The Capitol Pressroom for August 29, 2011

 

An update on Hurricane Irene relief from the Red Cross.

Former Republican Gubernatorial candidate John Faso joins us with a few thoughts on the Pataki Presidential run that never quite got off the ground.

Governor Cuomo is feeling pressure from other Great Lakes States to loosen up or even abandon restrictions on ballast water regulations until the EPA issues federal guidelines. One Ohio congressman introduced legislation to penalize New York hundreds of millions of dollars in federal EPA money if the state’s ballast water regulations aren’t scrapped. North Country Public Radio’s Brian Mann recently produced a series on invasive species & ballast water pollution for Chicago’s NPR station, WBEZ. He joins us with the story.

The Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York has released the first video in a series designed to educate New Yorkers about the economic and environmental benefits of increased natural gas development in upstate regions, including the Southern Tier. Hydrogeologist and IOGA-NY board member John Conrad of Conrad Geosciences discusses why the group has invested in this project.