Catskill parks to lobby for funding
ALBANY, NY — Catskill Mountainkeeper and its allies at the Catskill Park Coalition will be meeting with New York’s legislative leaders, senators and assembly members and key regulatory staff on Tuesday, February 5 to make a case for funding in the region.
Coxsackie Earth Day celebration
COXSACKIE — The annual Coxsackie Earth Day Celebration will take place 10 a.m.-3 p.m. May 18 at the Coxsackie Riverside Park located on the shores of the Hudson River.
Guests include local farmers, solar businesses, state Department of Environmental Conservation, Carey Institute, Catskill Mountain Keeper and Columbia Greene Community College Conservation Club. Additionally Hudson Riverkeeper has been invited, a plant sale with local nurseries, yoga and zumba instructors along with Sarah’s hula hooping.
State initiative encourages cost-efficient renewable energy
Heat pumps like these, advocates say, can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, while also keeping your home toasty in winter.
NEW YORK — A state initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sparked a slate of programs across the state dedicated to motivating homeowners into renewable energy systems this winter.
Lonely Planet Names Catskills One of Top Ten Regions to Visit in 2019
Lonely Planet, one of the world's most iconic travel guides, named the Catskill region one of its Best in Travel 2019 Top Regions. From the article:
Read moreThis beautiful mountainous region west of the Hudson Valley has been a popular getaway since the 19th century. The romantic image of mossy gorges and rounded peaks, as popularized by Hudson Valley School painters, encouraged a preservation movement: in 1894 the state constitution was amended so that thousands of acres are 'forever kept as wild forest lands.'
Homeowners can get help with weatherization, upgrades
By Daniel Axelrod
December 14, 2018
TUSTEN – There was only one place for Brian Mendoza and his wife, Susan, to move from Park Slope, Brooklyn, and Sullivan County was the charm.
The Mendozas first bought their 2,200-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bathroom Cape Cod-style home in the Town of Tusten as a second home five years ago.
Smitten with the bucolic setting, the couple and their three teenage boys now live full time on their 12-acre spread full of goats, sheep, chickens, cats and dogs. But while they can keep most of the animals out of their 30-year-old home, they can’t keep out a chilly draft.
Read moreOver 100,000 Petitions Demanding Full Fracking Ban Delivered
December 12, 2018
Organizations and Residents Ask Governors to vote at DRBC to ban fracking, frack waste and water withdrawals for fracking
Washington Crossing, PA – Representatives of organizations and members of the public submitted 104,805 signed petitions to the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) at their public business meeting today. The petitions, collected by 15 organizations representing members in all four states that are part of the Delaware River Watershed, asks the Governors of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware to vote for a complete and permanent ban on fracking and its activities. The petitions call for a ban on fracking throughout the Delaware River Basin, a ban on frack wastewater storage, processing and discharges in the Basin, and a ban on water exports from the Delaware River Watershed to fuel fracking elsewhere.
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More Than 100,000 Petitions Demanding Fracking Ban Delivered To Governor Murphy
More Than 100,000 Petitions Demanding Fracking Ban Delivered
Governor Murphy asked to vote for a COMPLETE fracking and fracking waste ban in
Delaware River Basin
Trenton – Representatives of New Jersey organizations submitted 104,101 signed petitions to Governor Murphy at his West State Street office today after a State House news conference. The petitions, collected by groups representing members in all four states that are part of the Delaware River Watershed, asks the Governors to vote at the Delaware River Basin Commission for a complete and permanent ban on fracking and its activities. The petitions call for a ban on fracking throughout the Delaware River Basin, a ban on frack wastewater processing and discharges in the Basin, and a ban on water exports from the Delaware River Watershed to fuel fracking elsewhere.
Anti-fracking advocates push for action on Delaware River Basin
December 10, 2018
ALBANY — A coalition of environmental groups presented over 100,000 signatures to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday, urging him to support a full ban on hydraulic fracking and its related activities in the Delaware River Basin.
The activists gathered at the state Capitol's historic Million Dollar Staircase and called on the governor to expand the state's 2014 ban on hydraulic fracking by prohibiting use of the basin for treatment and processing of fracking waste, or for water withdrawals for fracking.
Read moreNonprofit Innovation Awards announced
November 20, 2018
BETHEL, NY — Linda C. Hartley, co-principal of H2Growth Strategies, announced the five Nonprofit Innovation Award winners at the annual reception for the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan. The awards marked the final distribution of the funds raised by the Nonprofit Leadership Executive Committee, which produced the annual Nonprofit Leadership Summits at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts from 2010 to 2016.
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HeatSmart campaign announced
October 31, 2018
LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — Catskill Mountainkeeper and Sustainable Hudson Valley on October 29 announced HeatSmart, a state-supported community campaign to help local home and business owners increase energy efficiency with clean heating and cooling systems.
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