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Hudson River Sloop Clearwater’s Dredging Fact Sheet

For anyone who’s in need of reality adjustment. Hand puppets, take note – Hudson Clearwater’s Dredging Fact Sheet The Hudson River is the largest federal Superfund site in the US, covering a 200 mile stretch. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) dumped by … Continue reading

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Next Hudson River CAG Meeting Set for End of September

The next Hudson Community Advisory Group (CAG) meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 30th, 1-4pm (Saratoga Spa State Park, Gideon Putnam Room, Administration Building, 19 Roosevelt Drive, Saratoga Springs, NY) First, let’s remember that General Electric wants OUT of the … Continue reading

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Raw Sewage From Cohoes Flowing Into the Hudson

By DANIELLE SANZONE of The Troy Record COHOES – All three pumps at the Linden Street Pump Station in the southern section of the city have failed which has resulted in raw sewage discharging at a rate of 27,100 gallons … Continue reading

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Canal Corporation Responds To Dredging Report

From Waterford near Albany north to Whitehall and Lake Champlain, the Champlain Canal is often actually a channel within the banks of the Hudson River itself. So why is the canal not part of the dredging project? Comments from the … Continue reading

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EPA Clean Water Strategy Lacks Real Teeth

I gotta be honest here – the bit about “markets for water quality trading” really bothers me. It smacks of the self-defeating, wishy-washy approach taken to carbon emissions whereby polluters swap ‘pollution credits’. It does not address the problem directly … Continue reading

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Power Line Project Under Hudson Takes Next Step

By JIM PLANCK of Hudson-Catskill Newspapers ALBANY – A plan to run a 1,000 megawatt high voltage direct-current power line called the Champlain-Hudson Power Express from Canada down to New York City, including burying it under the bed of the … Continue reading

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Public Radio Audio Reports Available on PCBs and Dredging

Very cool! Audio files as well as text are available – Hudson ALBANY, NY (WAMC) – An independent panel reviewing the cleanup of PCBs from the Hudson River has issued a report on the progress made so far. The peer … Continue reading

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High Levels of Enterococcus Bacteria Found By Riverkeeper

By WILLIAM DEMAREST Rockland County Legislator Connie Coker, chairwoman of the Legislature’s Environmental Committee, has invited representatives from Riverkeeper to report on the results of their monthly river water sampling, which has frequently found unacceptable levels of the bacteria, Enterococcus, … Continue reading

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Is General Electric Prepared To Sue To Prevent More Dredging? General Electric’s PR Firm Gives Ambiguous Answer

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General Electric Responds To Dredging Report Through Its PR Firm

It is what it is and nothing more…. Sage words, eh? No, they’re not from some fur-lined hand puppet. Let’s ask ourselves (again): (1) who is behind the deployment of clamshell dredging technology; (2) who is responsible for doing the … Continue reading

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