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Zone Gas Pricing Ban Bill Introduced
May 21, 2001 — A Rochester area state senator has introduced a bill to ban so-called zone pricing of gasoline. He says it's unfair to consumers, and held hearings recently on the proposed zone pricing ban. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Bud Lowell reports. Go to full article
America's Largest Superfund Site: The Hudson River, Part 3
May 02, 2001 — In the final part of our series on PCB contamination in the Hudson River, Brian Mann looks at the damage to the environment...and at GE's claim that the river is slowly cleaning itself. Go to full article
America?s Largest Superfund Site: The Hudson River, Part 2
May 01, 2001 — This summer, the Environmental Protection Agency will decide whether tons of PCBs should be dredged from the Hudson River. At the center of the debate are questions about the chemical's affect on human health. In this second part of our series on the Hudson River, Brian Mann looks at the volatile mix of science and public opinion that will shape the EPA's decision. Go to full article
America's Largest Superfund Site: The Hudson River, Pt. 1
Apr 30, 2001 — New York's Hudson River is the largest toxic waste site in the United States. PCBs dumped decades ago from a pair of General Electric factories summer, the Environmental... Go to full article
Sustainable Energy Fair in Canton
Apr 23, 2001 — On Saturday in Canton, hundreds of people took a crash course in energy issues of a different kind. As a part of Earth Day weekend, the North Country Sustainable Energy Fair... Go to full article
Energy Deregulation Expert Keynote at North Country Energy Fair
Apr 20, 2001 — Martha Foley talks with Ed Smeloff of the Pace Energy Project on the topic "Deregulation in Crisis: Lessons From California." Smeloff is the keynote speaker at Saturday's... Go to full article
PCB Contamination of Land May Outstrip Water Pollution
Apr 18, 2001 — There's compelling new testimony from people living near PCB-laden soil along the Hudson River--there's evidence that the land contamination from the PCBs could be on a much... Go to full article
Energy Department Searches for Exposed Workers
Apr 17, 2001 — The Department of Energy is trying to reach more than one thousand former government workers in the Great Lakes region who might have been exposed to a sometimes fatal... Go to full article
Energy Deregulation in New York, Pt. 5
Apr 13, 2001 — Karen Dewitt concludes her series on New York's electric industry - today - the future of deregulation, the building of new power plants, and will prices go higher? Go to full article
Energy Deregulation in New York, Pt. 4
Apr 12, 2001 — When de-regulation started in New York in the mid-1990's, proponents predicted that by the turn of the century, New Yorkers would choose their power supplier as easily as... Go to full article
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