News Archive - July 2007
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Spitzer on NYRI route: 'It's not going to happen'
UTICA - Gov. Eliot Spitzer said today he's confident New York Regional Interconnect will not build a power line that will cut through communities, such as the proposed route that would run from Marcy to Oneida County.
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Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Clinton will support Schumer's NYRI bill
A day after Sen. Chuck Schumer unveiled a federal bill to stop New York Regional Interconnect and months after power-line foes asked their senators to step in, Sen. Hillary Clinton has joined the fray.
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Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Schumer says bill will stop NYRI plan
Washington – New York’s senior senator is about to crank up the juice in the cross-state battle to block the proposed power line known as New York Regional Interconnect.
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Schumer plans to propose anti-NYRI bill
Another roadblock is being enacted to stop the federal government from overriding New York's authority to decide whether companies can build megawatt power lines through the state, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., announced Monday.
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Power line still generates passion among opponents
Otisville - About 150 people, including over a dozen public officials from around the Hudson Valley and the state showed up at the Otisville firehouse to speak out against the federal proposed NYRI transmission line which could go straight through the valley, but won’t power any of it.
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Schumer: Don't let bureaucrats overrule states
WAMPSVILLE - "Communities Not Corridors: STOP NYRI" was one sign protesters waved as they greeted U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., when he spoke at the Madison County Office Complex Monday morning in Wampsville.
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Monday, July 2, 2007
Story & News Video: Schumer Introduces Bill Opposing NYRI Route
New York Regional Interconnect's plan to build a 200-mile power line from Marcy to Orange County is running into more opposition.
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Story & News Video: Schumer Proposes legislation to fight NYRI
Senator Charles Schumer says New York Regional Interconnect has been going about the process of trying to put power lines from upstate to down state in entirely the wrong way.
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Schumer wants feds out of power line siting
Legislation to strip power from the feds when it comes to siting transmission lines is being championed by the state’s senior U.S. senator.
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Power Line Debate
Senator Chuck Schumer is set to introduce a bill targeting New York Regional Interconnect's controversial power line project.
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