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      • R-CAUSE May 9, 2013 FORUM
      • R-CAUSE 2011 FORUM FOLLOW-UP >
        • Map of leased properties in the Finger Lakes
        • Panelists' PowerPoint Slides
        • Forum Video Clips
      • Senator Avella's Forum in NYC 7/18/12
      • REPORTS FROM ALBANY RALLY 8/27/12
      • REPORTS ON DC RALLY 7/28/12
  • SAVE SENECA LAKE
    • TOM WILBER'S SERIES June-July 2015
    • The DEC Issues Conference
  • TAKE ACTION!
    • REV: Reforming the Energy Vision
    • 2014 DRAFT NYS ENERGY PLAN
    • TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP & FAST TRACK
    • PROTECT HEMLOCK & CANADICE LAKES >
      • HEMLOCK-CANADICE UMP 2015
    • PETITIONS
  • INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NATURAL GAS & OIL
    • COMPRESSOR STATIONS
    • FRAC SAND MINING
    • FRACKING WASTE DISPOSAL >
      • AKZO-NOBEL SALT MINE
      • AUBURN, NY
      • EARTHQUAKES
      • HYLAND LANDFILL, ANGELICA, NY
    • GAS STORAGE >
      • LIQUID NATURAL GAS STORAGE AND EXPORT
      • LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS STORAGE
    • PIPELINES
    • SPREADING DRILLING WASTE ON NYS ROADS >
      • BRINE APPROVED FOR USE ON MONROE & NEIGHBORING COUNTY ROADS
    • TRANSPORTING FOSSIL FUELS BY RAIL & BARGE
    • TRANSPORTING FRACKING WASTE BY BARGE
    • WATER WITHDRAWAL >
      • PAINTED POST WATER SUIT >
        • PAINTED POST HEARING IN ROCHESTER 2/24/14
  • NEWS
    • NEW YORK STATE BANS FRACKING! >
      • 101 Reasons to Ban HVHF
    • MONROE COUNTY >
      • BRINE APPROVED FOR USE ON MONROE COUNTY ROADS
      • CITY OF ROCHESTER, NY
      • TOWN OF BRIGHTON, NY
    • NEWS FROM AND ABOUT CALIFORNIA >
      • CA DROUGHT
    • NEWS FROM AND ABOUT CANADA >
      • ALBERTA TAR SANDS AND THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE
    • NEWS FROM AND ABOUT CHINA
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    • NEWS FROM & ABOUT COLORADO & UTAH
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      • NEWS FROM ROMANIA
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  • RESOURCES
    • RESEARCH & STUDIES
    • BANS & MORATORIA >
      • LOCAL BAN LAWS
    • MAPS
    • FRACKING ART & POETRY >
      • NO FRACK ALMANAC
    • RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS in Fracking Waste
    • BIOFUELS
    • ECONOMICS OF FRACKING
    • EXPORTING NATURAL GAS
    • FRACKING WITH PROPANE
    • Government Resources >
      • INDUSTRY EXEMPTIONS
    • HOME RULE
    • INJECTION WELLS
    • INSURANCE
    • LAW SUITS
    • Leases & Compulsory Integration
    • Legal Resources
    • NY STATE DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION >
      • DEC Commissioner Martens testifies 2/4/13
      • Health Commissioner Shah Testifies 1/30/13
      • NY Assembly Hearing 1/10/13
      • ABOUT THE DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES
      • DEC PROPOSED FRACKING REGS - RESOURCES & ARTICLES
      • DEC SGEIS 2011 FLAWS and OMISSIONS >
        • TESTIMONIES 10/6/11
        • DEC Public Hearings November-December 2011
        • A SAMPLING OF LETTERS TO THE DEC & GOVERNOR
    • Photos & Videos
    • POWER PLANTS
    • Public Health & Fracking Chemicals Documentation
    • RADON
    • RENEWABLE ENERGY
    • Town Planning Resources
    • For Citizen Groups
    • UTICA SHALE
  • CONTACT US
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POWER PLANTS

7/17/15: SierraClub Urges Cuomo to Stop Coal Bailouts: 91 minute video of  forum in NYC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgtyyDa1R5A&feature=youtu.be

9/17/15: Ithaca Journal: Coal Ash Flowing into Groundwater, Milliken Creek:  http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2015/09/17/coal-plant-contamination-outlined/32524307/

9/16/15: Ithaca Journal: Cayuga Power Plant Critics Protest in Albany:  http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2015/08/24/cayuga-power-plant-protest/32291187/


8/25/15: Democrat and Chronicle: WNY Power Plant's 'On Hold':  http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2015/08/25/wny-power-plants-plan-hold/32369265/


12/10/14: Democrat and Chronicle: Power Plants Paging More For Emissions: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2014/12/10/power-plants-paying-emissions/20218855/

June 16-22, 2014: Tompkins Weekly: Power Plant Study Draws Concern
 (2nd article): http://www.tompkinsweekly.com/past_issues/140616.html

6/9/14: USA Today: Planned Coal-Power Closings Won't Cut CO2 Much:  http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/06/08/coal-plant-retirements-barely-cut-carbon-emissions/10008553/

6/2/14: NPR: EPA New Proposal Targeting Greenhouse Gases [forcing power plants to curb carbon dioxide emissions 30% by 2030]: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/06/02/318151240/epa-to-unveil-new-proposal-targeting-greenhouse-gases


12/20/13: Democrat and Chronicle: Steve Orr: Eastman Business Park Gets More Low-Cost Power: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/money/business/2013/12/20/eastman-business-park-gets-more-low-cost-power/4144781/


Dunkirk & Cayuga Power Plants: 
12/20/13: Ithaca Journal: Cayuga Power Plant, NYSEG Seek Another Extension From State: http://www.ithacajournal.com/article/20131220/NEWS01/312200035/Cayuga-Power-Plant-NYSEG-seek-another-extension-from-state

EARTHJUSTICE: Controversial Repowering of the Cayuga and Dunkirk Coal-Fired Power Plants: http://earthjustice.org/our_work/cases/2013/controversial-repowering-of-the-cayuga-and-dunkirk-coal-fired-power-plants

12/16/13: Ithaca Journal: Decision Pending on Cayuga Power Plant: http://www.ithacajournal.com/article/20131216/NEWS01/312160059/Decision-pending-Cayuga-power-plant

12/15/13: Buffalo News: NRG Power Plant to Stay Open Setting Off Glee in Dunkirk:  http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/chautauqua-county/nrg-power-plant-to-stay-open-setting-off-glee-in-dunkirk-20131215

12/15/13: Gov. Cuomo Announces Dunkirk Power Plant to be Repowered and Expanded to Cost Effectively Meet Reliability Needs...: http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/12152013-dunkirk-power-plant

11/27/13: The New York Times: A Part of Utah Built on Coal Wonders What Comes Next: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/28/us/a-part-of-utah-built-on-coal-wonders-what-comes-next.html?_r=0

11/1/13: Resilience.org: Deborah Rogers: Coal Displacing Nat Gas...Already: http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-11-01/coal-displacing-nat-gas-already#

10/16/13: Ithaca.com: NYS Steers Cayuga Plower Plant Toward Natural Gas-Fired Future: http://www.ithaca.com/news/new-york-state-steers-cayuga-power-plant-toward-natural-gas/article_144dc350-35e8-11e3-9c12-0019bb2963f4.html