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PNS Daily Newscast - January 19, 2020
The Biden inauguration speech seen as a potential launching point for a resilient democracy; an increase in mental distress noted in Virginia.
2021Talks - January 18, 2021
Quiet weekend; Kamala Harris set to resign from U.S. Senate; Biden announces ambitious plans for his first 10 days; and Lindsey Graham has warnings for both President and President-elect.
Public News Service - NY: Energy Policy
Click to downloadALBANY, N.Y. -- Governor Andrew Cuomo used his third installment of the State of the State address Wednesday to take on meeting the challenges of climate change. Calling green energy "a prime economic opportunity and a pressing moral imperative," Cuomo announced the New York State Energy Research a
NEW YORK -- Conservationists hope to overturn a last-minute rule change by the outgoing Trump administration they say drastically undermines protections for migratory birds. The final rule, announced Tuesday, would change enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. It would shield the oil and ga
ALBANY, N.Y. - More than 150 organizations have sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers, asking them to remove fossil-fuel subsidies from the state budget. The demand from a coalition of student, faith, labor, political and environmental groups says spending more than $1.5 billion a
NEW YORK -- New York has committed to continuing work toward a regional agreement to tackle the nation's biggest source of greenhouse-gas emissions: the transportation sector. In a joint statement, eleven Eastern states and the District of Columbia have reaffirmed their commitment to launching the
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York State is hoping to speed up the process of evaluating sites for clean-energy projects. The Office of Renewable Energy Siting is holding public hearings around the state on draft regulations for the evaluation of proposed wind- and solar-energy projects. Under the existing
NEW YORK -- Three of four clean-energy workers who lost their jobs at the beginning of the COVID pandemic still are out of work, according to a new report. The study from E2, E4TheFuture and the American Council on Renewable Energy said almost half a million clean-energy workers nationwide have los
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A coalition of environmental, business and health groups is urging New York state to take the lead in a regional effort to reduce carbon pollution from transportation. Transportation is now the leading cause of carbon pollution in New York. A new collaboration of 12 states and the
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York is one step closer to bringing the first offshore wind power to thousands of homes on Long Island. The New York Department of Public Service and four other state agencies have signed a joint proposal on the siting of the transmission line that will connect an offshore wind
