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Letter: Danskammer proposal not in keeping with climate plans
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FILE. Letter writer says, Once we realize the simple idea that the only way to stop emitting greenhouse gases is to stop producing greenhouse gases, proposals such as the Danskammer power plant no longer make sense. (Getty Images)Stocktrek
Rep. Paul Tonko, D-Amsterdam, is proud of giving the Biden administration’s infrastructure bill a “climate spin” (“Tonko gives Biden plan a climate spin, March 31). His head must be spinning, too, as his career progresses from confronting outright climate deniers when he first took office in 2008 to working with an administration as serious about climate change as he has been.
Yonkers: Frankie Martínez-Blanco’s op-ed “Puerto Rican statehood can’t wait” (Feb. 21) erroneously expressed that in Puerto Rico this past November, “a majority of voters cast their ballot in favor of statehood.” This is a major distortion of the facts and misrepresentation of the plebiscite.