Keith Shue, Jay Egg Win Prize In Fossil-Fuel Fight – All Otsego

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Prize For Fossil-Fuel Fight

Two environmentalists with local ties – Keith Shue and Jay Egg – share 2020 Constellation Prize for Policy Impact, for helping derail a fossil-fuel project that would have served the Empire State Plaza in Albany.

The prize is presented by a group of environmentalists and social scientists from across the country.

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