[CPEO-BIF] New York's brownfields regulations

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

It Ain't Easy Being Green

A column by Joe Mahoney
New York Daily News
December 4, 2007

Gov. Eliot Spitzer and the Greens have generally enjoyed a cozy
relationship, with the governor tapping a number of former environmental
activists to serve in his administration.

But that marriage, while perhaps not completely over, appears to be
headed toward a separation - effective immediately.

"Governor Spitzer and Commissioner (Pete) Grannis (of the state
Department of Environmental Conservation) have yet to show that they
care about protecting public health at brownfield sites," Laura Haight,
senior environmental associate with the New York Public Interest
Research Group (NYPIRG), said in a statement released today.

...

For the entire column, see
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2007/12/it-aint-easy-being-green.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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