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The Hudson River Posts
- Hudson River Sloop Clearwater’s Dredging Fact Sheet
- Next Hudson River CAG Meeting Set for End of September
- Raw Sewage From Cohoes Flowing Into the Hudson
- Canal Corporation Responds To Dredging Report
- EPA Clean Water Strategy Lacks Real Teeth
- Power Line Project Under Hudson Takes Next Step
- Natural Gas Pipeline Under Hudson Being Considered
- Public Hearing Set for Edgewater Superfund Site
- Public Radio Audio Reports Available on PCBs and Dredging
- High Levels of Enterococcus Bacteria Found By Riverkeeper
- Current Moonphase on The Hudson River
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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
Posted in Dredging, PCBs, The Hudson River, aquifer, conservation, drinking water, general electric, information, toxic waste, watershed
Tagged aroclor, Behan Communications, CAG, clean water act, cleanup, Community Advisory Group, Connecticut, conservation, contamination, DEC, Department of Environmental Conservation, Dredging, drinking water, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, expert panel, Fairfield, Fort Edward, GE, general electric, Gulf of Mexico, history, Hudson Falls, Hudson River, immoral, Mark Behan, New York, new york state department of environmental conservation, NYSE: GE, NYSE:GE, oil spill, pcb, PCBs, peer review, pollution, polychlorinated biphenyls, rivers, superfund site, toxic, Washington County
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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
Posted in The Hudson River, Wastewater, conservation, drinking water, infrastructure, sanitation
Tagged Albany County Health Department, boats, canoes, cleanup, Cohoes, conservation, contamination, Department of Environmental Conservation, drinking water, e-coli, enterococcus, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, estuary, fecal, feces, fish, history, Hudson River, kayaks, Linden Street Pump Station, New York, pollution, recreation, Riverkeeper, rivers, safe drinking water act, Salt Kill, sewage, sewage discharge, wastewater, wastewater treatment, wildlife
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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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Natural Gas Pipeline Under Hudson Being Considered
By ALBERT AMATEAU Downtown residents have yet another gas problem in addition to the potential danger from hydrofracture gas drilling in the New York City watershed. The newest concern is a proposed natural gas pipeline that Spectra Energy wants to … Continue reading
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Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, Bayonne, coast guard, Con Edison, DEC, Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Transportation, DOT, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC, Gansevoort Market District, Gansevoort Peninsula, gas, Hudson River, Hudson River Park Trust, Jersey City, Linden, Manhattan, natural gas, New Jersey, New York, pipeline, Spectra, Spectra Energy, Staten Island, watershed
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Public Hearing Set for Edgewater Superfund Site
If you live near Edgewater (particularly the Quanta Resources site) I suggest you show up at the hearing on September 13th. Good luck – Hudson By JOE TYRRELL Federal environmental officials have agreed to take more public comments on a … 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
Posted in Wastewater, canoe & kayak, drinking water, fish, fishing, flora and fauna, sanitation, tourism
Tagged boats, canoes, cleanup, conservation, contamination, Department of Environmental Conservation, drinking water, enterococcus, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, estuary, fecal, feces, fish, history, Hudson River, kayaks, New York, pollution, recreation, Riverkeeper, rivers, safe drinking water act, sewage, wastewater, wastewater treatment, wildlife
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Is General Electric Prepared To Sue To Prevent More Dredging? General Electric’s PR Firm Gives Ambiguous Answer
Stay on message, stay on message, stay on message, stay on message, stay on message, stay on message, stay on message, stay on message, stay on message, stay on message, stay on message, stay on message, stay on message, stay … Continue reading
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Tagged aroclor, Behan Communications, clean water act, cleanup, Connecticut, conservation, contamination, DEC, Department of Environmental Conservation, Dredging, drinking water, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, expert panel, Fairfield, Fort Edward, GE, general electric, Gulf of Mexico, history, Hudson Falls, Hudson River, immoral, Mark Behan, New York, new york state department of environmental conservation, NYSE: GE, NYSE:GE, oil spill, pcb, PCBs, peer review, pollution, polychlorinated biphenyls, rivers, superfund site, toxic, Washington County
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