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In a victory for the Sheridan Hollow community in Albany, construction on a proposed fracked-gas microgrid has been halted so a state agency can study possible environmental impacts. The Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy and Albany County Legislator Merton D. Simpson have been against the this project because it […]
Congressman Paul Tonko, state legislators and environmental groups are warning New Yorkers of potential health dangers they could face if proposed cuts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency budget are implemented. The Trump administration’s proposed allocation of $5.4 billion for the EPA would slash funding to the agency by 23 […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he and the state’s attorney general are prepared to sue the federal government if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declares that the cleanup of the Hudson River complete, as they are expected to do this month. In an announcement Thursday afternoon, Cuomo and Attorney General Eric […]
A statewide coalition comprised of more than 110 environmental groups launched a last-ditch effort to convince lawmakers to reject President Trump’s proposed EPA budget. . The “Save The EPA Campaign” cites President Trump’s proposed 31 percent EPA cut as its main concern, saying that such a cut would have a […]