The first step toward a $41 million project to dredge PCBs and other toxins from the Hudson River near a former Rensselaer dye factory is expected to start this fall. Advertisement Article continues ...

In 1976, American animator Bob Boyle helped launch a campaign against Hudson River pollution. The record shows that Robert H.

Dredging to remove PCBs from the Hudson River bottom could start early next week, but as of Friday the river was running too fast for safe dredging operations. The start of the second phase of the ...

Now, state senators are also calling on General Electric to expand its PCB dredging of the Hudson River. Here is the press release. and letters signed by 25 senators to GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt and Gov.

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WATERFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Long after the last barge dredging toxins from the bottom of the upper Hudson River moves on, scientists will track the slow fade in contamination levels. General Electric Co.

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Resuspended PCBs in the upper Hudson River increased above allowable federal levels for drinking water over the weekend during PCB dredging, but retreated again by Monday, officials said. Contractors ...

ALBANY, N.Y. - The next phase of Hudson River dredging could take seven years or more, longer than past estimates of as little as five years, the federal Environmental Protection Agency said Friday.