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GE to finally dredge and clean Hudson

From the NYLCV’s ecopolitics daily:
Next spring, 490 acres of polluted mud will be dredged out of a stretch of the Hudson River so toxic that fish are considered unfit for consumption, according to the Buffalo Times. 
To kick off the six-year project, General Electric is building a wharf, processing facility, and rail yard to remove […]

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[Photo by kptyson on flickr] 
The Times’ City Room blog hosts another in a worthy series of Q&As with experts of interesting issues, many with at least a tangentially sustainability tilt.  This week, Ned Sullivan of Scenic Hudson discusses development and preservation on the Hudson waterfront.
Representative Q:
On both sides of the Hudson, from the […]

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When Eagles Attack!

[Photo from Nature Calendar]
Ok, so this is a little out of our normal range, but who could let this item slip by. Nature Calendar has the scoop:
It seems that on April 17 a Hudson River kayaker was attacked by a bald eagle near Castleton, New York. Local paddlers got word of the incident […]

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