Column by Adrian Kuzminski, May 5, 2018 More Gas? Only If Paired With Equal-Sized Renewable Project When fracking was proposed in New York State a decade ago, the potential benefits were jobs, economic growth, lower energy prices, and energy security. Opponents (like me) worried not only about local degradation of the environment but about the global consequences of methane seepage and emissions for the climate as a whole. In most places outside of New York State, the frackers won the…
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Editorial, May 5, 2018 If We Want Solar Energy, Let’s Get Serious About It If we care about solar energy, it’s time to get serious about it, don’cha think? Happily, Otsego 2000 may be doing just that, having taken a leadership role among local environmental groups on this matter. On Feb. 24, its board adopted a resolution that reads, in part: “Climate change, driven in large party by fossil-fuel use, is a significant threat to our region and way of…
Column by Adrian Kuzminski, April 6, 2018 Are Democratic Challengers Connecting? As of this writing, seven Democrats and two independents are running for Congress from the 19th District, hoping to replace Republican incumbent John Faso. In his first term Faso raised the ire of many constituents with his proposal to eliminate local tax support for Medicaid and related social services. He made no provision for anyone else to pick up the tab, putting the local healthcare industry needlessly at risk.…
Cooperstown’s Katz Joins Coalition Of U.S. Mayor Vs. Global Warming COOPERSTOWN – The Village of Cooperstown announced today that Mayor Jeff Katz has joined Climate Mayors (aka, Mayors National Climate Action Agenda, or MNCAA), a network of nearly 300 U.S. mayors representing over 60 million Americans. Climate Mayors are working together to strengthen local efforts for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and supporting efforts for binding federal and global-level policy making.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 Oneonta Student Art Show ART SHOW – 5-6:30 p.m. Art exhibit featuring works by students of the Oneonta City School District opens at Fox Care Center, Oneonta. Info, www.oneontacsd.org DEBATE – 7 p.m. The Candidates for the CCS Board of Education will debate each other and answer questions from the audience. Hosted by the League of Women Voters. Jr./Sr. Library, Cooperstown High School. Info, www.cooperstowncs.org/league-of-women-voters-to-hose-board-of-education-candidates-debate/ CLIMATE CHANGE LECTURE – 7 p.m. “US Energy Transition: The…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, APRIL 20 Otsego Folklore And History LECTURE – 7:30 p.m. Bruce Buckley series presents Robert Baron speaking on “Contemporary Resonances of Mid Century Cooperstown Public Folklore and Public History.” The Fenimore Art Museum Auditorium, Cooperstown. Info, Amanda Berman bermal72@oneonta.edu TEEN SCENE – 5:30-7:30 p.m. Teens meet to discuss events that are important to them. This months meeting will have a Paint & Dip in which teens will paint a pattern with a twist of their own.…
100 Audience Members Seek Ways To Protect Obamacare…
Editor’s Note: This posting of letters on divesting fossil fuels led to today’s column in the New York Times, “Once an Oil Executive, Now a Crusader Against Fossil Fuel Stocks,” by James B. Stewart. A number of readers have asked for the link, so here it is again. The Cooperstown Debate DIVESTING FOSSIL-FUEL STOCKS VILLAGE CASTS OUT FOSSIL-FUEL STOCKS News Article The Freeman’s Journal, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 • Base Pension-Fund Decisions On Unbiased, Impartial Expertise Op-Ed by DAVID RUSSELL The…
Investors, Cooperstown Included, Can No Longer Ignore Climate Change Op-Ed by LOU ALLSTADT The Freeman’s Journal, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2016 Editor’s Note: Cooperstown Village Board voted Oct. 26 to shift $140,000 in its firefighters’ and emergency squad retirement fund away from fossil-fuel stocks on the advice of Trustee Lou Allstadt, the retired Mobil executive vice president. That prompted an analysis by attorney David Russell, a former pension-fund counsel in the state Comptroller’s Office. This is Mr. Allstadt’s response to Mr.…
Base Pension-Fund Decisions On Unbiased, Impartial Expertise Op-Ed by DAVID RUSSELL The Freeman’s Journal • Nov. 4, 2016 Editor’s Note: David Russell, a Cooperstown resident, was formerly assistant counsel for state Comptroller H, Carl McCall, the sole trustee of the state’s Common Retirement Fund, and has been a long-time manager of alternative investment programs, including social “impact” programs, for public pension plans, endowments and foundations. It is not clear, at least to this writer, the totality of research data or…
