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Gillibrand helps introduce military funeral sanctity legislation

Following last month’s 8-1 Supreme Court decision favoring the First Amendment rights of the Westboro Baptist Church members to picket military funerals, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is now sponsoring legislation that would help stop such disruptions. Th… [...]

U.S. nuclear regulator lets industry help with the fine print

by John Sullivan, Special to ProPublica In the fall of 2001, inspectors with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission were so concerned about possible corrosion at Ohio’s Davis Besse Nuclear Power Station [1] that they prepared an emergency order to shut i… [...]

Media and nuclear energy: Interlocking industries

By Patrick Morrison, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting While the Fukushima nuclear disaster has gotten plenty of attention on network programming, the debate has consistently overlooked the most fundamental question of whether nuclear power can be … [...]

Ex Gov. Eliot Spitzer talks of love and redemption

Interview by Austin Allen, Big Think Question: What is love? Eliot Spitzer: You know, I don’t know. It’s one of these feelings that you sense when you meet somebody and there is a response that is different and is unique, and is palpable. And… [...]

Major Cuts for Online Tech Transparency Progs

by Daniel Schuman, The Sunlight Foundation Details emerging last night on the FY 2011 budget agreement indicate that the electronic government fund will be cut to $8m from the $34 million appropriated in FY 2010, a reduction to 1/4 of its previous fun… [...]

More reasons to question whether gas is cleaner than coal

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica One of the main advantages of natural gas is that it is supposed to be far cleaner than oil or coal. Right now Congress is even considering a T. Boone Pickens-inspired bill aimed at converting the nation's truck fl… [...]

Leaked study: Fracking creates more greenhouse gases than coal burning

by Cliff Weathers Researchers from New York's Cornell University released a shocking report yesterday that shows that the shale gas recovered through hydraulic fracturing operations is more devastating to the air than the burning of coal to crea… [...]

State Senators to hold Indian Point hearing in Stony Point on May 12

Three State Senators, including Sen. David Carlucci, will host a hearing on May 12 in Stony Point regarding the public's worries about Indian Point's nuclear reactors in light of the recent disaster at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan… [...]

What congressional redistricting might mean to the Lower Hudson Valley

by Cliff Weathers Regardless of whether New York's congressional redistricting is handled in a civil, bipartisan manner, it appears that the Lower Hudson Valley is due for some big changes come 2012. Census data released last month, shows that Ro… [...]

Prison populations gave Upstate districts too much political clout

During the last round of redistricting, New York counted prison inmates where they were incarcerated instead of their home address, allowing prison towns to count “phantom voters ” and create districts that would otherwise not have enough people. … [...]