News > News > Preserve River Ecology > Crude Oil Transport

Crude Oil Transport

Bomb Trains on the Hudson: A new, explosive cargo is passing through the Hudson River Valley

Plan to Let Barges Park on the Hudson Meets Resistance in ‘River Towns’

Astorino, Murphy Urge Public To Protest Hudson River Anchorages

Proposed new Hudson River anchorage grounds: Critical issues and what you can do

In June, the U.S. Coast Guard announced that it was soliciting comments and concerns from the public on a proposal to establish a large number of anchorage grounds for commercial vessels in the Hudson River – 30 berths in 10 locations from Yonkers to Kingston – at the request of industry.

Learn More

New report highlights Pilgrim pipelines’ uphill battle

IMG_8055
The principals and lobbyists at Pilgrim Pipeline, LLC are finding that grassroots opposition can be a formidable opponent. A groundswell of opposition in New York and New Jersey; city and village veto power in New York; and a flawed business plan due to a lack of a customer base. Ares Management, a primary investor in the proposed Pilgrim pipelines should be worried by the findings in a new report from Unite Here, “Is Ares Management Building a Pipeline to Nowhere?” They have good reason to worry. Just last week, the […]

Learn More

In Albany, an ongoing push to hold back oil-heating permit, new environmental threats

albany-cbr_bebe-son-1066
For some, living a few hundred feet from a rail yard can be an extraordinary nuisance; for residents of the Ezra Prentice Homes, it’s a constant reminder of the significant environmental threats being posed daily to the health and safety of their community.

Learn More

Rhinebeck leader decries Coast Guard plan for to use local sites along Hudson River as rest stop for tankers, tugs

Environmentalists Warn of Spill Risk from Increasing Oil Shipments on Hudson River

Hudson oil spill would be difficult to clean up

Climate activists protest oil shipments at New York port hub