Program on solar technology at Ellenville Library on June 30
WHAT: Program, “Solar 101”
WHEN: June 30 at 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Ellenville Public Library & Museum, 40 Center St., Ellenville
DETAILS: “Solar 101” will tell attendees everything they need to know about solar-photo-voltaic technology, financing, the marketplace and consumer protection. There will be a panel discussion with professional engineer John Calhoun, John Wackman, a program manager with Solarize Hudson Valley; and Katherine Nadeau, a program director for Catskill Mountainkeeper’s Reneweable NY initiative. Admission is free and all are welcome.
CONTACT: Call the library at (845) 647-5530 for more information.
Wow! Another Fracking Pipeline Goes Down! Constitution Pipeline.
April 27, 2016 | SustainableBusiness.com News
"Today's decision is further indication that we have finally begun to turn the corner on old dirty fossil fuels and take a step toward a clean and renewable future. The wisdom of the DEC, the leadership of Governor Cuomo, and the determination of New York's beautiful grassroots movement have come together to fight against greater fossil fuel proliferation and the catastrophe of climate change. This state continues to lead the nation by limiting fossil fuel infrastructure and making clean water, air, and food a priority," exclaims actor Mark Ruffalo, who serves as a Catskill Mountainkeeper trustee. READ MORE
State Budget zeros Out Catskill Park funds
April 26, 2016 | Woodstock Times
“The reality is that it’s a broken system,” avers Adams. “Common sense says the Catskill Park should be publicly funded — a dedicated system of funding at a bare minimum, and then special things as they come up. We got really close this year with the dedicated budget line under the EPF.”
“The Catskill Park is a special, unique place,” says Ramsay Adams, Catskill Mountainkeeper executive director and co-director of the Catskill Park Coalition. “It’s a DEC State Park, a watershed, a Blue Line, and it’s comprised of public and private lands together. And yet, it’s been ignored, again, during the New York State budget process. That’s why we need to get more people engaged. It’s our money, and people need to demand its investment in public resources, particularly unique ones like Catskill Park.” READ MORE
Cuomo’s pipeline decision may have ripple effects for energy policy
April 27, 2016 | Politico New York
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration chose Earth Day, April 22, to reject the proposed Constitution pipeline, which would have carried natural gas from Pennsylvania through portions of upstate.“Governor Cuomo and the DEC stood up to the oil and gas industry and effectively shut down the Constitution Pipeline project,” said Wes Gillingham, Catskill Mountainkeeper’s program director. The decision, he said, meant that Cuomo and other state leaders chose "water over corporate profit.” READ MORE
Catskill Park passed over in budget, again
April 1,201 | Watershed Post
“It’s a sad day for the Catskill Park,” said Ramsay Adams, the executive director of Catskill Mountainkeeper and the co-chair of the Catskill Park Coalition, which spearheaded the lobbying effort. “One of the great gems of New York State is just completely ignored again.” Despite months of fierce lobbying in Albany, advocates for the Catskills region of New York did not convince lawmakers to earmark a package of funds for the Catskill Park in the 2016-2017 New York state budget, which was hammered into agreement in the wee hours of Friday, April 1. Read more here
Lawsuit claims FERC is just rubber stamp for pipelines
March 8, 2016 | The Daily Star
The lawsuit, filed by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, argues that FERC is too intertwined with the industry it regulates to make it capable of making fair decisions, and is infected with so much structural bias that the constitutional right of due process is being violated.On Monday, the Second Circuit consolidated the lawsuit brought by Pace with one brought by Earthjustice on behalf of Catskill Mountainkeeper, which has made similar allegations about the FERC process. Read More Here
Eco groups in Albany to blast Feds over pipeline tree cutting
February 17, 2016 | Times Union
Opponents of the Constitution natural gas pipeline on Thursday urged Gov.Andrew Cuomo to block the project by denying necessary water pollution permits from the Department of Environmental Conservation. Read more here.
Catskill Park preservation, expansion is an imperative
February 10, 2016|TimesHerald-Record
On Tuesday, Feb. 9, dozens of organizations that comprise the Catskill Park Coalition traveled to Albany to meet with legislators and representatives of Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ask that $5 million of state funding be allocated to the Catskill Park as a first installment in an ongoing campaign to expand the recreational and economic value of this extraordinary preserve. Read more:
