energy

DEC files draft regulations to reduce emissions
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Olean Times Herald staff 
Jan 01, 2024
ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation has taken three actions to support ongoing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as r...
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NY panel OKs 10-mile Alle-Catt transmission line
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RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
Dec 15, 2023
The New York Public Service Commission paved the way for a new 10-mile electric transmission line to transfer power from the proposed $550 million All...
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Rush to EVs is stalling
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LEVI RUSSELL RealClearPolitics 
Dec 07, 2023
My appreciation for our freedom of movement was re-ignited recently when I finished up an engine swap into my rare-but-not-collectable 1995 Ford Thund...
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NY needs to reset energy policy
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GARY ABRAHAM Special to Olean Times Herald 
Nov 30, 2023
New York no longer has the most forward-leaning and effective energy policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That award now goes to the Biden admin...
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How to stop wind turbines from killing bats and birds
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LARA WILLIAMS Bloomberg Opinion 
Nov 27, 2023
NEW YORK (TNS) — Wind power may be having a difficult year, but it’s still many times cheaper than oil or gas and remains a core piece of the energy-t...
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America must lead on oil, gas
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RICK WHITBECK 
Nov 19, 2023
Fifty years ago this week, legislation authorizing construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline passed both houses of Congress and was signed into law by...
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Proposed town of Allegany wind farm shelved by Terra-Gen
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RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
Nov 17, 2023
ALLEGANY — A proposed wind farm development in the town of Allegany has been shelved for the second time in nearly a decade. Terra-Gen LLC, which bega...
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Hochul urged to revisit HEAT Act
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CHRISTIAN WADE The Center Square 
Nov 01, 2023
Gov. Kathy Hochul is being urged to revisit a climate change proposal that critics argue would drive up consumer costs and deprive them of energy choi...
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