Susan Zimet accepts new full-time job in Albany, will remain full-time supervisor in New Paltz
Feb 6, 2015 | New Paltz Times |
I already have leaders in the state from Sierra Club, NRDC [Natural Resources Defense Council], Catskill Mountainkeeper and others who ..
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Steve Israel: Even skeptics changing tune on Sullivan casino choice
Protestors Against Fracking Speak out During Inauguration
Obama’s Proposed Methane Emissions Cuts Ignore Existing Sources
January 14, 2015 | Filed under: News | Posted by: Environment News Service
WASHINGTON, DC, January 14, 2015 (ENS) – The Obama Administration today announced a new goal to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40 to 45 percent from 2012 levels by 2025, and a set of actions to put the United States on a path to achieve this goal....
Read moreJust Say No
January 9, 2015 | Filed under: Front Page| Posted by:The Wave
By Mark C. Healey
They came from New Jersey, they came from Long Island and they came from Rockaway, all united in their efforts to make sure the proposed Port Ambrose Liquefied Natural Gas Facility never begins construction...
Read moreAt Woodstock Town Board meeting, group pitches municipal purchase of solar energy equipment in bulk
December 31, 2014 | Filed under: News | Posted by: Daily Freeman SUBJECT
WOODSTOCK -- The Town Board has been asked to participate in the Mid-Hudson Solarize campaign being promoted by Catskill Mountainkeeper....
Read moreBehind the Ban: Why Gov. Cuomo nixed fracking in NYS
(12/24/14, The Villager) Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announcement last week that he would ban high-volume hydrofracking across New York State was a game-changing position that surprised even the most ardent opponents of this controversial process for extracting natural gas. “We were stunned,” said Ramsay Adams, executive director of Catskill Mountainkeeper, which was one of the first groups in New York to raise the alarm about the dangers of fracking.
Read moreMixed Emotion in Sullivan County over Hydrofracking Decision
CALLICOON, N.Y. -- Environmental groups and farmers in Sullivan County have been in this debate over fracking for more than six years. Wednesday's news came with some very mixed emotions.
"It's a historic day for New York," Catskill Mountain Keeper Ramsay Adams.
And a joyful one for members of the conservation group Catskill Mountain Keeper, after Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a ban on hydrofracking in New York Wednesday.
The DEC and the health department cited a lack of scientific research of its health impacts.
"It's been a long hard fight but we knew that there was something fundamentally wrong with fracking," said Adams...
Commentary: Impact of Fracking Eludes Us
Albany Times Union - 6:03 pm, Sunday, November 9, 2014
By Wes Gillingham, Commentary
While the gas industry continues to mislead the public about the harmful health and environmental impacts of unconventional natural gas development (also called hydraulic fracturing or fracking), evidence of its dangers is mounting...