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Albany makes progress on 3 strong green bills this week

February 24, 2010

Posted by Richard Schrader in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

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albany, cleanenergy, diesel, dirtydiesel, energyefficiency, greenbuildings, greenjobs, heatingoil, jobs, netmetering, newyorksenate, senatormaziarz, senatorparker, senatorperkins, senatorsampson

The New York State Senate leadership tested its balky majority by taking up several environmental and clean energy bills this week.  Look up the word “frail” in the dictionary and that will define their current state – a tight 32-30...

Governor Paterson Raids New York's Environmental and Energy Funding

October 21, 2009

Posted by Richard Schrader in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

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albany, environmentalprotectionfund, EPF, globalwarming, governorpaterson, newyork, newyorkstatebudget, raid, regionalgreenhousegasinitiative, RGGI

Last week, Gov. David Paterson unveiled a bruising budget deficit reduction plan that included grabbing $90 million generated by auctions under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) -  the nation's first-ever plan to reduce global warming pollution - and shoving...