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<title>Bill encourages green homes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 5, 2013) The state Senate has approved a bill to encourage construction of green homes in the state. It would allow municipalities to decide if they want to give a 20-year, 35-percent tax exemption to people who want to build a green home. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22127/20130605/bill-encourages-green-homes">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Old Ft. Drum coal plant reopens as biomass facility</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 4, 2013) A once-idled coal plant on Fort Drum has been given new life. ReEnergy Black River is creating dozens of new jobs in the north country - while maintaining a focus on the environment. State and local officials gathered recently at the facility to celebrate its grand opening. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22112/20130604/old-ft-drum-coal-plant-reopens-as-biomass-facility">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Underwater line could supply New England with NY wind power</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 4, 2013) A Massachusetts company wants to build an underwater transmission line from Plattsburgh to Burlington. The line could give New York state energy producers access to a new market. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22113/20130604/underwater-line-could-supply-new-england-with-ny-wind-power">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Fracking not in NY&apos;s economic development plans</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 23, 2013) Governor Cuomo, who still has not issued a decision on whether hydro fracking should be allowed in New York,  is backing further away from the controversial gas drilling process in his economic development plans for the future. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22039/20130523/fracking-not-in-ny-apos-s-economic-development-plans">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Wind farm a windfall to Lewis County communities</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 15, 2013) Wind farms are a touchy subject in the North Country. As the town of Cape Vincent wrestles with a potential project, in neighboring Lewis County another wind farm has been operating for seven years. The Maple Ridge Wind Farm has brought some big changes to its community. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21985/20130515/wind-farm-a-windfall-to-lewis-county-communities">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>National Grid power upgrade grant helps Jefferson County dairy farm expand</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 6, 2013) A Tylerville dairy farm, in Jefferson County, is growing, in part thanks to help from National Grid. The company awarded the farm a grant of $50,000 to increase its access to electricity. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21924/20130506/national-grid-power-upgrade-grant-helps-jefferson-county-dairy-farm-expand">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Court upholds local fracking bans</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 3, 2013) New York State&apos;s second highest court has ruled in favor of two towns which passed laws banning gas drilling. In two decisions released Thursday, the court ruled unanimously in favor of local control in Dryden and Middlefield. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21917/20130503/court-upholds-local-fracking-bans">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Fracking fuels grassroots activisim</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 30, 2013) In the five years since New Yorkers first began to hear about horizontal hydrofracking, the state has become a battleground over the gas drilling technique. While opponents have some high profile support, their movement remains mostly a loose collection of small groups that have been remarkably effective. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21890/20130430/fracking-fuels-grassroots-activisim">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>GE sues utility as dredging restarts on Hudson</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 30, 2013) FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) General Electric Co. has filed a lawsuit against National Grid seeking money from the utility for a share of costs for the $1 billion-plus Superfund cleanup of contaminated sediment from the upper Hudson River. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21886/20130430/ge-sues-utility-as-dredging-restarts-on-hudson">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Consulting firm caught in fracking bind</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 25, 2013) Opponents of hydraulic fracturing are charging there&apos;s a potential conflict of interest with a consultant to New York Gov. Cuomo&apos;s environmental agency. The controversy has caused the consultant in question to sever all ties with a gas industry lobby group. But opponents are asking that the years-long review of fracking in New York start all over again. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21860/20130425/consulting-firm-caught-in-fracking-bind">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Fracking overshadows other NYS Earth Day lobby issues</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 24, 2013) Whether or not to allow hydraulic fracturing in New York continued to be the dominant issue as environmental groups held their annual Earth Day lobby day at the Capitol.  In the legislature, the Senate and Assembly Environmental Committee chairs both take a dim view of the controversial gas drilling process, but they differ over the next step. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21847/20130424/fracking-overshadows-other-nys-earth-day-lobby-issues">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Adk Energy to pay $112,000 to prevent underground gas leaks</title>
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<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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<title>Elmira thinks twice about its fracking boom</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 23, 2013) The City of Elmira is just seven miles from the Pennsylvania border. And for four years, the natural gas boom in Pennsylvania&apos;s Northern Tier crossed over the border and boosted Elmira&apos;s economy. But that natural gas rush has slowed down, and  there&apos;s disagreement in Elmira about whether a temporary boom is worth the costs. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21840/20130423/elmira-thinks-twice-about-its-fracking-boom">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>NYS Board approves Quebec-NYC underground power line</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 19, 2013) The New York State Public Service Board approved the Champlain Hudson Power Express Thursday. The Power Express is a proposed underground transmission line that would bring hydropower generated in Quebec under Lake Champlain, under the Hudson River, and into New York City.Now it&apos;s one step closer to becoming a reality. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21824/20130419/nys-board-approves-quebec-nyc-underground-power-line">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>BP to push forward with Cape Vincent wind project</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 19, 2013) Earlier this month, energy company BP announced its entire renewables division was up for sale. At a recent public meeting on the proposed Cape Vincent Wind Farm, a BP official confirmed the company will push ahead with the development anyway, and local leaders vowed to hire experts to help them fight the project. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21812/20130419/bp-to-push-forward-with-cape-vincent-wind-project">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Farmers and foodies say fracking&apos;s a threat</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 15, 2013) Farmers and foodies are urging Governor Cuomo to ban hydraulic fracturing in New York State right away. The groups argue fracking is a threat to the state&apos;s agricultural viability. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21796/20130415/farmers-and-foodies-say-fracking-apos-s-a-threat">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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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>Schumer lobbies to make NY&apos;s dams safer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 12, 2013) U.S. Senator Charles Schumer says the North Country has 180 hazardous dams, including 24 in St. Lawrence County, 11 in Herkimer, and 7 in Lewis County. He&apos;s pushing for more federal money to improve dam safety, through a bill called the Water Resources Development Act. It could be up for a vote later this month. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21785/20130412/schumer-lobbies-to-make-ny-apos-s-dams-safer">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>What&apos;s holding up NY&apos;s fracking decision</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 12, 2013) Governor Cuomo&apos;s health commissioner is expected to release a health report on hydraulic fracturing soon, at least according to a timetable announced in late February. But the Cuomo Administration has already missed several deadlines on fracking, and now that decision seems to be yet again in limbo. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21783/20130412/what-apos-s-holding-up-ny-apos-s-fracking-decision">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>VT, NY weigh in on proposed natural gas pipeline </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 27, 2013) A proposed natural gas pipeline from Vermont to the International Paper Mill in Ticonderoga, New York, has some Vermont residents up in arms. But International Paper and the North Country Regional Economic Development Council argue that supplying the mill with natural gas is vital to the North Country economy. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21697/20130327/vt-ny-weigh-in-on-proposed-natural-gas-pipeline">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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