bjorn_nitmou
05-30-2003, 09:33 AM
maybe some of you suny new paltz alumni will be interested in
this.......
environmental news from grist magazine
<http://www.gristmagazine.com>
jason west, a 26-year-old member of the green party, is shaking
things up in new paltz, n.y., where he was elected mayor earlier this
month -- an outcome that has the local political establishment in a
tizzy. west ran on an ambitious environmental platform that rallied
support from many students at the state university of new york at new
paltz, of which west is an alumnus. on june 1, west and his two
running mates will take control of the village's five-member board.
west's agenda: curb sprawl, promote solar energy, power government
vehicles with soy-based fuel, and purify sewer water by filtering it
through artificial wetlands. the defeated incumbent, 71-year-old
mayor thomas nyquist (d), is not bowing out graciously. "i always
considered myself an environmentalist, too, but what they're talking
about is ridiculous," nyquist said. "we have issues that are much
more pressing than putting solar panels on village hall." meanwhile,
on the national level, some green activists are urging the party not
to nominate a presidential candidate in 2004, but instead to throw
its support behind a democrat to increase the chances of unseating
president bush.
straight to the source: new york times, claudia rowe, 25 may 2003
<http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=1160>
straight to the source: washington post, brian faler, 27 may 2003
<http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=1161>
this.......
environmental news from grist magazine
<http://www.gristmagazine.com>
jason west, a 26-year-old member of the green party, is shaking
things up in new paltz, n.y., where he was elected mayor earlier this
month -- an outcome that has the local political establishment in a
tizzy. west ran on an ambitious environmental platform that rallied
support from many students at the state university of new york at new
paltz, of which west is an alumnus. on june 1, west and his two
running mates will take control of the village's five-member board.
west's agenda: curb sprawl, promote solar energy, power government
vehicles with soy-based fuel, and purify sewer water by filtering it
through artificial wetlands. the defeated incumbent, 71-year-old
mayor thomas nyquist (d), is not bowing out graciously. "i always
considered myself an environmentalist, too, but what they're talking
about is ridiculous," nyquist said. "we have issues that are much
more pressing than putting solar panels on village hall." meanwhile,
on the national level, some green activists are urging the party not
to nominate a presidential candidate in 2004, but instead to throw
its support behind a democrat to increase the chances of unseating
president bush.
straight to the source: new york times, claudia rowe, 25 may 2003
<http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=1160>
straight to the source: washington post, brian faler, 27 may 2003
<http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=1161>