With very little public awareness and no study of environmental impacts, the oil industry has made the Hudson Valley into one arm of a dangerous “virtual pipeline” for crude oil — Riverkeeper
The Hudson River at Risk Film Screening: PCBs, Anchorages, and Pipeline Projects
February 10 in Ossining: 3 videos plus panel with Zephyr Teachout and Riverkeeper Captain John Lipscomb
Debate over Hudson River’s role dates back decades
The Hudson River National Defense Fleet was established by Congress in 1946. At its peak in 1965, 189 ships were anchored in 10 rows reaching from near shore well out into the river.
Film Screening and Forum on the anchorages at Upstate Films, Rhinebeck
Learn what you do to stop the Hudson River from becoming a parking lot for crude oil barges and a superhighway for fossil fuels!
Officials Call for Barge Plan in Hudson to be Scrapped
“We’re here to collectively and loudly tell the Coast Guard we’re not here to turn back decades of progress on the Hudson River.” — State Sen. David Carlucci
Protecting the Hudson: Federal-State Partnership or Conflict?
Public opinion recognizes the commercial importance of the Hudson River. But people seem more concerned these days with the river’s historical, aesthetic, scenic, and recreational values.
From Barges to “Bombs”: NY DOT considers regulations on oil transport by rail
In a statement, NY AG Eric Schneiderman said the DOT is “a long-overdue first step towards reducing the danger to residents in harm’s way of oil trains in New York and across the country.”