Cheers: Scenic Hudson Salutes
New York State Gov. George E. Pataki and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for their advocacy of strong federal air pollution regulations. Gov. Pataki has urged Vice President Richard B. Cheney to propose new controls for four harmful substances - mercury, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. Attorney General Spitzer has led northeast attorneys general in defending new source review rules - which require U.S. utility companies to install pollution-removal equipment on newly constructed or expanded plants - against federal efforts to under-mine them.
The Adirondack Park Agency for requiring that new telecommunications towers be "substantially invisible." New guidelines approved by the agency prohibit private towers within the Adirondack Forest Preserve, which accounts for almost half the park. New towers must be built near towns or highways, be shorter than and tethered to existing structures such as church steeples, and be camouflaged within the natural landscape.
The Town of Lloyd in Ulster County for implementing the EcoTeam and Livable Neighborhood programs sponsored by the Global Action Plan for the Earth, a nonprofit organization that promotes sustainable lifestyles and livable neighborhoods. The initiatives train families to reduce waste, use less water and energy, buy environmentally friendly products and encourage others to get involved.
Village of Sleepy Hollow Mayor Phillip Zegarelli, village officials and members of the Linkages Committee for ensuring community input in the redevelopment of the 97-acre former General Motors Corp. plant in Westchester County.
Bard College in the Hamlet of Annandale-on-Hudson in Dutchess County, for earning high marks in the National Wildlife Federation's "State of the Campus Environment" report. Bard was recognized for its efforts to conserve energy and water and for recycling more than 60 percent of its total waste.
Journalist Bill Moyers and Public Affairs Television, Inc. for the series, "America's First River: Bill Moyers on the Hudson." Mr. Moyers, pictured above, traveled from New York Harbor to the Adirondacks to explore the dramatic history, complex ecology, profound natural beauty and far-reaching legacy of what has been called "America's most beautiful, messed-up and surprising piece of water." The two-part special featured several longtime Scenic Hudson board members and highlighted our role in shaping modern environmentalism.
Author Michael Ryan and publisher Tompaine.com for a hard-hitting indictment of the proposed St. Lawrence Cement Co. plant in Columbia County. The piece gave national voice to our environmental, economic and quality-of-life objections to what would be a coal-burning, soot-spewing industrial city. |
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| Bill Moyers two-part special, "America's First River: Bill Moyers on the Hudson," aired on PBS in April, 2002. |
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