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Guest Commentary

The APA’s move to Saranac Lake

The Adirondack Park Agency and the Village of Saranac Lake have apparently agreed to enter into a 43-year lease agreement for former village office building at 1-3 Main Street for $1 per year. The Agency then plans to spend at least $40 million on a renovation/construction project at that site ...

In support of battery storage systems

I attended the recent meeting in Bloomingdale regarding the proposed battery storage system being proposed at the substation on Mt. Pisgah. I admit I knew very little about battery storage systems except that they occasionally catch fire and other communities have blocked them from being built. ...

The day tequila saved America

Alright, alright … So maybe it wasn’t the tequila. But Cinco de Mayo? Mexico, 1862: For over a year, the civil war had been raging north of the border. The northern states, despite having a bigger population and industrial base, were losing. They did not look politically stable. Many ...

It’s time to hold bad actors in the federal government accountable

Immunities against personal liability afforded to President Trump and others in federal government have helped spur the turmoil and lawlessness we see every day in the present administration. These immunities result from gaps in the law and judicial doctrines developed over time. Congressional ...

Sacrificing green space to ‘save’ it

I have spent years fighting for an all-of-the-above energy policy that protects both our environment and the pocketbooks of upstate New Yorkers. Yet, the more I watch Albany’s aggressive Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) and the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) ...