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Submitted by Master Admin on Tue, 06/17/2008 - 2:35pm.
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June 14, 2008
In an effort to convince hostile communities of its apparent benefits, the huge power line proposed for our region says it will pay some $37.2 million in property taxes.
New York Regional Interconnect recently sent a letter to counties, municipalities and school districts along its 190-mile route outlining the estimated millions in taxes and lower electric rates its says the 10-story-tall power lines would bring.
The eight counties that would be sliced by NYRI all oppose the power line.
But while NYRI touts property tax benefits, opponents have said the line would actually lower land values. NYRI has also asked the federal government for reimbursement for construction costs, which would be passed to ratepayers.
Submitted by Master Admin on Tue, 06/17/2008 - 2:24pm.
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June 17, 2008
It's Fathers Day weekend, and I've decided to fish for our local char, salvelinus fontinalis, or brook trout. There's still some water, although now private, that has an exceptionally healthy population of wild brook trout roaming about it. That's where my internal GPS wants me to go.
continue reading "Dirks: Vanishing brookies are a warning"
Submitted by Master Admin on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 9:14am.
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Work can erode water sources, roads, home life
By Tom Wilber • Press & Sun-Bulletin • June 8, 2008
The quest for riches in the Marcellus Shale Formation is off to a rocky start -- at least in parts of northern Pennsylvania.
continue reading "Drilling carries a hefty environmental price"
Submitted by Master Admin on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 8:49am.
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Submitted by Master Admin on Tue, 06/03/2008 - 3:12pm.
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Submitted by Master Admin on Tue, 06/03/2008 - 8:37am.
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Power line near the Delaware hits snag
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The power line would still be very close to the Delaware River,
across from Wayne County, according to this segment from
an NYRI map released in February of this year |
MONTICELLO NY – New York Regional Interconnection, Inc., the company that wants to build a power line from Oneida County to Orange County, with a portion of it running very close to the Delaware River, has hit a snag. A system reliability study was rejected by the Operating Committee of the New York Independent System Operator.
continue reading "Power line near the Delaware hits snag"
Submitted by Master Admin on Mon, 06/02/2008 - 1:30pm.
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Forbes
link is here:
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/05/30/ap5065614.html
By MARTHA RAFFAELE 05.30.08, 5:10 PM ET
HARRISBURG, Pa. -
Pennsylvania environmental officials ordered a partial shutdown Friday of natural gas drilling operations by two companies in the state's northcentral region, saying they lacked permits for collecting water from nearby streams to be used in the drilling.
Neither Range Resources-Appalachia nor Chief Oil & Gas took steps to ensure the streams would be protected from pollution or other harm before conducting exploratory drilling at two sites in Lycoming County, said Robert Yowell, director of the Department of Environmental Protection's northcentral regional office.
continue reading "Pa.: Partial shutdown ordered of gas drilling"
Submitted by Master Admin on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 11:09am.
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Aside from NYRI concerns, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo addresses health care, insurance companies and college loans to the audience at Monhagen Middle School in Middletown.THRecord/JohnDeSanto
May 30, 2008
MIDDLETOWN — The crowd packed the auditorium Thursday night at Monhagen Middle School in Middletown, looking for information.
continue reading "NYRI a hot topic for AG"
Submitted by Master Admin on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 2:31pm.
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Preston County landowner Brad Castle stands on the grounds of his father's business, Cool Springs Park, near Rowlesburg, W.Va., Thursday, May 23, 2008. Castle's father and other neighboring landowners recently leased the oil and gas rights to a company for an extremely low price of $5 an acre. (AP Photo/Dale Sparks)
continue reading "Landowners getting trampled in gas rights rush"
Submitted by Master Admin on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 2:57pm.
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Submitted by Master Admin on Wed, 05/21/2008 - 11:03am.
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| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 |
| Bill Summary - A10526 |
| Back | New York State Bill Search | Assembly Home |
| See Bill Text
continue reading "NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY BILL - A10526 NATURAL GAS DRILLING"
Submitted by Master Admin on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 7:28pm.
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Submitted by Carolyn Crosen on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:27pm.
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Dear Neighbors,
The River Reporter has done a good job of alerting us about gas drilling, and the devastation it’s wreaking in Pennsylvania. You might not know it is here in our neighborhood. It appears the 10 Mile Boy Scout Camp is selling, or has sold, drilling rights to their land for $3 million, plus $1 million a year if they strike pay dirt. What does the Tusten Town Board know about this? What rights do we people living in the area have? Water and air don’t stay put. Our children drink this water, and breathe this air.
continue reading "Protect Our Land and Water"
Submitted by Master Admin on Fri, 04/25/2008 - 2:02pm.
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UTICA OBSERVER DISPATCH
Observer-Dispatch
Posted Apr 17, 2008 @ 05:30 PM
The executive order issued last week by Gov. David Paterson to create a comprehensive state energy plan is long overdue and needs input from all localities so that the resulting policy doesn’t pit one part of the state against another.
Instead, the resulting plan should carefully assess the state’s future energy needs and determine the best way to meet those needs with the least negative impact on the people.
Paterson ordered the establishment of a state energy planning board to work on such a plan, which has been lacking since the old policy expired Jan. 1, 2003. The policy was restructured in 1998, when utilities were required to sell off their generation facilities and a wholesale competitive market for electricity was created. Prior to that, investor-owned utilities had owned electricity generation plants and transmission lines and distributed energy to customers.
The state has been without an official energy policy since one expired Jan. 1, 2003. The lack of policy is one reason why some upstate communities now face a threat from the power line being proposed by New York Regional Interconnect. The proposed 1,200-megawatt line would run from Marcy to Orange County and would cut through the very heart of this region.
Paul DeCotis, state Deputy Secretary for Energy and the chairman of the new planning board, said any future policy would not have a direct effect on NYRI’s proposal, which already has been filed with the state Public Service Commission. Mike Steiger of the NYRI opposition group Upstate New York Citizens Alliance believes the PSC will deny the application, which he says is flawed. Steiger says an energy policy will provide a plan so that another NYRI doesn’t come along after this.
But there is no denying that state power needs are changing. New York can’t afford a piece-meal policy, and upstate residents can’t afford to fight one power line at a time.
Having a firm policy can focus on future energy needs and make sure steps taken to address those needs are fair to all the people of the state.
continue reading "Editorial: Energy plan must consider whole state"
Submitted by Master Admin on Mon, 04/21/2008 - 1:36pm.
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Groundwater Resource Mapping
http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/36118.html
Canisteo Valley, New York "The most productive aquifers in upstate New York consist of unconsolidated deposits of sand and gravel that occupy major river and stream valleys or lake plains and terraces. Ground water in these aquifers occurs under water-table (unconfined) or artesian (confined) conditions. Municipalities, industries, and farms have been built over many of these aquifers because they typically form flat areas that are suitable for development and generally provide an ample ground-water supply. This development, coupled with the high permeability of these deposits and shallow depth to the water table, makes these aquifers particularly susceptible to contamination from point sources such as landfills and petroleum storage and nonpoint sources such as urban and agricultural runoff" (quote from New York USGS).
continue reading "Groundwater Resource Mapping"
Submitted by Master Admin on Wed, 10/10/2007 - 4:04pm.
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Nestle faces fight for aquifer for bottled water
Environmentalists fear plans for property in Orwell, Oswego County, could threaten Salmon River
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By BRIAN NEARING, Staff writer
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First published: Wednesday, September 5, 2007 |
| ORWELL -- A water war may be brewing between a giant Swiss multinational corporation and environmentalists on the Tug Hill Plateau.
Nestle, the world's largest seller of bottled water with 72 brands in 37 countries, has set its sights on the region's deep springs under plans to extract water from the state to satisfy a growing consumer thirst.
continue reading "Nestle Looking to Build Water Bottling Facilities in the Catskills"
Submitted by Master Admin on Wed, 10/10/2007 - 3:22pm.
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Sullivan County, NY - Kiryas Joel Developer Proposes 2,000 Homes in 3 Towns
Sullivan County, NY - A Kiryas Joel developer plans to build nearly 2,000 homes spread over three towns in Sullivan County.
Simon Gelb is floating the idea of building 1,400 units in Thompson, about 560 in Mamakating, and still more in the Town of Fallsburg, on contiguous land.
Gelb met with Thompson Supervisor Tony Cellini, and submitted a master plan with the town on behalf of Brooklyn-and-Monroe-based Read Property Group.
That company has a stake in 11 shopping centers around the country, and several commercial and residential properties in New York and Chicago, including the Sears Tower in Chicago.
continue reading " Sullivan County, NY - Kiryas Joel Developer Proposes 2,000 Homes in 3 Towns"
Submitted by Master Admin on Wed, 10/10/2007 - 2:40pm.
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| BEAT 'SNOT' OUT OF KILLER ALGAE
By KEN MORAN
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Submitted by safari on Tue, 09/25/2007 - 2:27am.
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Daily Freeman - News - 09/23/2007 - Wind power proposals generate opposition in Catskills
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Wind power proposals generate opposition in Catskills
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By Robert M. Miraldi
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continue reading "Wind power proposals generate opposition in Catskills"
Submitted by Master Admin on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 2:18pm.
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Enck wrings success from 'thankless job'
Spitzer deputy secretary for environment seen as moving force behind deal
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By ALAN WECHSLER, Business writer
Click byline for more stories by writer.
First published: Thursday, September 6, 2007
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=619650&category=BUSINESS&newsdate=9/6/2007
continue reading "Enck wrings success from 'thankless job'"
Submitted by Master Admin on Wed, 08/01/2007 - 9:33pm.
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Closed talks shut out public from Belleayre plan in Catskills
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First published: Sunday, July 22, 2007 |
| Curiously, after eight years of controversy and very public discussion, it seems there's no news these days about Dean Gitter's proposed $400 million development in the Catskills.
But no news about Gitterland, located on either side of the state-owned Belleayre Ski Resort, is not necessarily good news.
continue reading " Closed talks shut out public from Belleayre plan in Catskills"
Submitted by stevedungan on Mon, 06/18/2007 - 10:46am.
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Many of our pristine Catskill ridge lines and other areas of rural Upstate NY are being targeted for Industrial Wind development.
There are many issues with Industrial Wind Development and that need to be thoroughly explored and addressed prior to allowing any projects to proceed, especially here in the Catskills.
continue reading "Industrial Wind in the Catskills?"
Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/25/2006 - 3:51pm.
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What flora and fauna make the Catskills unique? What impact are people and businesses having on them? What can we do to protect the region as a whole, or just our own little corners of it? Environmentalists, enthusiasts, and everyday people will be discussing these questions and more in the environment forum. Won't you join us?
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