State Agencies Go Tap Over Bottles
Posted in Efficiently, Waste, Water on May 7th, 2009
Paterson Orders Agencies to Switch From Bottled Water to Tap [New York Times]
Tag Archive 'Paterson'
Posted in Efficiently, Energy on Mar 9th, 2009
Paterson’s taking some well-deserved licks for the Environmental Protection Fund debacle, but this is an encouraging development on the solar front coming out of Albany. The largest solar project in the state’s history.
What is the Environmental Protection Fund Anyways?
Posted in Politics on Feb 10th, 2009
Following up on yesterday’s post about the EPF, Renata Silberblatt over at Switchboard actually takes the initiative to explain what the heck it is:
Ask most New Yorkers about the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) and they will have no idea what you’re talking about. But ask them about the programs the EPF funds- programs including New […]
Albany Puts Environmental Protection Fund on Life Support
Posted in Politics on Feb 9th, 2009
Tough news from the capitol, courtesy of Environmental Advocates of NY:
Last Tuesday night, New York State lawmakers passed a measure to plug the current year’s budget hole at the expense of the Environmental Protection Fund (and a lot of other worthy programs, too). The “deficit reduction bill” cut the Fund by […]
It’s Gillibrand!
Posted in Politics on Jan 23rd, 2009
We’re very pleased with Paterson’s pick. So is the LCV:
Paterson’s Choice Fills Clinton’s Big “Green” Shoes
Today the New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV) and the national League of Conservation Voters (LCV), which work to turn environmental values into political priorities, strongly supported Governor Paterson’s choice of Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to fill the open […]
UPDATE: Here’s the Times on the energy portion of his talk:
“We are going to have take control over our use of energy,” Mr. Paterson said, calling for more energy efficiency and an overhaul of energy generation, transmission and distribution.
Noting that this year is the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s journey up the river that would […]
Paterson’s First 100 Days
Posted in Politics on Jul 8th, 2008
Steve Cohen, with the help of NYLCV’s Marcia Bystryn, asks if he’s a “green governor”:
While it may seem premature, we decided to review the environmental record of his first 100 days. New York State’s League of Conservation Voters is known for their thoughtful representation of the electorate’s interest, so we asked them for their view […]