MEDIA COVERAGE – Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena

All media (news stories, press conferences, ZOOM meetings, hearings, etc) that the CAC deems destined to negatively impact the environment (air, water, soil) of Capital Region residents will be saved here.

11.29.23: Election Upheaval in Town of Coeymans (MEDIA SANCTUARY)

9.14.23: Carver Cos. proposes land swap for wind projects (TIMES UNION)

6.15.23: Proposed expansion of controversial port prompts backlash (The Capitol Pressroom with David Lombardo)

6.4.23: Watching Hudson’s rising wind business – Groups worry about impact of industry’s rapid growth on river (TIMES UNION)

4.27.23: Lingering questions over McHugh’s record (TIMES UNION OP/ED)

4.4.23: What’s Up Coeymans (TIMES UNION LTE)

3.30.23 CAC seeks answers on clearcutting project (THE UPSTATER)

3.30.23 Coeymans officials accused of interference in business proposal (TIMES UNION)

2.29.23: Resident Responds to TU Story on Coeymans’ Supervisor Conflicts (MEDIA SANCTUARY)

2.28.23: Holcim: Outdated equipment removal to change local skyline (The Upstater.com)

2.26.23 Potential conflicts surround Coeymans supervisor ahead of port expansion (TIMES UNION)

2.9.23: Don’t plan more turbine manufacturing sites along Hudson River (TIMES UNION LETTERS)

10.21.22: Federal Watershed Act is vital for protecting our rivers (COMMENTARY TIMES UNION)

10.18.22: French firm with plant in Ravena admits Islamic State group payments in US Court (TIMES UNION)

9.22.22: Clean-air activists rail against Port of Coeymans expansion (ALTAMONT ENTERPRISE)

9.22.22: Is New York State really this corrupt? (ALTAMONT ENTERPRISE OP/ED)

9.7.22: New York seeks to revive Hudson River’s industrial past with offshore wind (POLITICO)

8.26.22: Hudson River Miles 130-135 (YouTube Channel)

7.14.22: As alarm over plastic grows, Saudis ramp up production in the U.S. (GRIST)

6.28.22: Electric Building Act fits climate goals (TIMES UNION COMMENTARY)

6.2.22: Charges Confirmed against Lafarge for Complicity in Crimes against Humanity in Syria (BUSINESS & HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTRE)

4.29.22: State agrees to add Hudson Valley hearing for climate plan (TIMES UNION)

4.22.22: State launches ‘blitz’ crackdown on polluting trucks (TIMES UNION)

4.5.22: No injuries in underground Lafarge fire (The Upstater.com)

3.23.22: Climate Goal Investments (TIMES UNION COMMENTARY)

3.11.22: Barbara Heinzen quoted in Sharing Green Energy Benefits article (TIMES UNION)

3.9.22: Barbara Heinzen on Upcoming Event on Direct Air Capture (The Sanctuary for Independent Media)

1.21.22: Multiple investigations underway after Coeymans Marina Explosion (WGRB TV-6)

1.20.22: Large explosion, fire in Coeymans (WTEN TV-10)

1.20.22: Fuel tank explosion injures marina worker, sparks major fire in Coeymans (TIMES UNION)

12.24.21: Letter: Time to get to work addressing climate change (TIMES UNION)

12.15.21: Environmentalists tussle over New York cement (TIMES UNION)

12.3.21: State orders review of facility (TIMES UNION)

11. 24.21: Letter: Hochul must reject Low Embodied Carbon Cement Leadership Act (TIMES UNION)

10.29.21: Fire renews debate at port (TIMES UNION)

10.28.21: Port fire draws DEC scrutiny (TIMES UNION)

10.25.21: Letter: Hochul should reject low embodied carbon concrete bill (TIMES UNION OP/ED)

10.5.21: Too bad Lafarge wasn’t mentioned in this article (TIMES UNION OP/ED)

10.2.21: Concrete needs to lose its colossal carbon footprint (NATURE mag)

9.9.21: Inside New York’s Messy Push to Clean Up Concrete (NEW YORK FOCUS)

8.31.21: We can’t build our way out of the environmental crisis (THE GUARDIAN)

8.24.21: Cement plant owner is conducting study on waste-to-fuel (TIMES UNION)

8.20.21: Recreation or Industry? The battle over Hudson’s waterfront is coming to a head (TIMES UNION)

8.6.21: Burning Questions editorial (TIMES UNION)

7.28.21: Legislature left vital climate bills on table (TIMES UNION)

7.27.21: Coalition To Promote NY Clean Air And Water Amendment (WAMC)

7.23.21: Letter: Governor should reject low carbon concrete bill (TIMES UNION)

7.14.21: Water used to cut down Norlite dust also contains PFAS (TIMES UNION)

7.14.21: Resident questions Norlite’s use of mist (TIMES UNION)

7.14.21: Remove waste burning from Tonko’s clean-energy bill (TIMES UNION)

7.10.21: Looking at the energy transition’s bigger picture (PV magazine)

6.29.21: Fossil Fuel-Funded Think Tank Takes Tonko to Coal Country (BRICK HOUSE)

6.24.21: Editorial: A Ticking Climate Clock (TIMES UNION)

6.2.21: Letter: Half a loaf in pair of climate bills before state Legislature

5.14.21: Letter to the Editor: Environmental Violations (RAVENA NEWS-HERALD)

5.5.21: Federal, state officials celebrate $850K civil penalty with LafargeHolcim (SPOTLIGHT)

5.5.21: DEC Kate Kornack Letter to Lafarge in regards to Air Title V Permit (DEC website – Public Record)

5.5.21: DEC Moves To Prevent Tire-Burning At LaFarge’s Ravena Plant (WAMC RADIO)

5.5.21: Federal, state officials celebrate $850K civil penalty with Lafarge Holcim (SPOTLIGHT NEWS)

4.30.21: Cement Plant Penalty Issued (TIMES UNION)

4.29.21: Attorney General James Holds Albany-Area Cement Plant Accountable for Years of Water Pollution (EIN PRESS WIRE)

4.29.21: Federal Government, NYS Reach Settlement With Cement Plant (WAMC RADIO)

4.18.21: Waste-to-energy is no solution at all (EDITORIAL ALTAMONT ENTERPRISE)

4.17.21: VIDEO: Residents in Baltimore fight to starve trash burning in their neighbor too!

4.8.21: Tonko needs to support Plastics (EDITORIAL ALTAMONT ENTERPRISE)

4.7.21: Environmentalists critique waste incineration in CLEAN Future Act (ALTAMONT ENTERPRISE)

3.21.21: Statement from NYS DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos on Ongoing Norlite Enforcement

3.24.21: Norlite burned toxic AFFF in greater amounts – and longer – than previously thought, records show (TIMES UNION)

3.21.21: Time to come clean -New Yorkers will vote on Green Amendment in November (TIMES UNION)

3.19.21: Athens law to nix industrial development on waterfront (HUDSON VALLEY 360)

3.18.21: Researchers & Community Members Respond to DEC Soil and Water Study Letter to Norlite (WTEN-TV10)

3.12.21: This video is dated 2019 but it’s still worth a watch: TSA Australia Crumb Rubber Roads (YOUTUBE)

3.10.21: Comp Plan Faces Public Scrutiny (RAVENA NEWS-HERALD)

3.9.21: NYS DEC Release Norlite Soil and Water Survey Results (DEC PDF)

3.4.21: Third comp plan hearing eyes industrial development (RAVENA-NEWS HERALD)

2.25.21: Hearing feedback leads to comp plan info session (RAVENA-NEWS HERALD)

2.18.21: Will New Yorkers have a constitutional right to clean water and air? Voters will decide this year (FINGERLAKES1.com)

2.17.21: Voice your concerns about the Coeymans Comp Plan via ZOOM (TOWN OF COEYMANS website)

2.16.21: Judith Enck Talks Norlite in Cohoes (Capital Tonight on SPECTRUM NEWS)

2.16.21: Dinosaurs in the world of energy generation (note: cement plants are less capable of dealing with the pollution from burning municipal waste (FRACTRACKER website)

2.15.21: Coeymans Recycling Center Capital Consolidated Funding Application – another aspect of the Capital District Plan (NYS REGIONAL COUNCILS WEBPAGE)

2.15.21: Town of Coeymans Comprehensive Plan Update Preparation Report, March 2020 (CDRPC.ORG)

2.13.21: DEC emails on burning toxic PFAS at incinerator prompts calls for Inspector General Probe (FINGERLAKES1.COM)

2.12.21: NY Environmental Rights Amendment Heads to Voters (PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE)

2.11.21: NYSDEC Warns Norlite, Environmentalists Fault DEC over PFAS at Norlite (WAMC radio)

2.11.21: Environments Draw Attention to Clean Air Concerns in Coeymans (WAMC radio)

2.11.21: Local environmental advocates call for an investigation into DEC’s knowledge of AFFF burning at Norlite (WTEN-TV10)

2.10.21: Norlite resumes public safety payment to Cohoes after year off (TIMES UNION)

2.10.21: Glens Falls Air Quality Organization (POST STAR)

2.8.21: What is a Green Amendment? Bill A2064 first introduced by Assemblyman Steve Englebright in 2017. (forthegenerations.org website)

2.8.21: NYS Assembly Passes a Green Amendment, The Right to Clean Air & Water Now Up to NY Voters in November (PDF at waterfrontonline website)

2.5.21: Battling Hazardous Waste Incineration by Tom Ellis (SAVE THE PINEBUSH newsletter)

2.4.21: Fix loophole in county waste-burning law (TIMES UNION)

2.4.21: Cohoes mayor: State of our city is ‘stressed’ (TIMES UNION)

1.28.21: DEC Partners with University at Buffalo Researchers to Improve Waste Tire Recycling in New York State (DEC BULLETIN)

1.21.21: Referendum on Clean Air Law Amendments Rejected (THE RAVENA NEWS-HERALD)

1.8.21: Resolution of language in an environmental bill introduced by M. of A. Englebright (NY ASSEMBLY WEBSITE)

12/29/20: Concerns About Norlite Plant Continue Despite New State, City of Cohoes Restrictions (TIMES UNION)

12/23/20: Too slow to clean up (TIMES UNION)

12/20/20: Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co. (Wikipedia entry to remind Capital Region readers of the age-old pollution issues that still persist at the cement manufacturing facility)

12/17/20: Activists worry that PFAS exposure could aggravate COVID-19 (TIMES UNION)

12/15/20: Norlite opens door for hazardous waste tax (TIMES UNION)

12/10/2020: Norlite Enforcement History on (New York State DEC)

12/5/2020: Common tire chemical implicated in mysterious deaths of at-risk salmon (SCIENCE MAGAZINE)

12/4/2020: Cohoes wants a hazardous waste tax for Norlite (TIMES UNION)

11/19/2020: In Coeymans, fears of tire burning (TIMES UNION)

11/14/2020: Tom Ellis “Letters to the Editor” (DAILY GAZETTE)

11/12/2020: Act ivists plan public action (WRGB TV-6)

11/12/2020: Editorial: Sign the Norlite Bill (TIMES UNION)

11/11/2020: NORLITE TOWN HALL MEETING III: SIGNATURE EDITION

11/10/2020: Virtual Town Hall looks at unsigned Norlite Bill: (WRGB TV-6)

11/9/202: Cuomo pushes to weaken ban on toxic foam burning in CITY&STATE (NY FOCUS)