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<itunes:summary>NCPR provides locally-produced news stories from around the Adirondack and North Country regions of New York State, as well as Western Vermont, and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.</itunes:summary>
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<title>Adk Energy to pay $112,000 to prevent underground gas leaks</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21844/20130424/adk-energy-to-pay-112-000-to-prevent-underground-gas-leaks</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 24, 2013) A Malone-based company will have to install new equipment to detect leaks at gas stations it owns across the North Country. Federal officials already fined Adirondack Energy $46,000. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21844/20130424/adk-energy-to-pay-112-000-to-prevent-underground-gas-leaks">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: David Sommerstein</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A Malone-based company will have to install new equipment to detect leaks at gas stations it owns across the North Country. Federal officials already fined Adirondack Energy $46,000. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21844/20130424/adk-energy-to-pay-112-000-to-prevent-underground-gas-leaks">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>01:56</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, environment, epa, violations, gas, energy, malone, canton, plattsburgh, massena, [loc: ], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Alcoa commits to 900 jobs in Massena; Grasse cleanup still in flux</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21724/20130401/alcoa-commits-to-900-jobs-in-massena-grasse-cleanup-still-in-flux</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 1, 2013) The company that built Massena will keep its plants open there for at least another 30 years. Alcoa announced Saturday it will invest $42 million  to modernize its East plant and build a new smelting the line. The company will also guarantee at least 900 jobs. In return, Alcoa will get low cost electricity from the hydropower dam on the St. Lawrence River.The deal hinges on how the Environmental Protection Agency decides to clean up PCBs Alcoa and Reynolds dumped in the Grasse River decades ago.David Sommerstein joined Martha Foley for more on the deal. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21724/20130401/alcoa-commits-to-900-jobs-in-massena-grasse-cleanup-still-in-flux">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: David Sommerstein</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The company that built Massena will keep its plants open there for at least another 30 years. Alcoa announced Saturday it will invest $42 million  to modernize its East plant and build a new smelting the line. The company will also guarantee at least 900 jobs. In return, Alcoa will get low cost electricity from the hydropower dam on the St. Lawrence River.The deal hinges on how the Environmental Protection Agency decides to clean up PCBs Alcoa and Reynolds dumped in the Grasse River decades ago.David Sommerstein joined Martha Foley for more on the deal. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21724/20130401/alcoa-commits-to-900-jobs-in-massena-grasse-cleanup-still-in-flux">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>05:06</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, cuomo, politics, environment, business, jobs, , topstory, massena, stlv, st. lawrence river, pcbs, manufacturing, alcoa, epa, [loc: ]</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Loons sound alarm on mercury pollution</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21074/20121217/loons-sound-alarm-on-mercury-pollution</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 17, 2012) The Adirondacks&apos; beloved icon, the Common Loon, has left for its winter home on the Atlantic coast.Loons have enjoyed unprecedented population growth over the last 30 years. They outlived DDT and a time when people used to shoot loons for sport. But a recent study says things could have been even better. This time the culprit is mercury pollution. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21074/20121217/loons-sound-alarm-on-mercury-pollution">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: David Sommerstein</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Adirondacks&apos; beloved icon, the Common Loon, has left for its winter home on the Atlantic coast.Loons have enjoyed unprecedented population growth over the last 30 years. They outlived DDT and a time when people used to shoot loons for sport. But a recent study says things could have been even better. This time the culprit is mercury pollution. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21074/20121217/loons-sound-alarm-on-mercury-pollution">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>07:09</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, environment, politics, mercury, epa, loons, birding, adirondacks, health, old forge, first lake, [loc:43.7173748 -74.9223386], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Romney on issues where environment, economy meet</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19668/20120413/romney-on-issues-where-environment-economy-meet</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 13, 2012) For the first time in a long time, political observers had been eyeing New York&apos;s Republican Presidential Primary, wondering if New York voters might actually have an impact on who&apos;s running for the White House. But it appears the GOP nominee has all but been decided before a single ballot is cast in the Empire State. The Innovation Trail&apos;s Zack Seward looks at Mitt Romney&apos;s positions on a couple of key economic issues. Marie Cusick, Ryan Delaney, Matt Richmond and Daniel Robison contributed reporting on this story. The Innovation Trail is a collaboration between five upstate public media outlets, reporting on New York&apos;s innovation economy. Support comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19668/20120413/romney-on-issues-where-environment-economy-meet">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Innovation Trail</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[For the first time in a long time, political observers had been eyeing New York&apos;s Republican Presidential Primary, wondering if New York voters might actually have an impact on who&apos;s running for the White House. But it appears the GOP nominee has all but been decided before a single ballot is cast in the Empire State. The Innovation Trail&apos;s Zack Seward looks at Mitt Romney&apos;s positions on a couple of key economic issues. Marie Cusick, Ryan Delaney, Matt Richmond and Daniel Robison contributed reporting on this story. The Innovation Trail is a collaboration between five upstate public media outlets, reporting on New York&apos;s innovation economy. Support comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19668/20120413/romney-on-issues-where-environment-economy-meet">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:09</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, politics, economy, environment, election12, energy, hydrofracking, epa, clean air act, fracking, manufacturing, technology, [loc:43.0481221 -76.1474244], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Half-mile stretch of Black River contaminated, but not dangerous, says DEC</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18251/20110823/half-mile-stretch-of-black-river-contaminated-but-not-dangerous-says-dec</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 23, 2011) The state Department of Environmental Conservation is joining the Federal Environmental Protection Agency in the effort to clean up a heavily polluted half-mile section of the Black River. Paper mills and other industry along the river near the villages of Carthage and West Carthage, left it heavily polluted. The area was declared an EPA Superfund site last year. But it’s still heavily used for fishing, rafting and kayaking, and there are several homes along the polluted stretch. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18251/20110823/half-mile-stretch-of-black-river-contaminated-but-not-dangerous-says-dec">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Nora Flaherty</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The state Department of Environmental Conservation is joining the Federal Environmental Protection Agency in the effort to clean up a heavily polluted half-mile section of the Black River. Paper mills and other industry along the river near the villages of Carthage and West Carthage, left it heavily polluted. The area was declared an EPA Superfund site last year. But it’s still heavily used for fishing, rafting and kayaking, and there are several homes along the polluted stretch. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18251/20110823/half-mile-stretch-of-black-river-contaminated-but-not-dangerous-says-dec">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>02:04</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, environment, outdoor recreation, Black River, PCBs, EPA, department of environmental conservation, fishing, [loc:43.9781236 -75.6093591], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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