DEC to issue hydrofrack study Wednesday
The state Department of Environmental Conservation expects to release its long-anticipated report on the socio-economic impact of hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, on Wednesday, according to...
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Imagine trying to manage the energy use and environmental footprint of a city of 20,000 people. This week’ guest, Mary Ellen Mallia, is essentially doing that at the University at Albany, where she has...
View ArticleEnvironment, parks status quo in budget, gain in capital project spending
There are no cuts in jobs or programs at the state Department of Environmental Conservation or Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed 2012-13 budget....
View ArticleNew York’s new top environmental voice
The head of the New York League of Conservation Voters, a venerable environmental group with ties to the Rockefeller family and the era of Republican environmentalism, is the new deputy secretary of...
View ArticleDEC aims fine at gas driller over water pollution from PA
The state Department of Environmental Conservation wants to fine a Buffalo-area natural gas driller $187,500 for water pollution coming into Allegany State Park from company gas wells and roads across...
View ArticleBobcats to face more hunting, trapping
With bobcat numbers rebounding in New York, the state Department of Environmental Conservation is offering a plan to open up new parts of the state from the Capital Region west to Lake Erie to hunting...
View ArticleDEC killing of black bear
On Thursday, wildlife officers from the state DEC shot and killed a black bear on the grounds of the state University at Albany. The bear had previously twice before been tranquilized and captured in...
View ArticleUPDATED: This Weekend on Capital Green Scene
Five years ago, the state Legislature passed a law requiring a study of the looming risk posed by rising seas being driven by man-made climate change. The resulting state Sea Level Rise Task Force...
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The Lake George Park Commission has come up with a plan to protect the lake for the growing threat of invasive species that would require recreational boats that use the lake to be inspected and, if...
View ArticleTop environmental, energy official out of Cuomo administration
Robert Hallman is out as the state’s top environmental and energy advisor to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose administration confirmed his resignation last week. Hallman had held the post of secretary for...
View ArticleFatal oak tree illness reerupts in Glenville neighborhood
A fatal oak tree disease has reemerged in a Glenville neighborhood four years after state wildlife officials took out dozens of trees in a bid to eradicate the outbreak. Another 30 oak trees from the...
View ArticleGov. Cuomo’s agency heads send letter to feds urging tougher oil trail...
As part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive order directing four state agencies _ Environmental Conservation, Health, Transportation and Homeland Security _ to review state preparedness to deal with crude...
View ArticleAlbany, Watervliet get state nod on climate work
Two Capital Region communities were among the first statewide to be certified Tuesday under the state Climate Smart Communities Program. The cities of Albany and Watervliet were recognized for efforts...
View ArticleAnother extension by state on Port of Albany oil expansion plan
The state Department of Environmental Conservation is again extending the public comment period on a proposal by an oil terminal operator at the port to build a facility that would heat crude oil to...
View ArticleNYS moves ahead on Finger Lakes gas storage plan
The state Department of Environmental Conservations has issued draft permit conditions for a long-planned and increasingly controversial underground natural gas and propane storage facility in the...
View ArticleMeeting set for Global oil terminal plan at Port of Albany
Global Partners will be holding a meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Greater St. Johns Church of God in Christ, 74 Fourth Avenue, Albany, to discuss its plans to add a crude oil heating plant at its...
View ArticleLake George panel urged to stand up to Cuomo
People from the Lake George region and the Adirondack North Country closed ranks Tuesday around embattled Lake George Park Commission Executive Director David Wick, urging commissioners at a packed...
View ArticleLake George Park Commission director to return to post
Efforts by the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sack Dave Wick, executive director of the Lake George Park Commissioner, are apparently being pulled back. The commission just issued a press...
View ArticleNYS Comptroller warns that budget shortfall looms at Environmental...
A budget crisis is brewing at the state Department of Environmental Conservation after years of staff cuts and declining state spending there, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli warned in a report issued...
View ArticlePort of Albany oil terminal operator hit with $181,000 air pollution penalty...
An oil terminal operator at the Port of Albany has been hit with a$181,000 penalty for air pollution violations by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Buckeye Partners failed to follow...
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