Thursday, January 28, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links. NYC seeks more time to buy watershed land. NY plan to boost drilling monitors may not go far enough. EPA Seeking Citizen Watchdogs (gas-drilling).http://twitpic.com/106dnx Leaving for the Catskills… back online Monday, have a great weekend everyone! RT @dendroica: Blue Jersey:: Jeff Tittel [NJ Sierra Club Director] makes his own [...]
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Coal Ash Action Day: Tell Obama Admin Not to Cave to Industry Pressure on Needed Safeguards
From NRDC: As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) attempts to end decades of delay in regulating coal ash disposal, the coal-fired power industry is mounting a major lobbying effort targeting the White House to weaken this much-needed rule even before it is released for public comment. Some see this as the first real test [...]
Hamden Board Backs DEC Drilling
From the Walton Reporter (no website), January 13, 2010. HAMDEN – The Hamden Town Council met last Wednesday and joined other local municipalities in adopting a resolution in support of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and its process for developing regulations for natural gas drilling. The resolution, which was earlier adopted [...]
Twitter EnviroNews – January 27 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links. Editorial: A new kind of wilderness (NY’s proposed moratorium on public land purchases). DEP continues effort to acquire NYC watershed land. Drilling in Pennsylvania’s forests.
LTE: Fairness – Gas-Drilling in the NYC Watershed
From the Walton Reporter (no website), January 13, 2010. (The following letter was sent to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The letter writer has asked The Walton Reporter to publish it as well.) Dear Mr. Bloomberg, et al, I am writing from a small town called Andes in the Catskill Mountains, a place I [...]
Twitter EnviroNews – January 26 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links. 7 Murkowski mistakes about the Clean Air Act and global warming. Congress is all a-Twitter. Catskill Watershed Homeowners May Be Reimbursed for Last Year’s Septic Repairs.
Catskill Watershed Homeowners May Be Reimbursed for Last Year’s Septic Repairs
From the Walton Reporter (no website), January 13, 2010. The Catskill Watershed Corporation Board of Directors recently adopted a measure allowing reimbursement for septic repairs done between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2009 that were not within priority areas for the regular Septic Repair and Rehabilitation Program. Adequate monies in the program fund has allowed [...]
Twitter EnviroNews – January 25 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links. NJ Gov Christie to do away with Highlands Council? New York gas drilling rally in Albany today. Does activism make you a better person?
Congressman Murphy Visits Masonville, Delaware County, Talks About NY Gas Drilling
From the Walton Reporter (no website), January 13, 2010, article abbreviated… MASONVILLE – U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy (D-Glens Falls) was in Delaware County on Thursday, fulfilling a promise to visit every town in his district during his first year in office. During a question and answer session, most of the assembled residents wanted to talk [...]
Twitter EnviroNews – January 22, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links. Anti-environment pro-business bills in New Jersey likely to be introduced. Release of PCBs during Hudson River dredging much worse that expected.
Twitter EnviroNews – January 21, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links. New York State comes through and protects almost 100,000 acres before putting hold on land purchases. Muskowski advances Senate resolution to hamstring EPA climate efforts…
Video: Michael Brune New Sierra Club Executive Director
NationalSierraClub — January 20, 2010 — Michael Brune will be the Sierra Club’s next executive director. [www.sierraclub.org/ED] Mike comes to the Sierra Club from Rainforest Action Network (RAN), where he has served as executive director for seven years. Sierra Club is America’s oldest, biggest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization. .
Facebook, a Tool for Public Testimony?
I’m sure it’s not the first time Facebook has been used as a tool for public testimony, but it’s the first I’ve heard of it. In the January 6, 2010 Walton Reporter (not online), an article discusses the State University of New York holding forums as part of the SUNY-wide strategic planning process. These forums [...]
Rally to Protect NY From Natural Gas Drilling – January 25
Rally to Protect NY From Natural Gas Drilling – January 25 Join us Monday, January 25th in Albany to as we rally to protect New York State from natural gas drilling and “hydrofracking” dangers.
Help Protect One of North America’s Most Threatened and Least Known Birds
RUSTY BLACKBIRD 8862, originally uploaded by Mudhen2. If I asked you what North American bird has suffered a population decline of 85-99%, I would get plenty of answers, but I’m betting Rusty Blackbird wouldn’t be one of them. Undoubtedly, it’s one of our least known birds. Most of North America’s blackbird species are doing fine, [...]