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Among the initial attempts to clean up the upper Hudson River was the removal in 1977–78 of 180,000 cubic yards (140,000 m 3) of contaminated river sediments near Fort Edward. [30] In 1984, EPA declared a 200-mile (320 km) stretch of the river, from Hudson Falls to New York City, to be a Superfund site requiring cleanup.
The Clearwater and the Clearwater Festival have worked to draw attention to the problem of pollution of the Hudson River.Pollution in the river has included mercury contamination and sewage dumping, [8] [9] but the most discussed issue has been General Electric's contamination of the river with Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) between 1947 and 1977. [10]
The Hudson River is a 315-mile (507 km) river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York at Henderson Lake in the town of Newcomb, and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between New York City and Jersey City, eventually draining into the Atlantic Ocean at Upper New ...
The plant was a noted polluter of the Hudson River. The plant used about 1 million gallons of water per day, which was returned to the river as waste. The plant's industrial waste (primarily lead chromate and other painting, cleaning, and soldering chemicals) would be emptied directly into the river. Domestic waste would be processed through ...
The Hudson has been a vital shipping corridor for 400 years. But there are challenges before the river can become a greener alternative to trucking.
The Hudson Valley has long been considered the birthplace of the modern American environmental movement.In the 1960s, a small group of scientists, fishermen, and concerned citizens led by Robert H. Boyle, author of The Hudson River, A Natural and Unnatural History and a senior writer [6] at Sports Illustrated, were determined to reverse the decline of the then-polluted Hudson River by ...
Environmental issues in New York City are affected by the city's size, density, abundant public transportation infrastructure, and location at the mouth of the Hudson River. New York's population density has environmental pros and cons. It facilitates the highest mass transit use in the United States, but also concentrates pollution.
The Port Ewen water treatment plant on the Hudson River in Port Ewen, just south of Kingston, Oct. 25, 2023. This area would be affected by the Coast Guard's decision to redefine the restricted ...