Niccoli is a forward-looking candidate
While the Times Union is covering the upcoming state elections thoroughly, the article “Amedore, Niccoli vie for key seat,” Oct. 23, failed to do that, i.e., in its failure to discuss how these two...
View ArticleYes, drill – for the facts
Disasters, whether natural or man-made, don’t care what political party you prefer, or whether you’d rather hug a derrick or a tree. Just ask the residents and businesses of Cushing, Okla., where...
View ArticleThanking activists at Standing Rock
Thanksgiving celebrates the Native Americans who saved European settlers from starvation, and to show her thanks, Judy Wicks plans to cook and serve dinner to “500 Water Protectors” at Standing Rock...
View ArticleNo parking on the Hudson
A coalition from the maritime industry wants to use some of the most scenic and environmentally sensitive stretches of the Hudson River as a floating parking lot for oil barges. On both aesthetic and...
View ArticleFill Cabinet with qualified leaders
How our memory fails us. The choice of Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson for secretary of state brings back recent and not-so-recent recollections of big oil connections to poor foreign policies in the...
View ArticleBeware of next oil boom
Those seemingly endless lines of oil trains streaming into the Port of Albany have been missing in recent months, but the decline may be short-lived, because of some likely big changes in energy policy...
View ArticleGas, oil plans present a real, clear danger
The editorial “No parking on the Hudson,” Dec. 14, correctly argues for the need to protect the rights of the greater public interest ahead of powerful outside interests. The Hudson River oil storage...
View ArticleMore information about oil trains
Thanks to Business Editor Eric Anderson for his informative article regarding the reduction of oil trains in Albany (“Oil trains gone, for now,” Jan. 2). Kudos to Diana Wright of People of Albany...
View ArticleTillerson unqualified for secretary of state
As a mother, teacher and politically engaged citizen of New York, I am writing to urge U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer to do everything in their power to block the confirmation of Rex...
View ArticlePort oil plan needs review
When Global Companies sought in 2012 to quadruple the amount of oil it brought by train into the Port of Albany, the state Department of Environmental Conservation issued a four-year permit with little...
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