By Colin Campbell 12/14/12 8:58am

And I feel fine

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Mayor Bloomberg Isn’t Worried About the End of the World

On his weekly radio show this morning, Mayor Michael Bloomberg addressed a number of topics, including an evaluation system of public school teachers, mobile phone applications to hail taxi cabs and, most notably, the upcoming Apocalypse as predicted by the Mayan calendar.

“You might not have to show up here next Friday because the world is supposed to end,” the host, John Gambling, said to Mr. Bloomberg at the end of their segment. “Do you have any concerns?” Read More

By Hunter Walker 1/02/12 9:00am

Frack to the Future

Hydrofracking at an oil well site near Tioga, North Dakota. (Photo: Getty)

Potsdam Town Council Votes to Keep Control Over Hydrofracking

Several small New York towns are not sticking with Governor Cuomo’s plan to have the Department of Environmental Conservation decide how to regulate the controversial natural gas drilling procedure known as hydrofracking. Last week, the Town Council in Potsdam voted to keep local control of hydrofracking setting them up to join a legal battle against energy companies who have been lobbying to have the procedure legalized and want Albany to make the final call. Read More