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Is it safe to swim in the Hudson River? Woman in viral TikTok video and DEP Say ‘Generally, Yes’

New York’s Hydropower Plan Stirs Concerns Over Impact on Waterways

DEC denies essential permits for proposed waste facility on the Hudson in Rensselaer

Riverkeeper applauds the DEC’s decision and urges the agency to maintain its position in the event of an appeal. RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Riverkeeper applauds the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for its decision this week to deny two essential permits for a proposed waste processing facility that would sit on top of a capped toxic waste site next to the Hudson River – and urges the agency to maintain its position in the event of an appeal. The Department of Environmental Conservation has denied both the Air State […]

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Rensselaer Environmental Coalition applauds DEC decision denying permits for Rensselaer trash facility

Re-posted from Rensselaer Environmental Coalition. For immediate release: August 12, 2020 Contact: David Ellis, Chairman, Rensselaer Environmental Coalition [email protected] On November 26, 2019, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation sent a letter to outgoing Rensselaer Mayor, Rich Mooney stating that the DEC “has grave concerns regarding what appears from a review of the SEQRA record for this Project to be a wrongfully abbreviated environmental impact assessment that the City of Rensselaer undertook.” In March 2018, Rensselaer Resource Recovery LLC, applied to the Rensselaer City Planning Commission for approval […]

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Ronald A. DeSilva, 83, Art Historian, American Furniture & Decorative Arts Authority

Majority of Guilderland council approves buried NYC power cable to run along rail line

New York City’s Hottest New Energy Fight

Ronald A. DeSilva Was Authority on American Furniture and Decorative Arts

$3 billion bond act called off amid state financial woes

‘Restore Mother Nature’ Bond Act Won’t Be on This Year’s Ballot

Tell Gov. Hochul to block invasive species at the Erie and Champlain canals
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