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What you can do today  (click below) ...
        ● Letters to Sen. Clinton & Sen. Schumer supporting Bill H.R. 5351 supporting Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation
        Letter to FERC opposing NYRI's request for money to pay for the power line         
   

Donations - we need money to continue the fight.
               Please make donation checks payable to:
               SAYNO2NYRI
               PO Box 661
               Otisville NY 10963

Latest Headlines ...
    New!
Hinchey Blasts NYRI Request for Ratepayer Subsidy
    New! Hinchey, Arcuri, Hall & Clinton Call On Feds To Reject NYRI Request For Ratepayer Subsidy
   
● Ratepayers would pick up $2B tab to build NYRI
    ● PSC decision states that the NYRI supplemental plan is deficient
    ● NYRI Power-line review delayed again
    ● NYRI's application for FERC to provide incentive rates of return to NYRI investors
    ● Bear Sterns Move Over, NYRI Investors Want a Federal Bailout Too!

New Links ...
Sample letters as mentioned in the March 8th meeting ...
               PSC Letter
               Annie Rabbitt / CARI Funding Letter

● Click here to find out more about eminent domain and the NYRI project
 

Maps ...
     Where will the power line go? Take a look at this detailed map of Orange County outlining the route.
 
     Could your view be affected?
      
Haspel farm in the town of Wallkill. One scenario: power lines erected
just beyond owner's home above railroad tracks approximately 75' from
the home. Keep in mind that the tree line (mostly mature Oaks averaging
just under 90' in height) would have power lines looming 40' above.

     The power behind NYRI - Canadian financier is heir to energy-plant network By Brendan Scott ... TH-R 11/05/06
Other Articles/Headlines/Archives ...
   
● NEW! Article Archives
     The power behind NYRI - Canadian financier is heir to energy-plant network By Brendan Scott ... TH-R 11/05/06
    ● Times Herald Record's Special Section on NYRI
    ● Links To Other Sites And Relevant Information - Updated!
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Things You Can Do Now!

A freight train heads down the Hudson
River  past the City of Newburgh and the waterfront. What would this have been like if there were 1200MW power lines above or near this train?
● Local Train Derailment ... TH-R 02/03/07
Schumer calls for federal investigation into freight train safety
By Tim Logan, Times Herald-Record March 15, 2007
The train derailment that shot flames into the sky and forced evacuations in Oneida on Monday was pretty bad.

But imagine it in a more densely populated area. Kingston, say, or Newburgh.

"That's the nightmare scenario," Kingston fire Chief Rick Salzmann said yesterday.

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