Controversy causes fracking consultant to resign from industry lobby group
Opponents of hydrofracking are charging there’s a potential conflict of interest with a consultant to Governor Cuomo’s environmental agency. They are asking that the years-long review of fracking in...
View ArticleEnvironmental advocates say better staffing more important than Bond Act
The Environmental Committee Chairs in the legislature have proposed a $5 billion dollar environmental bond act, to be voted on in November 2014. But, at an Assembly hearing on the state’s environmental...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists say decline in pollution enforcement at agency can harm New...
An environmental group says budget cuts at the state’s environmental agency has meant up to 75% fewer inspections of polluters like power plants and hazardous waste sites. Environmental Advocate’s...
View ArticleCrude oil concerns at the Port of Albany
Call it a case of David vs Goliath. A fortune 500 oil company sets up shop at the Port of Albany and inside of a decade request the Department of Environmental Conservation to allow them to ‘modify’...
View ArticleGroups call growing oil shipments in NY Cuomo's "keystone" moment
National environmental groups are trying to focus the spotlight on Governor Andrew Cuomo, over the issue of the growing international oil distribution center, located just blocks from the State...
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