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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 - 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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