The U.S. House and Senate budget compromise that keeps the federal government running into the fall also keeps the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative going. The program is funding dozens of toxic waste cleanups, harbor and habitat restorations around the five Great Lakes, including the restoration of Braddock Bay in Greece which was nearly lost to […]
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says he will move against any attempt by the Trump Administration to roll back the Clean Power Plan ordered by the EPA during the Obama Administration. President Trump signed a sweeping order Tuesday ending what he calls “federal overreach” and “job-killing regulations.” He calls the plan that orders major […]
New York Senators and Assembly Members have concerns with provisions that run through Governor Cuomo’s state budget proposal; provisions that are meant for a quick response in case the new Trump Administration radically changes federal funding for programs like Medicaid. They allow the top administrators of state agencies to reallocate funds on their own authority, […]