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State Senate Webcast Begins
May 30, 2001 — The state Senate has begun wedcasting its proceedings on the Internet. Karen DeWitt reports. Go to full article
How Climate Change Could Affect North Country Weather
May 23, 2001 — A conversation about how global climate change could affect weather in the North Country. David Sommerstein talks with the director of the Great Lakes Regional Assessment study. Go to full article
Computers in Tractors: Surfing the South Forty
May 08, 2001 — These days computers are everywhere--your car, home, office desk and even toasters. Now researchers want to install computers in another place--farmers' tractors. Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Dan Grossman reports. 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 exhibited an array of energy alternatives... production without new power plants or oil wells, and consumption without higher bills. David Sommerstein was there and takes us on a sustainable energy tour. Go to full article
Cell Phone Driving Ban Debated
Apr 23, 2001 — As support grows in the legislature for a statewide ban on the use of cell phones while driving, mobile phone industry executives brought their point of view to the state capitol. Karen DeWitt reports. 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 North Country Energy Fair in Canton. 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 material. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Lester Graham reports. 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 they choose their long distance phone service. That hasn't happened yet. Karen Dewitt looks at why. Go to full article
Energy Deregulation in New York, Pt. 3
Apr 11, 2001 — Does New York need more power plants or more energy conservation? Proponents of both building plants and conserving energy agree that some action will need to be taken very soon to avoid an energy shortage in New York. Karen Dewitt's third report in a five-part series on energy. Go to full article
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