Exelon, which owns the Ginna nuclear power plant, has agreed to buy the FitzPatrick plant in Oswego for $110 million. That means that Exelon will own all three of Upstate New York’s nuclear power generators. And all three are struggling. In recent years, each of the plants has been flagged by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission […]
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Some fracking stories worth checking out
Over the past few days, several significant news stories about fracking have emerged. In addition to the developments around New York’s review of the technique. Here’s a partial roundup. • A federal judge dismissed state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s lawsuit over fracking regulations for the Delaware River Basin. Schneiderman sued the Delaware River Basin Commission, […]
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Such a deal! You’re subsidizing upscale offices
It is, to quote journalist David Cay Johnston’s book, all “perfectly legal.” MonroeCounty is offering lucrative tax breaks — originally designed to create jobs in distressed, high-poverty areas — to businesses in upscale suburban office parks. Some of them won’t create a single job and haven’t said they ever will. State Assemblymember Richard Brodsky, […]
