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Sacketts 9, EPA 0, GE 0

The Sackett decision is out.  Not surprisingly, the Supreme Court voted 9-0 to hold that EPA's order directing the Sacketts to remove fill material from a disputed wetlands area was final, ripe, and immediately reviewable under the Administrative Procedure Act. ...

Comprehensive Planning and the Tappan Zee Bridge

Comprehensive planning is the antidote for ill-considered and isolated land use decisions, particularly those that adversely affect wetlands and watersheds, cause increased flooding, and promote wasteful sprawl.  This said, detailed and informed comprehensive plans...

Tar Sands Oil Threatens Planet’s Future

Posted on behalf of Dean Emeritus Richard Ottinger: To the Editors, The New York Times: Joe Nocero’s two recent Op Ed columns on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline demonstrate a disturbing disregard of the overwhelming dangers of climate change that threaten sea level...

Sprawling up to Forever Wild Lands

The Adirondack Park Agency has just approved a massive 6,500 acre, 650 housing unit resort and vacation home development in an area bounded by "Forever Wild" Adirondack Park lands.  The "Adirondack Club Resort"  would include 15 30-50 acre "great camp" lots -- a...

State of the Union on Climate Change

In his inaugural State of the Union address in 2009, President Obama asked Congress to send him cap-and-trade legislation to save our planet from the ravages of climate change In his 2010 State of the Union, the President took credit for the United States going  ...

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