https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2018/05/30/cricket-valley-energy-center-target-2020-open/600143002/ My response below published: https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/opinion/letters/2018/06/16/say-no-fossil-fuels-yes-renewable-energy/698671002/ The Cricket Valley Energy Center Project would be fueled by fracked gas. The latest report has the plant starting above-ground construction in the next few weeks with full operation scheduled for 2020. This is precisely the sort of fossil fuel energy project New York must reject. Recently, Governor Cuomo made a … Continue reading Must Stop Cricket Valley Fracked Gas Project, LTE to Poughkeepsie Journal, published June 16, 2018 →

triggered by: http://www.recordonline.com/news/20180601/new-400m-town-of-newburgh-power-plant-proposed published at: http://www.recordonline.com/opinion/20180619/letter-cuomo-must-commit-to-getting-ny-off-fossil-fuels-by-2030 The Danskammer power plant along the Hudson River in the Town of Newburgh has been a continuing thorn in the side of the community, particularly those concerned about the future. The recent owners of the plant propose a new method to keep it operating as a fossil fuel-powered power source for … Continue reading Danskammer plant in Newburgh, LTE to Times Herald-Record, published June 19, 2018 →

Please do look at the extensive materials at  foodandwaterwatch.org and foodandwateraction.org which are not limited to local or regional matters. Although just ten years old, this organization has been a leader in the fight to ban fracking, to ensure clean and fresh water, and to replace all fossil fuel use with alternative forms of energy.  Our Twitter (@foodandwater) and … Continue reading I enthusiastically volunteer for Food and Water Watch — Would you like to participate too? →

Triggered by: https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Oil-company-abandons-possible-tar-sands-oil-12934607.php Published at: https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Letter-Power-of-activism-halts-dirty-fuel-plant-12962784.php Activism matters. Global Companies has just abandoned its five-year effort to get the state permit that would enable it to operate a heating facility that could have handled Canadian tar sands. New York's Department of Environmental Conservation had refused to issue the permit, first based on insufficient information, and later based … Continue reading Activism Matters, LTE to Albany Times Union, published Jun 2, 2018 →

triggered by: http://www.recordonline.com/news/20180507/cuomo-proposes-banning-offshore-drilling-in-nys-waters published at: http://www.recordonline.com/opinion/20180514/letter-cuomo-show-youre-serious-about-climate-shut-down-cpv On Monday, Gov. Cuomo set out proposed legislation to fight an expansion in offshore drilling and even suggested sending out a citizen flotilla to stop any projects. These proposals looked good (and even entertaining) on the surface, giving him the aura of someone who cares about fossil fuel production and use … Continue reading Offshore Drilling and CPV Power Plant, LTE to Times Herald-Record, published May 14, 2018 →

The fossil fuel producers and everyone upstream has done very well for themselves for decades. It's insane to compensate them for the extra cost of extracting the deepest and hardest to reach of this harmful energy source. We should be diverting all money from them to alternative fuel IMMEDIATELY. Global climate change with its accelerating … Continue reading Stop fossil fuel subsidies now →

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html Focusing this much energy and this many staff on this one critical issue was a huge project and produced an enormous, wide-ranging retrospective on the decade where we could have easily stopped our current runaway train. The main downside is its United States-centric viewpoint. Many other actors and nations have taken major steps to … Continue reading Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change – The New York Times Dedicated Its Entire Sunday Magazine to The Issue →

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/salting-earth-north-dakota-farmers-struggle-toxic-byproduct-oil-boom-n89577 The state of North Dakota doesn't even know how many acres of cropland have been damaged by saltwater spills, a byproduct of the local oil boom. Aug.11.2018 / 7:00 AM ET Daryl Peterson's farm has been in his family for as long as he's been alive. His father passed down the 2,500-acre spread, just … Continue reading Another reason for switching off fossil fuels →