Sentences with phrase «river sloop»

Hudson River Sloop Clearwater is a nonprofit, grassroots environmental organization whose mission is to inspire, educate, and activate the next generation of environmental leaders.

It comprises Friends of Historic Kingston, Friends of Rondout, Hudson River Heritage, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Riverkeeper, Scenic Hudson, Sierra Club and Sustainable Hudson Valley.

Entergy is fighting the applicability of the state coastal program in court, and Scenic Hudson joined with Riverkeeper and the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater to file an amicus brief supporting New York State.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — The three leading environmental advocacy organizations in the Hudson Valley — Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Riverkeeper and http://www.scenichudson.org/"title = «Scenic Hudson Your Valley.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — The three leading environmental advocacy organizations in the Hudson Valley — Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson — applauded today the decision by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resume dredging of PCBs around Fort Edward, NY with enhanced engineering controls at dredging locations to reduce spillage of material back into the river and re-suspension of PCBs.

HUDSON VALLEY — As the Quadricentennial Flotilla journeyed upriver, attracting unprecedented crowds to the Hudson River's shores, leaders of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson gathered at the river's edge in Poughkeepsie to announce goals for the Hudson Valley in the coming decade.

(You can see me playing with the rest of Uncle Wade, the rustic - rootsy band I'm in, on the deck of the Hudson River sloop Clearwater.)

International sea - derived skincare brand H2O Plus has partnered with Hudson River Sloop Clearwater — an environmental education sailing vessel committed to protecting and preserving the

Lewis said he's excited by the possibility of opening access to the Hudson River above 79th Street for historic and educational vessels such as the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Tugboat Pegasus, Fireboat John J. Harvey, and other ships operated by non-profit groups.

Hudson River Sloop Clearwater will honor a former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official at its Third Annual Spirit of the Hudson gala in February.

Ulster County Legislator Manna Jo Greene, who is the environmental director for the environmental protection group Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, said Hinchey was a tireless advocate for a sustainable economy, a healthy environment, world peace and social justice while in the state Assembly and Congress.

Grant writer and former Hudson River Sloop Clearwater executive director Gregg Swanzey had no connection to Gallo or the campaign before he was hired to head up the city's Economic Development Office for $ 50,000 per year.

The environmental group Hudson River Sloop Clearwater called the planned Indian Point shutdown «a step in the right direction» but said the fact that it won't happen until 2021 means risks will remain for the next four years.

With a long track record as Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency (UCRRA)'s recycling coordinator, and currently serving as director of Environmental Action for the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Greene is a well - known advocate for sustainable development.

Manna Jo Greene is the Environmental Director for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater.

It's a dramatic change,» said John Parker, a lawyer representing the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, which has opposed the deal with the New York Public Interest Research Group and other groups.

«Environmental advocacy organizations, including Riverkeeper, Scenic Hudson, NRDC, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and many others have highlighted these widespread expert opinions on the cleanup and concur that more work needs to be done.»

A frequent speaker on parenting topics and an advocate for free, unstructured play in homes and schools, she has a special passion for nonprofits; before turning to writing full - time, she worked for The Nature Conservancy, Audubon Society, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, and many others.

Not exact matches

First came the revival of the river's waters, through the activism of groups like the sloop club (which takes people on free sails on the sloop Woody Guthrie on summer evenings), Clearwater, Scenic Hudson and many others, but also through ambitious programs to build sewage plants and tighten pollution laws.

In the late 1800s, the fish were so abundant in the Hudson River that they were stacked like logs on sloop decks and the smoked flesh gained the nickname Albany beef.

«The Mouse That Roared» comes to mind in pondering a move made in recent days by a tiny, barebones Hudson River environmental and sailing group, The Beacon Sloop Club.

I was lucky enough to share a stage (a grassy knob really) with Pete Seeger a couple of weeks ago at the Beacon Sloop Club strawberry festival along the Hudson River (along with Steve Stanne, in the middle; photograph by David Rothenberg):

Below you can watch a more home - style rendition of the tune, recorded just up the Hudson River from my home, at the Beacon Sloop Club (if you live in the region, make sure to come by for the monthly potluck supper, meeting and musical jam session, the first Friday evening of each month):