Category: New York
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Improve Your World: No Fracking, Yes Renewable Energy
SANDRA STEINGRABER — Well, then, what if we divorced the fossil fuel industry, and, over the next two decades, transitioned entirely to wind, water and solar energy while, at the same time, reducing our per capita energy consumption by half. Would that work? In fact …
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Fracking Infrastructure vs. American Values
STOP THE MINISINK COMPRESSOR STATION — If you are an oil and gas lobbyist, just toss in a coin, close your eyes and a permit lands in your hands …
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New Yorkers Call on Gov. Cuomo to Protect Thriving Tourism Industry from Fracking
NEW YORKERS AGAINST FRACKING — “If Governor Cuomo is serious about creating a thriving tourist industry that continues to grow our economy and upstate jobs then he will realize that fracking is incompatible with that future …
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Wave of Victories: Shark Fin Trade Bans Reach East Coast
OCEANA — “The global exploitation of sharks for their fins is driving many species to the edge of extinction and could wreak havoc on our oceans …
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Renewable Energy vs. Koch Brothers and ALEC
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL — What is truly remarkable about U.S. state-level support for clean, renewable energy standards is that, even in these times of supposedly “cheap and abundant natural gas that will last for decades to come” is that renewable energy and efficiency …