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RiverTalks: Hudson River Dredging Update

What’s happening right now in Phase 2 of GE’s PCB Remedial Dredging of the Hudson River—the largest Superfund site in the US? Find out, and learn about other Hudson River issues, threats and opportunities with Clearwater’s Environmental Action DirectorManna Jo Greene.

According to Greene, “This presentation at Beczak
Environmental Education Center is very timely because there are still 136 acres of PCB surface contaminated sediment outside the area delineated for dredging that need to be addressed.”  “Although we have made a lot of progress including the PCB remediation in the upper Hudson, the River is still in danger from Indian Point leaks, the proposed Rockland desalination plant and other
threats. Despite our best efforts, Hudson River fish are still in decline, so there is still much to do,”

 

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