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Comprehensive News Feed for Green Island, NY.

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  1. Schumer backs hydro plant plan

    Tuesday Dec 22 | Albany Times Union

    The Green Island Power Authority was disappointed three years ago when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected its application for a license to build a $75 million hydro power plant above the Cohoes Falls.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, Charles Schumer, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Brookfield, NY

  2. Power play on the MohawkRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 19 | Times Union

    ... energy consortium producing hydro power on the Mohawk at Cohoes Falls. The suit against FERC was brought by the Green Island Power Authority. The court confirmed that Green Island Power had been inappropriately excluded from competing for the ...

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    Related Topix: Energy, Cohoes, NY, Albany, NY

  3. Cohoes blaze routs one resident

    Friday Dec 18 | Times Union

    ... said. A general alarm was sounded at 4:22 p.m. City firefighters responded along with the Watervliet and Green Island fire departments. The blaze was quickly extinguished. Five people live in the two-story building, said Mayor John T. McDonald III, ... 2 comments

    Related Topix: Cohoes, NY, Watervliet, NY

  4. Waste, mushrooms make packaging

    Thursday Dec 10 | Theadvertiser.com The Advertiser Lafayette news, community, entertainment, yellow pages and classifieds. Serving Lafayette, Louisiana

    ... environmentally friendly products made from the material. The company, which recently moved to new offices in Green Island, N.Y., grows and disposes of Eco Cradle locally to reduce energy and shipping costs. It is completely powered by hydro- ...

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    Related Topix: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rensselaer, NY, Agriculture, Science, Arts, Industrial Design (Product Design)

  5. A lesson in what not to do

    Sunday Dec 6 | Albany Times Union

    ... seems to have been abandoned. "I don't know why they scrapped that," Bunnell said. Mystery sale A year ago, Green Island Power Authority issued $11 million in bonds to pay for various projects related to its electrical system and efforts to build a ...

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    Related Topix: SUNY Albany, Albany, NY, Cohoes, NY, Mutual Funds, Personal Finance

  6. Biopackaging grows from mushroom roots, crop waste

    Friday Dec 4 | Reuters

    ... wrap around and cushion fragile products. Bayer and McIntyre plan to go into full production of the material in Green Island, New York, in early 2010 and to ship 100,000 molded pieces. They applied for a patent on the product and started their ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Inventions, Science / Technology

  7. GIPA battle costs mountRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 3 | Albany Times Union

    Green Island Power Authority has spent more than $3 million in development costs on its quest to build a 100-megawatt hydro plant above Cohoes Falls.

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    Related Topix: Cohoes, NY

  8. Obstacle removed for Green Island power plant plansRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 3 | Bizjournals

    Plans for the village of Green Island, N.Y., to build a 100-megawatt power plant on the Mohawk River have taken another significant step forward.

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    Related Topix: Energy, Cohoes, NY

  9. FERC won't appeal GIPA decisionRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 3 | Albany Times Union

    Green Island Power Authority has gotten another big break in its quest to build a 100-megawatt hydropower plant above Cohoes Falls.

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    Related Topix: Second Circuit Court of Appeals, US News, US Supreme Court

  10. Clean Energy Industry Growth ForumRead the original story w/Photo

    Nov 25, 2009 | Independent Weekly

    And the green goes to ... Ecovative Design , a Green Island, N.Y., ecostartup whose Ecocradle and Greensulate products just might change the way you package shipping items and insulate your home.

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    Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Department of Energy

  11. Weather paves way for new road

    Nov 22, 2009 | Times Union

    ... There already is a project proposed for Albany Shaker Road by the new Maxwell Road. Finning Properties LLC of Green Island received Town Board approval in December 2007 for a combination of townhouses and condominiums. The developer is proposing to ...

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    Related Topix: Albany, NY, Albany County, NY, Colonie, NY

  12. Man recounts rescue efforts

    Nov 19, 2009 | Times Union

    ... the 10 yards to the man. With a life preserver ring around him, the steel detailer for Genesis Fabrication in Green Island yelled for his boss, Rich Boyer, and others on shore to reel him in. But the ordeal was far from over because the man, whose ...

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    Related Topix: Mohawk, NY, Montgomery County, NY

  13. Fix the pipes, save the river

    Nov 16, 2009 | Times Union

    ... from drainage systems that serve more than 150,000 people in Albany, Troy, Watervliet, Rensselaer, Cohoes and Green Island -- are being discharged into the river. Infrastructure still in place generations after it was installed is polluting the ...

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    Related Topix: New York, Albany, NY, Watervliet, NY, Troy, NY, Opinion

  14. A green business blooms in Green Island

    Nov 15, 2009 | Times Union

    ... Eban Bayer and Gavin McIntyre launch Ecovative Design, which now occupies a 10,000 square-foot warehouse in Green Island that is beginning to manufacture a product that could reduce the need for petroleum-based material. "Our company is up to seven ...

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    Related Topix: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  15. Teenage prisoner caught after escaping custody in WatervlietRead the original story w/Photo

    Nov 6, 2009 | WNYT NewsChannel 13

    Police say the prisoner who escaped from custody Friday morning is back behind bars.

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    Related Topix: Prison, Watervliet, NY

  16. Escapee Back in Custody

    Nov 6, 2009 | WGY-AM Albany

    AN 18-YR-OLD MAN FROM GREEN ISLAND, WHO ESCAPED FROM POLICE CUSTODY PRIOR TO AN APPEARANCE IN WATERVLIET CITY COURT THIS MORNING, HAS BEEN RE-CAPTURED. POLICE SAY JASON GIBSON WAS LOCATED INSIDE A DRAINAGE PIPE ALONG THE SHORE OF THE HUDSON RIVER IN HIS UNDERWEAR, ABOUT THREE HOURS AFTER HE WENT OUT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE.

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    Related Topix: Watervliet, NY

  17. Prisoner Escapes in WatervlietRead the original story

    Nov 6, 2009 | FOX23

    Police are searching areas near the Hudson River in Watervliet and Green Island for 18-year-old Jason Gibson.

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    Related Topix: Watervliet, NY

  18. Watervliet police hunt for escapee along Hudson RiverRead the original story

    Nov 6, 2009 | Times Union

    ... to share with officers. He was headed for court in Watervliet when he apparently got away this morning. A Green Island Fire Department boat is cruising the river's edge. Police officers could be seen looking into the river from the city's riverfront ...

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    Related Topix: Watervliet, NY

  19. Is it the last pasta supper for Troy politicians?

    Nov 2, 2009 | Times Union

    ... calendar to be here the day before Election Day. They didn't have to remind us," said John J. McNulty, former Green Island mayor and Albany County sheriff. McNulty ate lunch with his son, retired congressman Michael McNulty. The two Democrats always ...

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    Related Topix: Troy, NY, Albany County, NY, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Michael McNulty

  20. GIPA plea: Hurry, pleaseRead the original story

    Oct 23, 2009 | Albany Times Union

    The Green Island Power Authority has a message for federal regulators: Hurry up.

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    Related Topix: Cohoes, NY, US Politics, Charles Schumer, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Second Circuit Court of Appeals

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