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Corning Preserve opened river to grateful populace (with photo gallery) | The Daily Gazette

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Landmarks: Corning Preserve opened river to grateful populace (with photo gallery) | The Daily Gazette

more than 30 years now, various politicians, civil engineers, businessmen and all kinds of entrepreneurial spirits have debated how best to use the Corning Preserve.

Since that area, a small strip of land between downtown Albany and the Hudson River, was first dedicated as the Corning Preserve in 1978, work has been done to enhance its parklike presence and to improve its accessibility from downtown. And, while many grandiose plans to enhance the area have been scrapped or put on the shelf, the Corning Preserve has nonetheless evolved into a nice escape from the urban landscape of downtown Albany.

 
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Map: Bearpen Mountain Trail

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Biden Is Outspending Trump On TV, And Just 6 States Are The Focus Of The Campaign : NPR

Where the major party presidential campaigns are spending their money on TV advertising can tell you a lot about where they're focusing their efforts.

And based on that, it's pretty clear that the race between President Trump and Joe Biden is coming down to just six swing states — Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona. They are getting the lion's share of the TV advertising money from the campaigns and outside groups supporting them.

More than $700 million has been spent on TV ad bookings so far in 14 key states, with almost 85% of that money going to the big six, according to data collected by ad-tracking firm Advertising Analytics through Friday, and analyzed by NPR.

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Wyoming Doubles Down On Its Long Support For Carbon Capture : NPR

The country's largest coal producing state is desperate to keep the struggling industry going. Wyoming is investing big to try to clean up coal's carbon emissions, even as many say it's too late.

The immediate problem with coal isn't the emissions or the waste produced, as much as its the fixed output of the plants that is of low value for much of the day - the plants cost more to run than they can make in electricity sales.

Coal is dying just like nuclear power - if it was the emissions that were killing the plants, then nuclear power would be winning. If you don't have a marketable product that you shouldn't be forcing consumers to buy it. The future is very low cost renewables, along with mid market natural gas turbines and especially peaking natural gas plants.

If coal can adapt to provide more mid market power than it has a brighter future - even without carbon sequestration. But getting coal to burn cleanly and reliability under mid market conditions is challenging - existing coal plant designs don't ramp well - and they pollute a lot more and suffer much higher breakdowns when they are forced to regularly change output. But if scientists can figure out how to make next generation plants ramp better than coal has a future at least in coal country, especially sited on existing facilities.