Good Morning Gina,
New York’s Town of Beacon,
so-named to commemorate the historic beacon fires that blazed forth from the
summit of the Fishkill Mountains to alert the Continental Army about British
troop movements, is at the Down River heart of the PCB “quiet catastrophe.” Although yesterday they were not so quiet about
their concerns.
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| "Nous Sommes Fort Edward" |
Citizens of Beacon love their Hudson!
- Riverfront Park: The City's riverfront park, which is located on a peninsula jutting out into the Hudson River. A very active park that hosts numerous events.
- River Pool at Beacon: a project for cleaning up the Hudson River and allowing a safe place to swim.
- Beacon Sloop Club: started in 1978 to promote recreation, sound ecological practices, and environmental awareness of the Hudson River. The BSC offers free rides to the public on the Sloop Woody Guthrie, teaches seamanship to its volunteers, and maintains the harbor.And they have one, simple question: “what will it take to get a cleaner Hudson, free of PCBs?”
And we know the answer: while 100% removal is not practical, we can do a lot better than the current state of affairs, Upriver, where in some cases more than 50% of PCB contaminant still remains.