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Air Pollution from Besicorp

Air Pollution from Besicorp Air Pollution From the Empire State Newsprint Project The potential emissions from this facility will exceed the major source thresholds for all of the PSD (Prevention of Significant Deterioration) regulated pollutants. The facility is located in a non-attainment area for ozone. Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are Air Pollution from Besicorp

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History Mauled Again – City Did Dirty Deal Selling Historic Site History Mauled Again City Did Dirty Deal Selling Historic Site Feb./Mar. 95 by Lynne Jackson I have been reading this book, The Fifth Discipline in which the author, Peter M. Senge, says that it is often the structure of the situation that makes people 7

Save the Pine Bush

Rezsin Adams was given the boot at WRPI. Ridiculous. Read this article printed in Metroland.net about Rezsin on Thursday, October 4, 2007: Are you angry that WRPI gave Rezsin the boot? Call them at 518-276-6248 or email their staff at http://www.wrpi.org/staff.php Signed Off WRPI gives another community member the boot Reszin Adams had made a Save the Pine Bush

EPA GRANT TARGETS CONDITIONS IN PATROON CREEK

by DINA CAPPIELLO, Staff writer A $400,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Monday will place Patroon Creek under 24-hour scientific surveillance, supplying researchers, residents and students with essential information about the stream’s health. This data “will help identify pollutants that may pose a hazard to our citizens,” said Mayor Jerry Jennings. EPA GRANT TARGETS CONDITIONS IN PATROON CREEK

View from Fort Crailo

View from Fort Crailo Simulation of Besicorp Project View from Fort Crailo Home Current view from Riverside Avenue, Fort Crailo, Rensselaer Current view from Riverside Avenue, Fort Crailo, Rensselaer Proposed facility Riverside Avenue, Fort Crailo, Rennselaer Proposed facility Riverside Avenue, Fort Crailo, Rensselaer Proposed facility with plumes Riverside Avenue, Fort Crailo, Rensselaer Proposed facility with View from Fort Crailo

Roads in the Pine Bush – John Poorman Speaks about the CDTC

by Lynne Jackson ALBANY: John Poorman, Executive Director of the Capital District Regional Planning Commission spoke at the July SPB vegetarian/vegan lasagna dinner. Mr. Poorman began by describing what the Capital District Regional Planning Commission (CDTC) is. The CDTC is the designated “Metropolitan Planning Organization” (MPO) for four counties, Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady. Under Roads in the Pine Bush – John Poorman Speaks about the CDTC

Guilderlandt

by John Wolcott by John Wolcott Two hundred years ago, the Town of ”Guilderlandt” was organized and set up by an act of the State Legislature. The Dutch language, at the time, was losing out to English and becoming poorly used. The Indians were continuing to lose out to non-Indians, and the environment would, eventually, Guilderlandt

COVID-19 and Dunn Landfill

by Tom Ellis RENSSELAER, NY: The Covid-19 pandemic highlights a major problem with government in the USA, NYS, and locally.  Executive agencies employ vastly more people than legislatures despite the complaint that legislatures are bloated. Elected executives (presidents, governors, county executives) appoint commissioners and other top staff, often subject to approval by a legislative body, COVID-19 and Dunn Landfill

Regulate Toxins

by Tom Ellis In the wake of the George Floyd murder, much has been said and written about how policing and public safety require major overhauls in the United States. The same applies to how the New York state government regulates environmental toxins. Human health and the environment are being poisoned with the support of Regulate Toxins

Newsletters Articles Ordered by Subject

Search Newsletter Archives: What is Full Protection, Partial Protection and who is the Pine Bush? – By Lynne Jackson – June / July 2022 Newsletter A Tribute To Lew Oliver, our wonderful lawyer The Pine Bush’s Most Famous Resident – The Karner Blue Butterfly Save the Pine Bush Victories and Fights The Thruway Authority Comes Newsletters Articles Ordered by Subject