Author: Michael Duttweiler

Thanks to the efforts of many residents, organizations, and our governor and representatives in NYS, the Bell Station land will not be auctioned. Instead it looks as if the Finger Lakes Land Trust, working with the DEC, will be able to save the land for public rather than private use.

Community Choice Aggregation Update: September 1, 2021 from Rod Howe (Town of Ithaca), Gay Nicholson (Sustainable Tompkins) and Luis Aguirre-Torres (City of Ithaca) The Park Foundation awarded the “Community Choice Aggregation in Tompkins County: Developing a Path Forward” proposal $50,000 (as opposed to the $72,000 request). This news along with the following additional inputs led to a series of summer...

An excellent article on the Greenidge plant (southeast of Rochester)and bitcoins.  The processing of bitcoin transactions is very energy intensive and is done at this plant  “behind the meter” to avoid the regulations that cover normal power plants.  It is useful to read the whole article to get a feeling for how bad this is with regard to the use...

Below are two links for videos from Grandmothers 4 a Green New Deal.They are both excellent and focus on issues concerning environmental justice as well as a giving a general discussion of climate change and the Green New Deal.Green Friday: Grandmothers 4 A Green New DealGrandmothers 4 a Green New Deal

December 16, 2020 Largest Wildlife Crossing in USAt the link below you will find a wonderful picture of and information on a land bridge, which connects San Antonio’s Phil Hardberger Park across a six-lane highway. It opened Friday afternoon for people and animals. The project took ten years and the bridge is now the largest completed wildlife crossing of its kind...

December 9, 2020 New York State’s $226 Billion Pension Fund Moves to Divest from Riskiest Oil and Gas CompaniesBig news today! New York State just became the largest pension fund in the world to take comprehensive climate action, including fossil fuel divestment. The $226 billion state pension fund will review and divest from the riskiest oil and gas companies within 4...

November 19, 2020 Environmental Groups Earn Unprecedented Climate Concessions in NYSEG/RG&E Gas Rate CaseThe following is a press release concerning the NYSEG/RG&E gas and electric rate cases that were presented to the Public Service Commission. The agreements produced, particularly in the gas rate case, will have important impacts on our ability to move towards a fossil free future. Gas Rate Case Press...

November 18, 2020 New Exhibit on Climate Change at PRIThe Paleontological Research Institute has a new exhibit on climate change called “Changing Climate:Our Future, Our Choice.” There is an exhibit at the museum and an online version based on it can be found at https://www.museumoftheearth.org/changing-climate . Also check out their book “The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change.”