCB Fight to Albany
ALBANY, NY - Public health advocates joined Hudson River fishers, boaters and municipal officials to urge GE to address its outstanding obligations — beyond the current EPA-mandated project — to do [...]
Aaron Mair, Environmental Justice Advocate, Heads Sierra Club
Aaron Mair, the newly elected – and first African-American - president of the national Sierra Club calls himself an “angler from Peekskill,” who first became involved with environmental issues because [...]
New Clearwater Program Combats Invasive Species
BEACON, NY - Clearwater has launched an Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Program to help raise awareness about harmful non-native species and get people involved in preventing their spread. The AIS Program [...]
Indian Point Fire Sparks New Calls for Closure
BUCHANAN, NY - The transformer explosion and fire at the 40-year-old Indian Point Nuclear plant on Friday, May 9, appears to have resulted in an oil spill, as photographs taken [...]
Feds: Fish Still Toxic from G.E. PCBs
A new federal agency report says the PCBs discharged into the Hudson River by General Electric for decades continue to “severely curtail” public fishing. The Fisheries Consumption Report by the [...]