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How Was $7 Billion Spent?

Submitted by Conor Bambrick on Thu, 05/30/2013 - 12:00am.

Recently, the Alliance for a Greater New York (ALIGN) – a labor backed think-tank – released a report analyzing the approximately $7 billion in economic development incentives distributed in New York State in 2011.

NY-Works for State Parks

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 05/27/2013 - 12:00am.

Governor Cuomo recently made two announcements ahead of the Memorial Day weekend that further demonstrate his ability to spend money, which is a good thing.

In Albany, we often refer to this as ‘getting the money out the door’ which anyone who has been allocated environmental protection fund (EPF) money over the past decade knows, is often much more painstakingly difficult than it would appear at first blush.

Massachusetts Leaving NY in the Dust on Solar

Submitted by Conor Bambrick on Wed, 05/15/2013 - 12:00am.

Boston-based Broadway Electrical, one of the largest solar developers in the northeast, just announced a $120 million deal with major financial institutions to install 37 megawatts of solar PV in Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard. This represents more than half of the solar capacity put in place through Governor Cuomo’s NY-Sun initiative.

Deregulating dairies? Bad Idea.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 05/10/2013 - 11:01am.

Keeping New York’s land actively farmed is a huge boon to our environment, but this is the wrong approach

Lobby Day Recap

Submitted by Nicholas Moore on Wed, 05/08/2013 - 2:17pm.

People from every corner of New York came to Albany for Earth Day Lobby Day, a yearly event for every day New Yorkers get a chance to share their concerns with state leaders face to face. This year, advocates discussed issues including fracking, solar power, and toxic chemicals with state leaders

Lobby Day Was a Blast!

Submitted by Nicholas Moore on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 12:00am.

On April 23rd, people from every corner of New York came to Albany for Earth Day Lobby Day, a yearly event for every day New Yorkers get a chance to share their concerns with state leaders face to face. This year, advocates discussed issues including fracking, solar power, and toxic chemicals with state leaders.

Energy Stars

Submitted by Conor Bambrick on Wed, 04/24/2013 - 1:09pm.

New York is planning for a clean energy future.

Europe's Carbon Cutting at a Crossroads

Submitted by Conor Bambrick on Mon, 04/22/2013 - 12:00am.

Once at the cutting edge of climate policy, Europe is at a crossroads. The European Union’s Emissions Trading System, established in 2005 as groundbreaking market driven approach aimed at reducing carbon pollution by requiring utilities, power plants and industrial facilities to pay for their emissions, is now teetering on the edge of irrelevance.

Don’t Call It a Comeback

Submitted by Conor Bambrick on Wed, 03/27/2013 - 2:10pm.

Starting in February, customers of New York State Electric & Gas, a utility serving a large portion of upstate New York, began seeing a special charge on their bills.  It amounts to roughly the same amount they are sending in to fund the state’s energy efficiency and renewable power programs.  This “Reliability Support Services” fee is solely dedicated to what has thankfully become a rare source of power here in the Northeast.  For the next year, NYSEG ratepayers will be subsidizing the operations of the Cayuga Generating Facility, a coal-fired power

NY's fracking wastewater: out of sight, out of mind

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 12:00am.
Photo: Laurence B. DeWitt, www.photosbydewitt.com

According to Environmental Advocates of New York’s new report, Out of Sight, Out of Mind, New York's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has failed to responsibly monitor the transport, treatment, or disposal of waste from the state’s active gas wells.

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