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<title>Report: NY&apos;s energy could near 100% renewable by 2030</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 15, 2013) A recent study from Cornell and Stanford universities outlines a scenario that would see New York State generating all its energy from renewable sources by year 2030. Cornell University Professor Tony Ingraffea co-authored the study. The basic question researchers considered was whether New York could do without energy from fossil fuels in the near future. The answer, he says, is yes. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21787/20130415/report-ny-apos-s-energy-could-near-100-renewable-by-2030">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Massachusetts motor company brings new jobs to Glens Falls</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 15, 2013) New York Electric Motor Service, a small motor company based in Glens Falls, changed hands at the beginning of the year, and additional hiring is likely to follow. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21258/20130115/massachusetts-motor-company-brings-new-jobs-to-glens-falls">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Wind company pulls out of Hammond</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 14, 2013) One of the world&apos;s largest wind power company is walking away from a project to build wind towers in the St. Lawrence County town of Hammond. Iberdrola of Spain says it&apos;s slowing down investment worldwide.The plan generated bitter disputes in Hammond and several lawsuits to stop it. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21243/20130114/wind-company-pulls-out-of-hammond">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Cape Vincent meeting message to BP wind: &quot;Go Home!&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 25, 2012) Town officials and community members from the Jefferson County towns of Cape Vincent and Lyme gave BP a clear signal at a meeting Tuesday night in Cape Vincent: a wind farm isn&apos;t welcome there. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20729/20121025/cape-vincent-meeting-message-to-bp-wind-quot-go-home-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Wind farms test New York&apos;s home rule tradition</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 12, 2012) A company that wants to erect 48 wind turbines in the town of Clayton recently announced it would seek permitting through the state&apos;s Article X, not the town council.  Another company did the same thing in nearby Cape Vincent earlier this year.Article X is a law passed last year. It gives a state board the authority to green light new power plants, including wind farms, possibly over local objections. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20654/20121012/wind-farms-test-new-york-apos-s-home-rule-tradition">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Cuomo says Article X law strikes necessary balance between local input, need for power</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 8, 2012) While at Fort Drum this week talking about biomass fuel, Governor Andrew Cuomo chimed in on another energy issue, one much more likely to strike nerves in the north country: the state&apos;s new Article X law. Joanna Richards reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20274/20120808/cuomo-says-article-x-law-strikes-necessary-balance-between-local-input-need-for-power">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Jefferson County officials oppose offshore wind in Lake Ontario</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 12, 2012) A group of Jefferson County legislators has for the second time in two years expressed opposition to offshore wind turbines in Lake Ontario. Almost two years ago, the New York Power Authority proposed an offshore wind turbine project, which Jefferson County rejected. Now the county may move to oppose federal overtures in that direction. Joanna Richards has more. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19659/20120412/jefferson-county-officials-oppose-offshore-wind-in-lake-ontario">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Federal support for renewables in question</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 13, 2012) The U.S. government supports renewable energy with money for research and tax breaks. But as the Innovation Trail’s Matt Richmond reports, that backing has come under political fire, and the industry is already feeling the effects. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19299/20120213/federal-support-for-renewables-in-question">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Cuomo wants $2 billion to modernize power corridor to North Country, Quebec</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 5, 2012) Governor Cuomo’s agenda for the coming year includes more than $20 billion for capital projects aimed at boosting the state’s infrastructure.One of the big ticket items is a $2 billion plan to develop new high tech utility lines designed to feed electricity from producers in the North Country and Quebec to consumers downstate. Brian Mann reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19069/20120105/cuomo-wants-2-billion-to-modernize-power-corridor-to-north-country-quebec">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Article X raises local concerns</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 29, 2011) The New York Power Act signed this summer includes an item called Article X. Article X creates a state-run process for siting large power plants. The Innovation Trails’s Emma Jacobs reports how the law meant to streamline new power generation has some local people upset. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18504/20110929/article-x-raises-local-concerns">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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