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Organize a Candlelight Vigil for a Cleaner Hudson

… largest hazardous waste sites. For six years, General Electric has been cleaning up toxic PCBs it dumped upriver. But later this year, GE plans on permanently dismantling its operations, … Read More

The Future of the Hudson–American Heritage River or Superfund site?

… Hudson River. More than 70 years ago, the General Electric Company started dumping toxic PCBs into the river—a practice the company continued for decades—and turned the Hudson … Read More

Ossining Village Fair

… will have information on Campaign for a Cleaner Hudson and their mission to raise awareness about PCBs threatening the Hudson River. Please stop by to learn more and help protect and preserve our … Read More

Candlelight for a Cleaner Hudson: Newburgh

… for a Cleaner Hudson will have a citizen action table with petitions and more info on Hudson River PCBs (including Dept. of Health literature on fishing in the Hudson). For more information on this … Read More

Riverkeeper bolsters core programs with new directors, launches program to address challenges to region’s watersheds

… the Indian Point nuclear power plant, and holding General Electric accountable for the remaining PCBs left in the river and the Champlain Canal navigation channel. To meet emerging challenges in … Read More

MAP: How to safely enjoy the Hudson River

Latest Indian Point accident is proof positive that the plant must be closed

… a steam leak. A 2011 transformer explosion leaked large quantities of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from the oil into the groundwater. Questions remain as to Indian Point’s compliance … Read More

Statement of Campaign for a Cleaner Hudson on EPA announcement of beginning of dredging season

… that General Electric will begin what it says could be its final season of dredging the toxic PCBs the company dumped into the Hudson decades ago. Here is a statement from the Campaign for a … Read More

Microbeads Lobby Day

… sizes consume plastic. In addition, environmental pollution found in Great Lakes waters, such as PCBs (the industrial pollutants polychlorinated biphenyls), gravitate and attach to the surface of … Read More

A.G. Schneiderman Proposes Legislation Banning Plastic Microbeads in Commonly Used Cosmetics

… sizes consume plastic. In addition, environmental pollution found in Great Lakes waters, such as PCBs (the industrial pollutants polychlorinated biphenyls), gravitate and attach to the surface of … Read More

Tell Gov. Hochul to block invasive species at the Erie and Champlain canals
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