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Amtrak has announced that it is withdrawing its plan to install gates and fences along the Hudson River shoreline

NRDC examines the impact a suite of new tar sands oil infrastructure proposals could have on America’s coasts and rivers if they were built.

Should towns up and down the Hudson River be rest stops on a mulitilane highway for barges carrying crude oil? If you care about the health and vitality of the beleaguered Hudson, the answer should be no, absolutely not.

Many politicians on both sides of the aisle have come out against the barges, but where’s Governor Cuomo?

At last night’s meeting in Rhinecliff, there was a debate about why the pilots association and shipping industry have requested ten new anchorages on the Hudson River.  Those speaking on behalf of the anchorages, including some Hudson River pilots, claimed that the request was all about safety, while others (like me) argued that the need for new anchorages was about transporting fracking oil. There’s no … Read More

Wall Street Journal: A proposal to allow commercial barges to drop anchor along a 70-mile strip of the Hudson River has stoked outrage from some who live along the water. There is one anchorage site between Yonkers and Kingston, and the U.S. Coast Guard is proposing to add nine and to expand a site in Yonkers. Shipping industry officials say more … Read More