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Press Releases 2003

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December

Tuesday, December 23, 2003
Adirondack Council Will Work with APA & Activists to Throttle-back DEC'S New Snowmobile Plan

Thursday, December 4, 2003
EPA Orders Cuts to Sulfur & Nitrogen Based Air Pollution Sufficient to Stop the Adirondack Park's Acid Rain Problems

Thursday, December 4, 2003
Adirondack Council and Coalition Call on Gov., Lawmakers to Step-up Environmental Spending in 2004-05 Budget - State Not Keeping Pace With Open Space Commitments & Opportunitie

November

Monday, November 10, 2003
Both Federal & State Acid Rain Safety Nets are Being Cut Out from Under the Adirondacks, Eastern US - Feds Walk Away from New Source Review, State Acid Rain Law Subject of Lawsuit - Adirondack Council Calls on Congress to Pass Acid Rain Controls

Monday, November 3, 2003
Governor Pataki & Atty. Gen. Spitzer Fare Best in Annual Adirondack Council State of the Park Report - NYS Assembly Scores Low & Adk. Park Agency Receives Worst Marks in Decade, While Ratings for Local Governments Continue Four-Year Improvement Trend

October

Thursday, October 30, 2003
Adirondack Council Launches Major Advertising Campaign Aimed at Persuading Congress to Pass Acid Rain Legislation - Campaign Will Urge Congress: Don't Come Home Empty-Handed!

Wednesday, October 1, 2003
10-Year Struggle to Protect Trees on Forest Preserve Finally Pays Dividends - Fine Increased 25-Fold - Pataki Signs Into Law First Penalty Increase in Almost a Century - Released,

Wednesday, October 1, 2003
News Release Clarification
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Vermont Utility May Benefit from, but Didn't Control, Decision to Sell Pollution Allowances to Broker

September

Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Vermont Power Company Sells Thousands of Tons Worth of Pollution Rights that Could Come Back to Vermont as Acid Rain - Adirondack Council Urges Senators Jeffords & Clinton to Pass Protective Legislation

Monday, September 15, 2003
Adirondack Council to Join President Bush in East Garden to Call on Congress to Pass Acid Rain Legislation this Fall

August

Thursday, August 28, 2003
Adirondack Council Calls on New York's Congressional Delegation to Push for Clean Air Legislation Upon Return to Washington - Recent Changes in Power Plant Rules by EPA Underscore Need for Action Now

Wednesday, August 20, 2003
Study Shows Taxpayers in Adirondack Town Would Benefit from Tahawus/High Peaks Land Purchase by State

Friday, August 8, 2003
Adirondack Council Praises Eliot Spitzer for Job Well Done - Ohio Pollution Decision Will Spur Aaction in Congress

Thursday, August 7, 2003
Adirondack Council Applauds Governor's Choice of New Chairman for the Adirondack Park Agency

July

Friday, July 25, 2003
Adirondack Council Praises Pataki Leadership on CO2 - Gov's Action Breaks Congressional Logjam on Air Pollution

Tuesday, July 9, 2003
Adirondack Environmentalists Call on Congress to Pass Clear Skies Act or Better, Following Hearing - EPA Study Shows Clear Skies, Others Would Eliminate Chronic Acid in Lakes by 2030

Wednesday, July 2, 2003
NYS DEC Commissioner Erin Crotty to Receive Adirondack Council's Highest Honor on July 12 - First Woman to Receive Council's Prestigious "Conservationist of the Year" -

June

Monday, June 16, 2003
Adirondack Council Praises Senator Little, Assemblyman Parment for Breaking Logjam on Timber Theft Legislation - Increases the $10 Penalty for Stealing Trees from Forest Preserve for First Time Since 1909

Monday, June 16, 2003
Adirondack Council Praises DiNapoli, Marcellino for Agreement on Plans to Control Exotic Species

May

Thursday, May 22, 2003
Study Shows Taxpayers in 3 Adirondack Towns Would Benefit Substantially from State Easement on Hancock Lands - Colton, Clifton, Clare Would Reap Instant Million-Dollar Windfall

Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Conservation Groups Hail the Introduction of Legislation to Ban the Use of All Terrain Vehicles on Sensitive State Lands - Bill Sponsored in Both Houses Would Also Improve & Fund Enforcement in These Areas,

April

Monday, April 28, 2003
Adirondack Council Praises Legislative Leaders for Improvements to Environmental Fund

Tuesday, April 15, 2003
New Nitrogen Pollution Study Shows Need for Year-round Controls on Power Plant Emissions that Cause Acid Rain & Pollute Coastal Water

Friday, April 4, 2003
Adirondack Council Testifies on Senate Acid Rain Bill at Environment and Public Works Committee Hearing in Washington, DC - Congressional Leaders Finally Poised to Take Action to Stop Acid Rain

March

Monday, March 31, 2003
Adirondack Council Calls on Bush Administration to Suspend Changes to Clean Air Act Until Congress Acts to Curb Emissions - Urges EPA to Follow Plan Outlined by Admin. Whitman in Albany Last Year

Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Adirondack Council Praises Pataki Acid Rain Regs: "If Rest of Nation Followed Pataki's Lead, Acid Rain Problem Would be Solved"

February

Tuesday, February 4, 2003
Adirondack Park Agency Settles Lawsuit Brought by Adirondack Council Over Proposed Rules for Bed & Breakfast Tourist Accomodations

January

Wednesday, January 29, 2003
Long-term Federal Study Shows Need for Acid Rain Legislation: Congress Must Act to Deeply Cut Smokestack Emissions

Wednesday, January 29, 2003
Adirondack Council Praises President Bush for Making Acid Rain Legislation Top Priority for 108th Congress

Friday, January 10, 2003
Adirondack Environmentalists Praise Adirondack Park Agency for Denying Permit to Use Chemical Herbicide in Lake George - Local Lake Commission's Request Denied in 9-1-1 Vote of APA Commissioners

For more information on the following news releases,
contact John Sheehan at (518) 432-1770

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