True to his campaign promises to do more for alternative energy production in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo re-booted the governmental process to expand the offshore wind energy industry in New York. Joint Project Gets Blowing On September 15 the Long Island-New York City Offshore Wind Project applied for a lease to set-up and run …
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In early August this year there was good news for supporters of clean energy alternatives in New York. On August 4th Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, in the presence of groups such as the Alliance for Clean Energy in New York, (ACE NY) and others, signed the bill into law known as the “Power NY Act …
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Now with a new governor of New York in office, officials at the St. Lawrence River Valley Redevelopment Agency are hoping that a contract that the previous governor refused to sign will be approved by the new Governor. Just a month ago, on December 15, 2010 the former New York Governor David Paterson chose not …
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The new governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, has chosen a new commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The Governor received praise from environmental groups for his nomination of Joseph Martens who has been the president of the Open Space Institute since 1998. This non-profit organization works to obtain lands, mostly …
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