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Is Nuclear Power Answer After All?

SAVING OUR PLANET Is Nuclear Power Answer After All? Editor’s Note: Len Carson, the former county rep from Oneonta and DC Marketing president, circulated a video of Michael Shellenberger’s 2016 Ted Talk, “How Fear of Nuclear Power is Hurting the Environment,” to Citizens Voice, the local businesspeople’s group, for discussion at its Wednesday, March 13, meeting. Shellenberger was one of Time magazine’s 2008 “Heroes of the Environment,” but in 2015 helped found Environmental Progress, seeking to prevent California’s closure of…

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Citizen Voices To Discuss Ted Talk On Nuclear Power

Citizen Voices To Discuss Ted Talk On Nuclear Power Len Carson of Oneonta, Common Council candidate and DC Marketing president, has asked Citizen Voices participants to view a 14-minute video of environmentalist Michael Shellenberger‘s TED Talk, “How Fear of Nuclear Power is Hurting the Environment” and be prepared to discuss it at tomorrow morning’s meeting at Oneonta Block.  In his talk, Shellenberger says that despite massive investments in solar panels in the U.S., Europe and even India, and data show…

‘Single Point of Contact’ Will Report On Economic Development Progress

‘Single Point of Contact’ Will Report On Economic-Development Progress ONEONTA – Sandy Mathes, Otsego County’s “single point of contact” for economic development, will discuss “The Good, the Bad & the Ugly” of attracting jobs here at 8 a.m. Wednesday at the Carriage House in Southside Oneonta, 790 Southside Drive. The forum is hosted by Citizen Voices, and the public is welcome. A little more than a year into a three-year process, Mathes will talk about progress, issues and roadblocks.  Additionally,…