Clean up this program
Our opinion: The state needs to fix its abused brownfields program before more money is wasted. New York’s Brownfield Cleanup Program could well be the poster child for the elusive waste and abuse that...
View ArticleA wish for healthy waterways
We at Riverkeeper were happy to see our favorite item on columnist Chris Churchill’s holiday wish list (“Look beyond lumps of coal to region’s gifts,” Dec. 25) – greater advocacy for cleaner and...
View ArticleReform brownfield cleanup in N.Y.
Although $8.4 million has been earmarked by the state Department of Environmental Conservation to clean up 13 contaminated sites across the state (which is wonderful news), it highlights the need for...
View ArticleNo accountability with Fort Edward PCB cleanup
The recent article concerning the Department of Environmental Conservation’s Fort Edward PCB cleanup plan reports the state is proposing a cleanup without the results of a health study of the area...
View ArticleLandslide cleanup costly
Officials tallying the costs of restoring flow to the mud-clogged Normans Kill after last week’s slide must face another reality: it probably won’t be long before the Town of Bethlehem and the City of...
View ArticleCleaning up our Hudson
For Capital Region residents, the notion of swimming in the Hudson River immediately conjures icky thoughts of diving into a sewer. It’s really not that bad – at least not all the time. But when...
View ArticleLong story short
Escapee Sweat’s trial does have a point At first glance, one might wonder why the state of New York would devote time and resources to pursue criminal charges against infamous prison escapee David...
View ArticleGE’s dredging far from complete
In a recent op-ed, GE claims it has done everything necessary to remove toxic PCBs that it dumped into the Hudson River decades ago – and that EPA agrees. Neither is true. First, a significant amount...
View ArticleThere’s more to do, GE
As GE continues to push for the closeout of its nearly $1 billion project to remove PCBs from the Hudson River, evidence continues to mount that much still needs to be done to help our region recover...
View ArticleMr. Cuomo’s silence on GE
We can’t recall anyone ever faulting Gov. Andrew Cuomo for being too nice. But for once, we’re wishing he’d play a little hardball when it comes to General Electric Co. and its cleanup of PCBs from the...
View ArticleSaving jobs at what cost?
It’s hard to argue for the state to just stand by and watch a company lay off 600 people when it can prevent it. But the news last week that the state has expanded its already generous package and made...
View ArticleLong story short
Crooked lawmakers should lose their chairs Gov. Andrew Cuomo called it a “threshold issue” as he unveiled his plan to raise ethical standards and restore confidence in our elected officials. He left...
View ArticleKudos to Kaul for water protection
Judith Enck’s essay (“EPA removal of PCBs from Hudson worked,” Jan. 31) recognizes all the years of work that resulted in the cleanup of dangerous PCBs and other hazardous compounds from New York’s...
View ArticleKudos to state for its stand on PCBs
Regarding the editorial “More harm to the Hudson,” Aug. 25, the Times Union editorial board has been a long-standing and strong voice for cleanup of General Electric’s Hudson River PCBs, which continue...
View ArticleAlign PCB cleanup efforts
In the escalating debate between New York state and the federal Environmental Protection Agency over the extent of PCB contamination remaining in the Hudson River, the essential next step – dredging of...
View ArticleDon’t worry about Indian Point cleanup funds
With regard to the article about the Indian Point decommissioning fund, (“Indian Point cleanup fund looks short,” Jan. 12) it is important to note the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has a long and...
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