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Adirondack Council Press
Releases - 2012
April
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
New
Animals of the Adirondacks Puzzle a Joint Effort by Adirondack
Councl and Adirondack Designer Allison Romig - Sale Proceeds
to Assist Adirondack Councils Park Protection Efforts
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Adirondack
Council Calls on Park Agency to Make Changes to Weak, Outdated
Development Rules & Regulations - Many Needed Reforms
Can be Enacted by the Agency, Without New Legislation,
But With Input from the Public Inside & Outside the Park
Friday, April 13, 2012
Adirondack
Council Commemorates First Earth Day by Reducing Price of Carbon
Retirement to $19.70 - Donation Prevents Three Tons of
Real Carbon Emissions from Northeast Power Plants, Helps Organization
Buy & Extinguish Government-Issued Pollution Rights
March
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Groups' Press Release
Groups
Urge Legislature to Keep Mercury Out of the Waste Stream
Monday, March 12, 2012
Friends
of New Yorks Environment Applaud Legislature for Support
of New York's EPF - Revenue from Bottle Bill Would Cost
Taxpayers Nothing, But Return $7 for Every $1 Invested
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Farm, Rural
Development And Environmental Groups Join to Promote Local Farms
in Federal Farm Bill Hearings - Saranac Lake to Host one
of Only Four Such Hearings Nationwide
Letter to Senator Gillibrand
February
Wednesday, February 29,
2012
Governor,
Legislature Must Act to Protect Adirondack Park's Forest, Waters,
Wildlife from Weak & Outdated Land-use Rules - Just-Completed
Seven-Year Review of Major Resort Spotlights Serious Flaws in
Rules
Thursday, February 16,
2012
Don't
Extend Bobcat Trapping Season in Northern Adirondacks Environmental
Organization Urges State Wildlife Bureau - Live Bobcats
Too Valuable to Ecology and Tourism to Squander Even One; Poor
Population Estimates, Need for Predators Argue Against Two-Month
Expansion
Read comment letter to
DEC
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Four Years of Cuts Have Punished Environmental Funding - Restoration
Needed to Protect Natural Resources and Tourism - Adirondack
Council Makes Plea for Environmental Protection Fund, Department
of Environmental Conservation, Adirondack Park Agency
Read Budget Testimony
January
Friday, January 20, 2012
National
Acid Rain Study : Public Investment in Clean Air Paying Rich
Dividends to Adirondack Lakes, Public Health, and Consumers
- Reductions in Acid Rain-Causing Emissions from Power Plants
are Allowing Adirondack Soils and Waters to Recover; Saving Money;
Saving & Lengthening Human Lives Around United States
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Adirondack
Council to Consider its Options Following Disappointing Court
Decision on Forest Preserve Snowmobile Trail Construction
- Appellate Division of NYS Supreme Court Decision Leaves
Organization in Position of Having to File Dozens of Individual
Lawsuits in Order to Prevent Harm to Forever Wild
Public Lands
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Senators Leahy and Schumer's
Press Release
Leahy
and Schumer Secure Funda to Prevent Shutoff of Flood Gauges in
Champlain Basin - Gauges In Clinton, Essex, and Washington
Counties Were Crucial During Irene And Spring Floods
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Adirondack
Council Calls on Gov. Cuomo and Sage Commission to Realign State
Agencies to Better Manage Adirondack Park - Plan Calls
for Administrative Changes at the Adirondack Park Agency and
Department of Environmental Conservation, Funding for Local Government
Planning Assistance
For more information on the news releases,
contact John Sheehan at (518) 432-1770
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