Sentences with phrase «on the contamination crisis»

Also Friday, the state Senate announced it would hold hearings on the contamination crisis in Rensselaer County, including a session in Hoosick Falls.

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Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, has been criticized for what some saw as a lax response to the crisis, visiting the village only months after the water was confirmed to be poisoned; lawmakers in Albany, meanwhile, were also initially noncommittal about hearings on the contamination, before eventually assenting.

But 500 days after the contamination was confirmed, village residents say they feel like they've been shunted aside, even as their crisis spurred a focus on clean drinking water problems throughout New York.

As the lead educational organization in the Hoosick area, continuing research and education on hydrology and geology is vital as the community recovers from the PFOA water contamination crisis.

Enck's comments, delivered during an interview on WCNY's «The Capitol Pressroom,» preceded her continued defense of her agency's response to the water contamination crisis in northeastern Rensselaer County as state officials cast blame on the EPA for confusion among residents.

The Japanese government's most controversial misstep in response to the Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis may have been the release of guidelines on allowable radiological contamination in schoolyards.

Japan's nuclear plant crisis with the radioactivity contamination from spent fuel pools is likely to put an overdue spotlight on stalemated U.S. policies for managing reactor fuel, authors of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology report on the nuclear fuel cycle said yesterday.

Republicans on the committee focused their questions on how Pruitt will work to prevent pollution from causing serious public health problems like the lead contamination crisis affecting Flint, Michigan, and criticized the Obama administration's climate regulations.