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Storm King

In the 1960’s attempts to build a power plant on Storm King Mountain, on New York’s Hudson River, mobilized citizens to sue the power utility. That land mark case set a legal president commonly used in environmental law today.

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Two Rivers Run Amok

An Afternoon with Pete Seeger

An Afternoon with Pete Seeger

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Hudson Riverkeepers

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HUDSON RIVER ROLLS

The magnificent scenery and rich history of New York’s Hudson River Valley are the subject of legends like Rip Van Winkle and the Last of the Mohicans. The Hudson’s environmental problems are also legendary. Two hundred miles of the river were contaminated by industrial chemicals called PCB’s more than twenty years ago. And recent studies […]

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Cool Fix for a Hot Planet- NYC Blues

New York City is looking to use blue to get green. Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed plan relies on environmentally friendly green and blue roofs to prevent storm and wastewater from overflowing into the East and Hudson rivers.

The Drought-Stricken South

The same kind of tinder-dry conditions that exacerbated the wildfires in California are creating an emergency in America’s southeast states. Towns in Tennessee have run out of water; people in Georgia are turning in their neighbors for illicit lawn wateri

An Afternoon with Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger has been writing and singing songs on social issues for many decades so perhaps it’s no surprise that an environmental issue close to his home, and heart, is one of the things he spoke about with Living on Earth: the cleanup of the Hudson Rive

Almanac/Big Apple Splash

This week, we have facts about the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. June 14th is the date of the annual aquatic race, a 28.5-mile lap on the Hudson and East Rivers.