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Current Issues

St. Regis Mohawk Mountain Casino

• February 13, 2007 Orange Environment filing - attempt to block casino (pdf)
• October 27, 2006 Orange Environment to Town of Thompson Planning Board - regarding the Mohawk Mountain Casino & Resort
• October 17, 2006 Orange Environment’s Comments on the Final Environmental Assessment for the Mohawk Raceway Casino
• October 10, 2006 Re: Comments on the Final Environmental Assessment for the Mohawk raceway Casino Letter from Michael R. Edelstein, Ph.D., President, Orange Environment, Inc. to Kurt G. Chandler, Regional Environmental Scientist, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Regional Office
• April 7, 2005 Testimony before the New York State Assembly by Michael R. Edelstein, Ph.D. on behalf of Orange Environment
• March 28, 2005 Rebuttal Letter to Bureau of Indian Affairs response to testimony on the Stockbridge Munsee DEIS
• March 23, 2005 Official Statement from Orange Environment regarding the environmental impact of the Mohawk Mountain Casino & Resort
• March 10, 2005 Orange Environment Press Release
• March 10, 2005 Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Stockbridge-Munsee Casino
• February 15, 2005 Orange Environment Press Release - Part 1
• February 15, 2005 Orange Environment Press Release
• November 4, 2004 Letter to the Town of Thompson Planning Board
• June 23, 2004 Orange Environment letter to lead agencies regarding the environmental impact of the Mohawk Mountain Casino & Resort
• December 5, 2003 Orange Environment letter to the Bureau of Indian Affairs re: Scoping for Proposed Casino by the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation
• Archive of the old Orange Environment petition against the Mohawk Mountain Casino

Open Issues

• Let's Plan to Plan Sustainably open letter to the people of Orange County, NY from Michael R. Edelstein, Ph.D.

Archived Issues

(most current document first)

Town of Waywayanda

• Orange Environment to Waywayanda Town Board June 15, 2006
• Draft Wawayanda Comprehensive Plan and Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) (proposed revisions, June 28 2006)

Kiryas Joel Pipeline Tap Project

• Orange Environment letter to NYDEP
• Testimony to Orange County Legislature

Turi Landfill in Goshen

• May 2004 - The Future of Goshen is in Your Hands
• Mach 21, 2000 Letter from Orange Environment to NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Other Archives

• Communities scored two victories in preserving the quality of life in their towns in 2005
• Letter to Newburgh Planning Department regarding The Marketplace Project - December 17, 2005
• Orange Environment Inc. settles with Calpine, Inc.
• ORANGE ENVIRONMENT'S ROLE IN CLOSING TURI LANDFILL
• Twentieth Anniversary Earth Day announcement - 2002
• A Unique Opportunity for Public Input
• Regarding Masada donations to OEI (as published) response to Times Herald-Record article (archived here)
• March 5, 2002 - GETTING OFF TO A GOOD START
• OEI's letter to the NY Department of Environmental Conservation re: Superior Hudson Valley Landfill circa July 27, 2000
• WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS: BALANCING MUNICIPALITIES' RIGHTS TO CONTEST, DENY, OR MODIFY TOWER PLACEMENT AGAINST THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996
• Sprawl is Only the Tip of the Iceberg
• A CAT IN THE HAT; A PLAN IN THE CAN - A Critique, in progress, of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan
• STUDY SEES HARD FUTURE IF CLIMATE KEEPS HEATING (NY Times Archives - requires subscription or money to read)
• Tree by Tree
• Sterling Forest Corp. Floats Yet Another Plan
• Statement on Potential Torne Valley Power Plants February 15, 2001
• PARK SERVICE ANNOUNCES INTERNSHIPS ON UPPER DELAWARE
• Turi Landfill Ruling 1998
• NEPERA—MORE THAN A COMMUNICATIONS FIASCO
• Nepera Press Release by OE President Michael R. Edelstein
• Meetings on Nepera