Inside Scoop
On Earth Day 2020, more than 300 people and organizations — including Scenic Hudson — came together virtually to advocate state leaders for increased public health and environmental protections. The day included a series of brief “conversations” with legislators about hot-button...
Updates and Messages from Scenic Hudson President Ned Sullivan
Para leer esta página en español, pulse aquí. Thursday, October 22—RBG: Sustaining Scenic Hudson’s Environmental Legacy Dear Friend, I never tire of seeing Storm King Mountain, both because of its extraordinary beauty and because it reminds me of the 17...
Brush Fire in the Highlands
On Monday afternoon, March 9, a fire began on Breakneck Ridge near Cold Spring, N.Y. By the following morning, officials reported that 150 acres had burned on Breakneck and that fires were continuing to the north and east. Accordingly, New...
Bye-Bye Plastic Bags
Americans use more than 100 billion plastic bags a year, with nearly a fifth of them carted out of stores and restaurants by New Yorkers. According to our partners at American Rivers, three times more of these bags end up...
Stop Danskammer Now
While developers of the proposed new gas-fired Danskammer power plant in Newburgh insist in public that it will be much “cleaner” than the current facility, their application to the state Siting Board reveals the truth — the plant’s more frequent combustion of...