New York Energy Plan Pushes Local Power and Micro Grids
The New York State Energy Plan emphasizes local control and citizen involvement with incentives for smart technology to cut costs. It promotes micro grids, better transmission lines, and a shift from aging plants to cleaner energy sources while weighing solar growth and regional projects in the Hudson Valley.
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Andrew Cuomo
NY Energy Plan
CLP
Jon Metzger
Cuomo
mid-Hudson Valley
Wappingers Falls
Poughkeepsie
Canada
New York City
Buffalo
Open letter urges floor vote on highway rental fee policy
Legislators Frank Castiglia and Doug Malone report outreach to about 20 counties and six responses. Only one county charges a rental fee. the rest rely on a gentlemen's agreement. They advocate bringing the issue to a full legislature vote and consider seeking written limits on time and equipment use while opposing an ongoing rental fee.
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Gardner
Farfaglia
NYSAC
Write Your Senators Address to Gillibrand Office
A prompt directs citizens to contact Senator Kirsten Gillibrand at 531 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 to express views or request action on federal issues. The card notes using official channels for correspondence and emphasizes concise messages to lawmakers.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Dirksen
Washington, D.C
Charles Schumer Hart
Senate
Rethinking America as Murder Inc and Moral Decline
Georgie Anne Geyer argues that American prestige faded in the 70s and beyond due to gun violence and foreign policy failures. She cites Baltimore killings, the Cecil lion case, and wars in Vietnam Iraq and Afghanistan as factors, urging a revival of moral leadership and remoralization of the nation.
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Walter Palmer
Anne Applebaum
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Izer
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Japan
Vietnam
Iraq
Afghanistan
Baghdad
Cecil the Lion
Georgie Anne Geyer
gigi_geyer
Juno.com
August 6 highlights and historic events through the years
The history page notes August 6 as the date of Hiroshima atomic bombing in 1945 with immense deaths, plus later Nagasaki and Japan's surrender. It lists events: 1813 Bolivar recaptures Caracas, 1825 Bolivia autonomy, 1862 CSS Arkansas scuttled, 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war, 1926 Ederle swims the English Channel, 1930 Crater vanishes, 1956 DuMont ends, 1961 Titov orbits, 1965 Voting Rights Act, 1986 Jarvik 7 patient dies, 1993 FBI director confirmed, 2005 Cindy Sheehan protest, 2010 HP ousts Mark Hurd, 2014 Missouri executes Worthington, plus a Lucille Ball quote.
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Germany
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Supreme Court
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DuMont Television Network
Gherman Titov
Earth
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William J. Schroeder
Humana Hospital
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Louisville
Kentucky
Louis Freeh
Senate
FBI
Cindy Sheehan
Casey
Iraq
George W. Bush
Texas Ranch
Robin Cook
Tony Blair
Inverness
Scotland
Hewlett-Packard Co
Mark Hurd
Michael Worthington
Missouri
Melinda
Mindy” Griffin
U.S
Arizona
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