Energy
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 - 9:04 pm
Above: The proposed route of the Constitution Pipeline in 2013. Via the Constitution Pipeline's website.
Since Dec. 12, the Constitution Pipeline has filed formal eminent domain proceedings against 55 landowners along the pipeline’s proposed 124-mile... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 - 12:35 pm
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is basking in the celebratory mood of his constituents this week. On Wednesday, Dec. 17, his administration announced that New York State will ban hydraulic fracturing natural gas drilling and also gave a green light to a casino resort... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 - 3:01 pm
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Dec 12, 2014 at 10:12am PST
At a cabinet meeting that was open to the public today, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York State Department of Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens and New York Department of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014 - 5:39 pm
Above: Rush hour traffic in Andes, New York. Photo by Flickr user charltonlido, taken in 2010.
With a unanimous vote, the town board of the Delaware County town of Andes passed a local law banning oil and natural gas waste on Tuesday, Dec. 9, according... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014 - 4:24 pm
Above: An excerpt from a letter sent to to landowners along the route of the Constitution Pipeline on Dec. 3. Read the full letter at the bottom of this story or by clicking here.
The day after receiving federal approval, the Constitution Pipeline sent... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 - 12:58 pm
Above: A natural gas pipeline being constructed. Photo courtesy of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The Constitution Pipeline received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to build a 124-mile natural gas pipeline from... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 19, 2014 - 4:28 pm
For half a century, a valuable source of local energy has gone untapped: the billions of gallons of water that pour each year through the release works at New York City's Cannonsville Reservoir and flow into the West Branch of the Delaware River.
The... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014 - 10:01 am
About 13,250 Central Hudson customers in Greene and Albany counties were left in the dark late Monday night, after a downed wire cut power to a large area.
The outage occurred around 9:30 pm on Monday night, and was restored by around 1 am Tuesday,... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Friday, Jul. 25, 2014 - 11:46 pm
About two dozen people attended the first public forum of Transition Catskills, a group dedicated to making the Catskills more economically resilient, on Wednesday night at the Open Eye Theater in Margaretville.
“This was our first effort to organize a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2014 - 1:53 pm
Above: Members of the Denning Zoning Board of Appeals consider a wind turbine variance on February 25, 2014, before postponing the vote to March 25. From left: John Barnum, Mark Boncek, Frances Chewiwi, and Archie Ackerly, Jr. Photo by Julia Reischel. ... Read more
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