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Bitcoin Mining at the Greenidge Power Plant

Governor Hochul and the DEC stood with science and the people, and sent a message to outside speculators: New York’s former fossil fuel-burning plants are not yours to re-open as gas-guzzling Bitcoin mining cancers on our communities. — Yvonne Taylor, … Continue reading

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Greenidge Repurposed

The Elmira Star-Gazette published an article on March 7 on the Dresden Greenidge power plant by Julie Sherwood of the Rochester Democrat and Chronical. The article explains that the Dresden Plant has been repurposed to generate electricity for a Bitcoin … Continue reading

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Tom Reed on Fracking, then and now.

 “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.“ Tom Reed in 2013: Reed sang the praises of natural gas and hydrofracking last February (2013) when he became co-chairman of this (Natural Gas Caucus) caucus when he said: “Our country has been blessed … Continue reading

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World Oil and Natural Gas Reserves

Alternative facts abound. The U.S. is the world’s energy superpower. –– Republican letter dated March 3, 2022 The United States has the energy resources to knock Russia out of the oil and gas market entirely, … — Rep. Tom Reed. … Continue reading

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Different Views of the Greenidge Power Plant

This posting contains three documents about the proposed re-opening of the Greenidge Power Plant, near Dresden (Town of Torrey, Yates County). All of the document were published in the Finger Lakes Times (Geneva) during August.  The first document is a … Continue reading

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Dear Governor Cuomo,

Dear Governor Cuomo, I wish to commend you for your fine efforts in slowing the advance of hydrofracting for natural gas in the New York State Finger Lakes. I am pleased that you are taking the time to thoroughly evaluate … Continue reading

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Reed’s Fracking Caucus Hears about PA’s Economic Success

On Friday (July 26) the House Natural Gas Caucus met at Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, Pennsylvania to hear the testimony of two panels of local experts on the economic impact of Hydrofracking. Our congressman, Rep. Tom Reed, is … Continue reading

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WRITE ON: Economics Say Wait On Fracking

Michael J. Fitzgerald of  Valois and Watkins Glen, New York wrote the following article for his ‘Write On’ column which appears in The Finger Lakes Times  every Friday. This article was published on Friday, February 22, 2013. It was posted here with … Continue reading

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Rep. Reed Refuses To Acknowledge Gas/Oil Lobbyists Ties at Dryden Meeting

The Town of Dryden has been involved in a court battle over their “Home Rule” decision of changing their Zoning Code to ban certain Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) Activities (exploration for, and production or storage of, natural gas and petroleum). In … Continue reading

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Rep. Reed: Sell The Fracked Gas…And Use It, Too!

Does anything  divide the residents of the New NY 23rd Congressional District more sharply than Hydrofracking? New York State’s DEC is wisely taking her time reviewing if, and how, we can safely extract natural gas through hydraulic fracturing. The Federal … Continue reading

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