Within the first two weeks of President Donald Trump’s term, the United States Department of Agriculture ordered its staff to remove webpages related to climate change, prompting a lawsuit that was filed this week by various advocacy organizations. The Enterprise spoke with local experts about the impact the USDA’s new stance on climate change might have on the region’s farmers.
A 4.25-megawatt project from TJA Energy, previously reported by The Enterprise, was tabled last year but is expected to come back next month. A 3.8-MW project, by RIC Energy, was proposed in January.
According to the Rural Housing Coalition of New York, rural areas of the state are getting disproportionately less affordable-housing tax credits for the development of larger low-income housing facilities.
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