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Jaunty's rise to the top of the New York cannabis market was not an overnight success.It was built through discipline in a market uniquely designedNew York's rollout remains unforgiving.One store openings, supply and demand constraints, and continuous price compression forced every decision into the open.This week we sit down with Nicolas Guarino, Co-Founder and CEO of Jaunty, to break down what it actually takes to survive and scale in one of the most interesting cannabis markets in the country.This week we sit down with Nick to discuss:Why consistency becomes the only real moat as prices fallHow New York's rollout punished assumptions and rewarded preparednessCapital discipline, supplier trust, and avoiding overspend death spiralsChapters00:00 Introduction to Jaunty and Nicolas Guarino03:06 The Journey into the Cannabis Industry06:07 Challenges and Lessons Learned in CBD09:00 Transitioning to Recreational Cannabis11:54 Building a Brand in a Competitive Market15:07 Navigating Market Dynamics and Growth Challenges18:07 The Importance of Support and Resilience20:49 Understanding Market Economics and Consumer Behavior23:55 Future Prospects for Cannabis in New York31:48 The Economics of Cannabis Production36:29 The Importance of Consistency in Branding41:11 Navigating Challenges in Cannabis Operations46:10 Strategic Planning for Future Growth51:56 Inventory Management and Cost Control56:02 Preparing for Market Consolidation58:11 Final Thoughts and Future Directions About: Nicolas Guarino is Co-Founder and CEO of Jaunty. As a GMP-certified 100% New York company working in cannabis extraction since 2017, Jaunty has been producing and distributing the finest solventless hash, live resin, and distillate cannabis products in its mission to close the gap between flower and oil. With state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Hoosick Falls, NY, Jaunty is one of New York's leading companies licensed for all adult-use cannabis supply chain activities outside of retail, including cultivation, processing, manufacturing, and distribution. They produce and distribute one of New York's best-selling cannabis vape brands, available in all of the state's licensed dispensaries, and their product portfolio also features gummies, concentrates, and disposable vapes.SummaryIn this episode, Bryan Fields interviews Nicolas Guarino, co-founder and CEO of Jaunty, discussing his journey in the cannabis industry, the challenges faced in the CBD market, and the transition to recreational cannabis. They explore the importance of brand consistency, financial strategies for growth, and the dynamics of the New York cannabis market. Nicholas shares insights on consumer education, market predictions, and the future vision for Jaunty emphasizing the need for adaptability and resilience in a fast-paced industry.Guest Linkshttps://jaunty.com/https://x.com/getjauntyhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/get-jauntyhttps://www.instagram.com/get_jaunty/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-guarino-43939b103/Our Links:Bryan Fields on TwitterKellan Finney on TwitterThe Dime on TwitterExtraction Teams: Want to cut costs and get more out of every run? Unlock hidden revenue by extracting more from the same input—with Newton Insights.At Eighth Revolution (8th Rev), we provide services from capital to cannabinoid and everything in between in the cannabinoid industry.The Dime is a top 5% most shared  global podcastThe Dime is a top 10 Cannabis Podcast The Dime has a New Website. Shhhh its not finished.

My interview with Mariah starts at about 25 mins  Stand Up is a daily podcast that I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Check out StandUpwithPete.com to learn more Mariah Blake is an investigative journalist whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, The New Republic, and other publications. She was a Murrey Marder Nieman Fellow in Watchdog Journalism at Harvard University. Get her new book!  They Poisoned the World Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals “Riveting . . . Blake's deft chronicle of one of the greatest moral scandals of our time [is] a book that none of us can afford to miss.”—The Washington Post A gripping investigation of the chemical industry's decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals, told through the story of a small town on the frontlines of an epic public health crisis. In 2014, after losing several friends and relatives to cancer, an unassuming insurance underwriter in Hoosick Falls, New York, began to suspect that the local water supply was polluted. When he tested his tap water, he discovered dangerous levels of forever chemicals. This set off a chain of events that led to 100 million Americans learning their drinking water was tainted. Although the discovery came as a shock to most, the U.S. government and the manufacturers of these toxic chemicals—used in everything from lipstick and cookware to children's clothing—had known about their hazards for decades. In They Poisoned the World, investigative journalist Mariah Blake tells the astonishing story of this cover-up, tracing its roots back to the Manhattan Project and through the postwar years, as industry scientists discovered that these chemicals refused to break down and were saturating the blood of virtually every human being. By the 1980s, manufacturers were secretly testing their workers and finding links to birth defects, cancer, and other serious diseases. At every step, the industry's deceptions were aided by our government's appallingly lax regulatory system—a system that has made us all guinea pigs in a vast, uncontrolled chemistry experiment. Drawing on years of on-the-ground reporting and tens of thousands of documents, Blake interweaves the secret history of forever chemicals with the moving story of how a lone village took on the chemical giants—and won. From the beloved local doctor to the young mother who took her fight all the way to the nation's capital, citizen activists in Hoosick Falls and beyond have ignited the most powerful grassroots environmental movement since Silent Spring. Humane and revelatory, this book will provoke outrage—and hopefully inspire the change we need to protect the health of every American for generations to come. Join us Monday's and Thursday's at 8EST for our Bi-Weekly Happy Hour Hangout!  Pete on Blue Sky Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube  Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll  Follow and Support Pete Coe Buy Ava's Art  Hire DJ Monzyk to build your website or help you with Marketing

From Silent Spring to Erin Brockovich, people have been captivated — and devastated — by stories of harmful chemicals and the many ways that they have altered and even ended human lives. From investigative journalist Mariah Blake comes a new book that recounts a small town being poisoned, a corporate cover up, and a grassroots movement to fight back. In 2014, after losing several friends and relatives to cancer, an insurance underwriter in Hoosick Falls, New York, suspected that the local water supply was polluted. When he tested his tap water, he discovered dangerous levels of “forever chemicals” (synthetic chemicals that are resistant to breaking down and can lead to adverse health and environmental effects). This set off a chain of events that revealed at least 100 million Americans' drinking water was tainted. The discovery of bad water was a shock to some, but perhaps more shocking was the discovery that the United States government and the manufacturers of these toxic chemicals — used in everything from cookware to lipstick to children's clothing — had known about these hazards for decades but had hidden them from the public. In her new book They Poisoned the World, investigative journalist Mariah Blake tells this story, tracing its roots all the way back to the Manhattan Project and through the postwar America. Drawing on years of reporting and tens of thousands of documents, Blake weaves the history of forever chemicals with the story of how a lone village took on the chemical giants all the way to the nation's capital — and won. Mariah Blake is an investigative journalist whose writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Mother Jones, The New Republic, and other publications. She was a Murrey Marder Nieman Fellow in Watchdog Journalism at Harvard University. Mónica Guzmán is author of I Never Thought of it That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times; founder and CEO of Reclaim Curiosity; Senior Fellow for Public Practice at Braver Angels; and host of A Braver Way podcast. Mónica serves on the Board of Directors for the Institute for Multipartisan Education. She received an honorary doctorate degree from Wheaton College, and completed study and research fellowships at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, and the University of Florida. A Mexican immigrant, Latina, and dual US/Mexico citizen, she lives in Seattle with her husband and two kids and is the proud liberal daughter of conservative parents. Buy the Book They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals (Hardcover) Third Place Books

Episode 112: In this episode, Kate is joined by journalist Mariah Blake to discuss her new book, ‘They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals.' Together, they trace the buried history of PFAS and forever chemicals—synthetic chemicals first developed in the 1930's—that would go on to saturate everything from firefighting foam to clothes to town water supplies, with devastating consequences for public health.The conversation centers on the story of Hoosick Falls, New York, where a small community uncovered widespread PFAS contamination in their drinking water and began a fight for justice. Kate and Mariah explore the regulatory ignorance that allowed this to happen, the role of DuPont and other chemical giants in shaping the response, and how communities are rising to meet the crisis.They discuss how outrage becomes a catalyst for environmental change, and how ordinary people—farmers, military families, and local organizers—are now on the front lines of the PFAS fight. Through the lens of Blake's reporting, this episode is a powerful look at what happens when chemical convenience collides with human health, and how resilience grows in even the most contaminated ground.Find Mariah:They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals by Mariah BlakeInstagram: @mariahcblakeX: @mariahcblakeSupport Kate: PatreonSubstackPayPal-Leave a One Time TipResources MentionedPlastic List created by Nat Friedman: https://www.plasticlist.org Plastic: A Toxic Love Story by Susan Freinkel Dr. Max Liboiron — https://civiclaboratory.nl Time Bombing the Future by Rebecca Altman Richard Rhodes Making of Atomic BombRelated Episodes:Episode 85 with John Vaillant on Consumption, the Petrochemical IndustryEpisode 82 with Jay Owens on Dust, Testing the Bomb, Our Polluted WorldEpisode 83 with Helen Czerski on the OceanSponsored By:REDMOND REAL SALT: Use code MINDBODYSOIL_15 for 15% off at Redmond.lifeAffiliates:

The Battenkill Chorale, founded in 1995, is a dedicated group of amateur singers that has become a cultural jewel of the North Country and the Capital Region. On January 18 and 19, The Battenkill Chorale will perform Louis Vierne's “Solemn Mass” and works by Maurice Duruflé, Jean Langlais, Olivier Messiaen, and Pierre Villette at the historic Immaculate Conception Church in Hoosick Falls, New York.

The Village of Hoosick Falls is expected to receive $3 million from a national class action settlement connected to PFAS manufacturers 3M and DuPont. The settlement differs from ongoing negotiations with Honeywell International and Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics. Village Mayor Rob Allen discusses the status of the PFOA water contamination cleanup with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

NCAA Tournament preview show with predictions and former Section 2 stars in the Capital Region now part of March Madness this week! Glens Falls grad Joseph Girard III has 6th seeded Clemson going up against 11 seed New Mexico while Albany Academy grad August Mahoney is back in the big dance with Yale after winning the Ivy League title. The Bulldogs take on Auburn in a 4-13 matchup. Plus, Saratoga Springs grad Dolly Cairns is part of another run for Florida Gulf Coast, which has won seven straight Atlantic Sun Conference tournament championships. The 12th seeded Eagles will face 5 seed Oklahoma. And, Hoosick Falls grad Meg Barber has led the NYU women's basketball program to its first DIII national championship in more than 25 years!

Dr. Marcus Martinez, the family doctor from Hoosick Falls who helped lead the fight to clean up local water contamination from toxic forever chemicals, had died after a long battle with a rare form of cancer which he suspected was linked to his exposure to PFOA in Hoosick Falls. Martinez and Michael Hickey were the ones who initially suspected that there was PFOA in the public water supply and pressured the town and other officials to take action, starting with calling on the town to test the water. David Engel, the environmental attorney who led the legal fight to successfully force a cleanup in Hoosick Falls, talks with Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

The toxic PFAS forever chemicals are being found in water supplies throughout the country. The EcoAction Committee of the Green Party held a webinar on Sept. 12 to overview the issue. In this segment we hear from Prof. David Bond of Bennington College who helped with the PFOA issue in Hoosick Falls and the Norlite hazardous waste incinerator in Cohoes. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine. (You can see the entire webinar at https://fb.watch/fxOwiA2_lJ/)

On June 15, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released significantly reduced lifetime drinking water health advisory levels for PFOA and PFOS forever chemicals. These toxic contaminants were the center of the water controversy in Hoosick Falls and at the Norlite hazardous waste incinerator in Cohoes. Rob Hayes, the Clean Water Director at Environmental Advocates, discusses the impact of the changes with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

In this episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host offers a year in review, reflecting on the many changes seen in hunting, fishing, environmental and energy changes that 2021 brought. NY hunters saw the Holiday Deer Hunt created, proposals to let counties opt out that got shelved mid-December. Hunters saw the deer hunting age with firearms lowered to age 12, standardizing the hunting age in NY, at least through 12/31/2023, but counties had to opt in to allow parents to decide whether their son or daughter was ready to join them in the deer stand. Of course, Erie County's executive decided to veto the local law, and Rockland county didn't even consider their own measure. The rest of the state passed their local laws by end of June. The new deer plan was adopted, and to carry out that plan, several regulatory changes occurred, including expanding the hunting hours for big game to 1/2 hour before sunrise, to 1/2 hour after sunset. Hunters in pursuit of big game with a firearm, or accompanying one hunting big game with a firearm saw mandatory safety orange or pink rules for the first time ever. Fishing changes in 2021 included the adoption of the new Inland Stream Trout Management Plan, changes in trout stocking strategies, proposed changes to sunfish and crappie rules, as well as a litany of end of year proposals meant to reduce confusing regulations while moving certain season openings to a hard date vs. a Saturday opener. 2021 was also the year of fishing records being set, with 7 new freshwater records and 5 new marine records set across the fruited plain. We saw many changes on the environmental front, with NY passing the Environmental Rights Act, a vague and dangerous proposal, while the US passed the 30x30 conservation legislation, which seems good, but could allow government to shut down access to public lands if they deem our activities are causing global warming. More attention was focused on emerging contaminants, PFAS, with new drinking water standards, a drinking water restoration plan for Hoosick Falls, Maine implementing a do not eat advisory for deer in the Fairfield area of ME due to PFAS contamination, and proposals to update the NYS Super Fund regulations to account for PFOS and PFOA contamination. Locally, two Super Fund settlements were reached, one with Tecumseh affecting 500 acres near Smoke's Creek, and Honeywell affecting areas of the Buffalo River, which will include preserving 70 acres of undeveloped stretches along the Buffalo River for fishing and recreational purposes, forever. 2021 also brought perhaps the worst energy year for the United States since Jimmy Carter and the OPEC oil embargo, with bad policy resulting in skyrocketing gas and diesel costs, astronomical freight costs and resulting inflation across the board. NY got well on the way back to 1825 with the move to ban use of natural gas in NYC, while the state pursues wind and solar energy that never delivers anything but the lifestyles of the Amish, without the farms and forests. Happy New Year, everyone! May 2022 bring less covid, less stupid, and more enjoyment and may true science see a big come back, as the junk science used currently is serving no one but the tyrants. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

On this week's 51%, we speak with Tracy Brown, the new president of Riverkeeper, about how nature-based infrastructure can combat pollution in the Hudson River. We also get crafty with the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery in Saratoga Springs, New York, as part of a global art project drawing attention to the impact of climate change on coral reefs. Guests: Tracy Brown, president of Riverkeeper; Rebecca McNamara, assistant curator at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. Our host is Jesse King, our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is "Lolita" by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue Follow Along You're listening to 51%, a WAMC production dedicated to women's stories and experiences. Thanks for tuning in, I'm Jesse King. This week we're touching on a topic that, really, affects us all. Climate change and environmental devastation is perhaps the biggest issue confronting our planet. In 2018, a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that humans need to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 in order to avoid the harshest results of rising temperatures. To get on track for that, the United Nations says countries should cut their emissions in half by 2030. The state of New York hopes to reduce its economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by at least 85 percent (compared to 1990 levels) by 2050. And in November, voters widely approved the Environmental Rights Amendment, granting citizens the right to clean air and water in the state's constitution.  Discussions on climate change have also prompted a closer look at our rivers and water supply. Last month, the advocacy organization Riverkeeper appointed its first female president and Hudson riverkeeper in its 55-year history. Tracy Brown actually worked with the organization as its Communication Director from 2007-2014, helping it push for the passage of New York's Sewage Pollution Right to Know Law in 2013. As someone who lives by the Hudson River and frequently swims in its waters with her family, Brown says she's happy to be back and watching over the river she loves. I got the chance to ask Brown about the state of the Hudson, and her goals for Riverkeeper.  Let's start with the significance of the Hudson River. What makes it different from other rivers? Well, the Hudson is called American America's river because it really was, you know, the founding river, so to speak. It's where Henry Hudson came over 400 years ago, and it is a beautiful estuary. Estuaries are where you have a water body, where the ocean and freshwater mix. So you have this mixed, what we call “brackish,” water. That makes for a really abundant habitat. Estuaries are actually the most biodiverse and abundant habitats on the planet. They're kind of like nurseries for fish, and then also for birds and other wildlife that rely on fish and feed on fish. So it's this incredibly abundant source of food and also a really critical connection from New York and the East Coast of America up through the middle of the country, by way of what is now the canals, up north of Albany that connect the Hudson over to the Great Lakes, and then you know, the Mississippi in the middle of the country. It's an aquatic breadbasket. It's a major trading route. It's a major transport route for goods and services. And that's really why New York City and other cities that were built on the Hudson, and really flourished and became centers of commerce from America – because there is such abundance in the river. And it connects with the estuary that is the Long Island Sound, when you get down by New York City. So a very vital and life-filled system that's really defined the growth of this region. What is the state of the Hudson River today? Both positives and negatives. It has gotten better in terms of we've had darker days, when really our rivers were basically just used as toilets, honestly, and dumping grounds for industry. Since we passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, that really drove a lot of cleanup of those more egregious disregards for our waterways. So it certainly has come back from that era. But there's still a lot of stresses. And of course, the widespread stress that we're all talking about now is the impacts of climate change. We know that the Hudson in the past century has already warmed. There's already at least a 4 degree Fahrenheit increase in water temperature, and the river has risen a foot in height over that period of time. And so the continued warming, the rising, and then for our region in the northeast, one of the big manifestations of climate change is we're getting these bigger, flashier rainstorms. The storms themselves are actually a delivery system for pollution, especially around New York City and Albany, where you have these old sewer systems that are designed to overflow directly into the waterway every time they hit a certain level of rain. They don't have the capacity to take all the sewage and the rainwater, so it dumps into the open waterways. So the increased precipitation is causing problems of increasing pollution. And the warming causes a stress to the native fish species, which are definitely taking a hit and are already somewhat vulnerable, for all that they have survived. Those are our biggest concerns. It's really the impacts of climate and then the pollution that climate impacts are driving into the river. I'll say also for myself – I also worry that we're at another false choice, that people are being told they have to choose between access to healthy waterways and rivers and streams, or no flooding and safety for their person on their property. And that is a really misleading false choice. Our rivers have the ability to buffer us to absorb more rainwater, to slow down rainwater if we let them flow free. And if we protect wetlands and buffer zones and let them serve as the natural sponges that they're designed to be. But I worry that in the face of flooding and sea level rise, people are going to be motivated to put up more sea walls, and to harden shorelines, and to channelize rivers and streams that run through their community, just hoping they can take high waters and push them as fast as they can from their town to the next downstream town. If we go that route, we're really heading in a bad direction. Most of the life and the reproductive power in the activity that happens on the rivers are in that zone between the shore and the edge of the waterways. It's so important that we keep that habitat, and that we don't put hard edges on our shoreline, so that the rivers can actually grow and expand as the sea level does rise, and causes our rivers to also rise. That we let them kind of naturally evolve to whatever the next right sizes for them, and we provide land and room for that. So I think that's a big stress in terms of just trying to get people to understand that, you know, biomimicry and nature-based infrastructure is going to by far have better outcomes for all of us in the long term, and we shouldn't try and build our way out of this crisis with walls and levees and sea gates. Specifically, when you're talking about nature-based infrastructure, what are some methods of that, and ways to allow rivers to flow more freely? Yeah, so that's a great question. We want to start by removing dams that aren't, you know, absolutely critical related to human health, so we can reconnect rivers and have them flow in their natural state. And then we want to make sure that we have large enough buffers on the edge of all the rivers so that they can swell and reduce, and that there is landscape there. Ideally, marshes and wetlands, that can absorb those extra flushes of water, when we do have these flashy rain events that will be more and more common. So it's important to not just look at the footprints of our rivers right now, but to make sure that we're not building right up to the edge, and that we're allowing room for that spillover. And the more we have those natural buffer zones, they both help clean the water that's coming off the landscape into the waterway – so they can be a filter of our pollutants and garbage (As water flows off our landscapes, lawn fertilizers, and even just marine debris and physical garbage can be captured and removed, if people are doing that work.) – but also, when the water's coming in, if you have something like a storm coming in from the ocean, those living shorelines can provide a buffer. And they can also slow down the wave energy and break the wave energy further away from the homes and properties, if it's not, you know, a storm surge that's coming right in and hitting a wall or riprap. It's much better for it to come in and work its way through a marsh. And that slows things down and helps reduce flooding damage. Just in your day-to-day, what kind of work is entailed in maintaining the current quality of the river? So at Riverkeeper, the regular work that we do, our kind of bread and butter work, is a combination of doing scientific monitoring – so we understand the conditions in the river, and can report that out and identify pollution hotspots and take action. Then we have community engagement where we have a whole bunch of ways that we partner with the public. One of the most well-known ways is our annual sweep event, where we go out and collect tons of garbage, literally tons, all along the Hudson and try and address the marine debris crisis by keeping that garbage from flowing down the Hudson and out into the Atlantic Ocean. So that's a big piece of it, and annual maintenance. And then we also work with partners in communities on specific threats to the waterway. So for today's discussion, you know, one example would be our work on fighting back against polluting energy infrastructure, and fighting for renewable energy infrastructure to come into the region so we can hit the state's climate goals. So that's, you know, everyday work of lobbying and supporting communities on their climate plans. Right now we're doing a look at the climate smart communities' goals in the communities that we work with in the Hudson Valley, and seeing where we can help communities move forward and achieve those goals. Are there ways that you feel government can step in to make that job easier? Well, certainly passing the Build Back Better is going to be a huge step forward, and getting the dollars from the infrastructure act that was passed – those are both big steps in the right direction. Those are going to enable New York state and all the communities within the state and across the country to start to work on the bigger infrastructure issues that are really key and underpinning all of this work. So that's very important, making sure that EPA and NOAA and FEMA and the Army Corps, all these critical federal agencies that are involved in this work, have the right priorities and support to do their work. There was something this past year that was very important, which was President Biden passed an executive order asking for the federal agencies to review their practices and their investments, to look at environmental justice and to really kind of root out places where there is structural racism that could be reflected in, you know, the way investments are being made, the way projects are being prioritized. That is one thing that we definitely see on the ground here. So that was a very welcome call from the president. And we're really looking forward to seeing how that's gonna change up business as usual, especially when we experience our next big storm. At this point, we know there's always going to be a next big storm to anticipate – [it's important] to see how FEMA comes in, and the other agencies, and to make sure that they equally value communities where maybe the real estate value isn't as high, the density isn't what they're looking for. And that, you know, they find other lenses and other ways of looking at communities who aren't able to participate as fully right now in promoting their own needs by having a professional grant writer, or someone who can lobby and reach out to local officials, because they've been dealing with structural racism. You know, how can we go and meet those people where they're at, and make sure that they're also getting the benefits that the more organized and affluent communities are able to get just because they have more resources to engage in that process. Now, I know a big topic, at least here in New York state, has been addressing PFAS chemicals found in local water supplies. Can you tell me a little bit about Riverkeeper's efforts on that end, and what you feel is the next step? Riverkeeper has been very involved in the drinking water crises that we've been seeing in communities in New York State, where they have these surface drinking water supplies / reservoirs that are vulnerable to pollution coming in from storm runoff and streams that feed the reservoirs. We had a real crisis, for example, in Newburgh, where it was discovered that their drinking water supply had been contaminated by PFAS, and Riverkeeper worked closely with partners in that community to document and raise the flag on that issue, [and] make sure that they were able to get alternative drinking water supply – and equally importantly, to lean in on legislative and regulatory actions that will keep this from happening in other communities. So we took two steps to get at this problem of PFAS, which is now so prevalent in our environment. And, you know, in the case of Newburgh, it was their proximity to the airport, where you have PFAS in the firefighting foam that really made it such a high concentration and a problem there. That airport is now a Superfund site, because so much of this forever chemical was found on that site, and it now needs to be remediated. So two critical things happened, Jess: one was that New York, the Department of Health agreed to set criteria for limiting the amount of PFAS that was getting into our drinking water supplies. So they went through a process, that we participated in, and set a maximum acceptable amount as a target. It is one of the most protective standards in the country, although no amount of these chemicals are safe for human consumption. So we really should be at zero, but you know, given limits of technology and funding, there is at least now a protective standard in place. Another action that we took that we're actually still waiting for a conclusion on is to push the Department of Health to start assessing more regularly what other chemicals are in our environment that are impacting human health, and specifically getting into our surface drinking water supplies, that need to be addressed. Like the PFAS chemicals, and 1-4-dioxane, that was also covered in this recent legislation. On that front, there was legislation that was passed and that is waiting for Governor Hochul's signature, that will actually tell the Department of Health that they have to start doing testing and working on building a list of contaminants that need to be addressed in New York state. This is critically important, because honestly, the federal government has not been sufficiently active (that's an understatement) in looking at emergent contaminants and protecting the public, and updating the federal list. So unfortunately, this test falls to our states. We're happy that we were able to lobby in support of this legislation and that it was passed in the House and in the Senate, and we really urge Governor Hochul to call for that legislation and sign it into law. We can prevent other communities going through the incredible stress, and really the public health exposure, that was so unnecessary and that we've already seen in communities like Newburgh and Hoosick Falls, and others around the state. Lastly, just to wrap things up, what are your goals as president? Are there any projects in the works that you're particularly excited about? Yeah, so I'm really interested in building up Riverkeeper's capacity to do adaptation work. At this point, we do a lot on mitigation and focusing on energy sources and reductions in conservation. But now that we know climate change is here, and we're already seeing the impacts, I think it's also really important that we work with local communities to get adaptation projects on the ground. So I'm talking about things like stormwater technologies that use green infrastructure, like green roofs and rain gardens and bioswells. Building artificial wetlands, removing dams, helping river connectivity – it's really important that we get out in front of the infrastructure that we're going to need to help communities maintain their quality of life, and keep access to the waterways, and have some cooling, and have clean water that they can drink, and get in, and swim / paddle in. So doing projects that address those needs and doing them now before too much of those same challenges are addressed with walls and levees and sea gates. That's a priority for me. We're really happy about the work that's gotten done so far. And we're proud to be in New York, where there are such ambitious goals. And we look forward to continuing to collaborate with the governor's office and the elected officials to work on those plans and achieve those goals, so we can we can have a model of success and support other communities [hoping] to meet similar goals. We're going to get artsy now with the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in upstate New York. Earlier this week, I attended one of the museum's last workshops for its Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef — a community art project bringing together math, science, environmental activism…and coral reefs made out of yarn. "I knew that this was the perfect project to bring to the Tang, and I was really excited to do a satellite reef as part of a big, community engagement project," says Rebecca McNamara, an assistant curator at the Tang who's been organizing the Saratoga Springs reef for over a year as part of the museum's upcoming exhibit Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science. The reef is technically considered a satellite of a much larger project developed by Christine and Margert Wertheim in the early 2000s: the original Crochet Coral Reef. But really, McNamara says the story of crocheted coral goes back even further than that.  "So the Crochet Coral Reef project actually stems from the work of mathematician and maker Dr. Daina Taimina, who is a Latvian mathematician now based in Ithaca [New York]. She taught at Cornell for many years," she explains. McNamara says Taimina was a college mathematics professor when she was tasked with teaching hyperbolic space to her students. Hyperbolic space is a geometric concept that, quite frankly, is very difficult to understand and put into words — and that was the case for Taimina's students as well. McNamara says Taimina thought a physical model of hyperbolic space would help her out in the classroom, but at the time, the primarily male-dominated field of mathematics believed such a model was impossible to make. "But Dr. Taimina did not agree, she wanted to find a way to make this happen. And so she mapped out exponential growth, which is part of hyperbolic space, on paper, and she actually recognized it as a knitting or crochet pattern. And she crocheted it, and it was accepted as the first really useful model of hyperbolic space — there was one earlier model that was made with paper, and it crumbled and didn't really work," she says. "Something I love about this story is that she used this traditionally feminine handicraft of crochet to create something that the male-dominated field of mathematics had said for such a long time was just not possible. And so it shows the value of cross-disciplinary learning and engagement, and it also reveals how severe our blind spots can be at times." So what does that have to do with environmental activism and the coral reefs? Well, it turns out the ruffles found in Taimina's model look a heck of a lot like a number of things we see in nature, like leafy lettuces, sea slugs, and — you guessed it — coral. In 2005, the Wertheims saw an opportunity to take that model and use it to promote discussion around the planet's struggling coral reefs. They made hundreds of crocheted corals based on Taimina's model, taking a chain of stitches and periodically increasing the number of stitches as they went back and forth to create that floppy, wavy effect.  McNamara says it's worth noting that, unlike math, nature isn't perfect — so the Wertheims also used more freeform techniques to make pieces resembling coral pillars, kelp forests, and coral withered by climate change.  "When ocean waters temperatures rise, the corals become stressed, and they expel algae. And they turn white, and that's called bleaching," McNamara explains. "And if it's not caught and reversed immediately, they die from the bleaching. We have lost a lot of corals around the world as a direct impact of climate change. Through the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, we've been talking in our programming a lot about the negative impact that climate change has had on the corals." Once you artfully arrange all of these pieces together, you've got a colorful, wooly coral reef. The Wertheims core collection of corals has traveled to various museums and galleries across the globe — but the project also has an extensive satellite program of smaller reefs worldwide. Since 2020, more than 40 satellite reefs have been constructed in cities like Chicago, New York City, Dublin, Cape Town, Sydney, and more. It's an art project that's frequently been picked up by college classrooms, community organizations, and even women's prisons.  "Crochet is historically women's work, it's historically something that women have done — but it's great to see lots of different people creating, and the more diversity we have in all ways for the reef, the stronger our wooly ecosystem that we're creating will be,' adds McNamara. The Tang Teaching Museum has been holding monthly workshops and weekly “craft circles” since it first announced plans for its satellite reef in December 2020. McNamara says the goal is to keep the project as accessible as possible, so any size and quality of yarn is permitted. Many established knitters and crocheters have been making their corals with odds and ends left over from other projects, saving them from the trash bin. McNamara says she doesn't have an exact count yet on how many completed corals they've received - but they're coming from all over. The meeting I attended saw crocheters from New York City to Florida. McNamara says it's been a great opportunity to make friends and introduce new people to the museum.  "We didn't intend the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef to be a pandemic project, it just sort of happened that way. It gave people — and I'll say for myself as well — it gave us something to do, something to work toward. You know, even if you're sitting at home on your couch, working on a coral, you know that somebody else in another state might be sitting on their couch, working on a coral. And so even if you're physically alone, you feel really connected to other people through this project," she notes. "Another thing I'm hearing, especially from women who have been crocheting for decades — most crocheters make functional garments: socks, mittens, sweaters, all sorts of things. And this project has been the first time that a lot of makers have been invited to create something that is non-functional, that's intentionally an art object. And that has empowered women in particular to be really experimental, to be creative, to not follow a pattern, to just try something different and not worry about a mistake because the mistake is fine, because it's an artwork, and we can embrace mistakes in artwork. And we can especially embrace mistakes in this project, because we are mimicking nature in a lot of ways, and nature is filled with imperfections." I'm admittedly more of a knitter than a crocheter, so I have a lot to learn on that front - but by workshop's end, I had at least managed a small chain of stitches to build upon. McNamara says completed corals are due to the Tang Teaching Museum by January 15. Participants are instructed to mail their handmade corals to the museum's address at 815 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. The satellite reef will open for public viewing as part of the Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science exhibit starting January 29. The museum has also planned a symposium on the science behind the exhibit - including discussions around sustainability in the textile industry - for that opening weekend. You can learn more about the project and find tutorials at the Tang Teaching Museum's website and crochetcoralreef.org.  Thanks for listening to 51%. 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's hosted by me, Jesse King, our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is “Lolita” by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. A big thanks as well to Riverkeeper's Tracy Brown and the folks at the Tang Teaching Museum for helping out with this week's episode. You can also find us on Twitter and Instagram @51percentradio. Until next week, I'm Jesse King for 51%. 

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host provides some insight into some recent discoveries and resulting orders concerning PFAS contamination detected in whitetail deer in Maine. An eat none order was issued for the Fairfield are when 5 of 8 deer tested showed high levels of PFOS, a chemical linked to several illnesses including cancers. This isn't the first such order, as in 2018 Michigan issued a similar order for a 5-mile radius around Clark's Marsh due to PFOS contamination from the old Wurtsmith Air Base, stemming from fire fighting foam used on the base. Michigan has since reduced the area to a 3 mile radius, but this recent announcement is disturbing, to say the least. Officials will be testing turkey as well. The organization the Environmental Working Group, has an interactive map showing the identified PFAS contaminated sites across the 50 states and 2 territories of the USA, and as of October 2021, over 2800 such sites have been confirmed. Similarly, the NYSDEC has announced that the new drinking water restoration plan for Hoosick Falls, a village just northeast of Albany, as this village has suffered with PFOA contamination in their drinking water after decades of pollution from factories in the village owned by Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Honeywell, 3M and DuPont. Remember, in 2020, Mayville, NY had to shutter their artesian wells due to PFOS from the fire training grounds nearby, forcing a new well be dug to restore services and water to the village. Everyone's favorite subject, covid covid covid, is once again in the news with the discovery and predictable breathless reporting of the dreaded omicron strain, first detected in South Africa. DEC has gotten on the covid covid covid bandwagon, announcing the "Take Your Shot for Outdoors Adventure", which is an incentive program to get the jab, where the first 2,000 outdoors people that get their first shot between December 1 and 31, will be eligible to win one of several different prizes for taking the experimental vaccines. Five winners will be selected to receive the large prizes, valued at $2,000.00, and another 5 will win the tier 2 prizes valued at $1000.00. I am wonder where the money is coming from to do this, as all 2,000 will receive a free tree seedling, a $25 gift card and a subscription to the Conservationist Magazine. We Love Outdoors congratulates ECO Steven Shaw for inning the ECO of the Year Award from Safari Club International, a new fishing access site has been announced for Lewis County, DEC summer camp registration opens March 6, the Greater Niagara Fishing Expo is coming up in February, as is the first free fishing weekend for the year in NY, which is the President's Day weekend, Feb 19 and 20, 2022. Finally the offshore wind battles are heating up, both in the Atlantic and Great Lakes, with BOEM hosting some workshops for commercial and recreational fishermen, while NOAA issues slow go areas to protect migrating right whales moving through NY and NJ waters on their way south. I wonder if turbines will be offline during those migrations to spare them from the negative impacts of infrasound? And the CEO of LEEDCO, the ones pushing the Ice Breaker Project in Ohio, has left the company and jumped to Diamond Offshore Wind, in a move that looks like he is throwing in the towel on the Ohio "demonstration project". The lobbyists pushing this meritless idea are flooding WNY with ADs seeking support. They will play the kabuki theater on this one, be advised. Opposition is very strong on WNY, and most are strongly opposed to screwing up the lakes - its our freshwater. Keep the turbines out! Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all my listeners! We will see you all next time on We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

On November 6, the Albany "COP26 Global Action Day for Climate Justice" rally marched through downtown Albany to link climate justice to the many injustices felt by people in our community. Jamaica Miles from All Of Us spoke in front of the South Albany Police Precinct. She made the connection between climate justice and over policing, between Flint and Hoosick Falls, between economics and impact of climate change. Reported on by Sina Basila Hickey image by Barbara Spink

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, We begin with Hoosick Falls resident Michele Baker speaking at a community meeting about water contamination. Then, Mark Dunlea talks with Anna Kathawala, the co-chair of Fridays for the Future NYC Later on, we hear from Dr. David Carpenter about public health dangers from the Dunn Landfill in Rensselaer. After that, Dr. Yager from the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences talks with HMM correspondent Spencer Keable about COVID science and research And finally, Joanna Dreby and Moses Nagel report on The Upper Madison Street Fair in Albany

PFOA, a toxic “forever chemical” has been found in January 2021 in drinking water wells at the Algonquin Middle School in Poestenkill and nearby residential wells. A community meeting was held on September 27th at the Poestenkill VFW to address the problem. We hear an introduction from Eric Wohlleber of the Poestenkill Town Board. We then hear a question from resident Paula Heilmann, with responses from Sean Mahar, Chief of Staff for NYS DEC and Judith Enck, a local resident who is a former EPA Regional administrator who dealt with PFOA in Hoosick Falls. We finish with a comment by local resident Suzanne Sennett. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

Hoosick Falls resident Michele Baker of the NY Water Project spoke at a community meeting about PFOAs in Poestenkill on 9-27-21. The full meeting audio is here: https://soundcloud.com/mediasanctuary/poestenkill-pfoa-september-27-2021/s-pXODmVwJLm5

Join me today as I delve into the spooky side of Hoosick Falls!

Three companies blamed for the pollution of water supplies in and around the Rensselaer County village of Hoosick Falls have agreed to pay $65 million to settle a federal lawsuit in a deal that still needs court approval. We speak with Mayor Rob Allen. And we get an update on PFAS contamination in Rockland County's water.

New evidence suggests that the Pfizer vaccine is good at keeping you out of the hospital but less impressive when it comes to infection. Meanwhile, one random dude is apparently a major hub of covid misinformation (and a New York Times bestselling author!) The people of Hoosick Falls have received a $65 million settlement after their water was contaminated with carcinogenic PFOAs. And for our wildflower, New York City sent mental health professionals in place of cops for a month and guess what? It worked.   Pfizer vaccine: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/564675-israel-pfizer-vaccine-allows-infection-but-preventing-severe-illness    Joseph Mercola, tanning bed king: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/technology/joseph-mercola-coronavirus-misinformation-online.html?referringSource=articleShare    $65 million settlement filed in Hoosick Falls PFOA water contamination https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/hoosick-falls-pfoa-settlement-16326755.php    Hoosick Falls PFOA timeline: https://www.timesunion.com/projects/2021/hoosick-falls-pfoa-timeline/    Mental Health Emergency Response: https://www.insider.com/nyc-mental-health-emergency-response-pilot-data-shows-positive-impact-2021-7

072321 DACA protest, China and the USA, Hoosick Falls Poisoning scandal by WBAI News with Paul DeRienzo

The Hoosick Fall polluted water lawsuit was recently settled with $65 million. HMM's Mark Dunlea spoke with lead name plaintiff Michele Baker who emphasized this as a call to action for every community to test their water and find out if the water that they are using and drinking is safe.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, We begin with Michele Baker, the lead plaintiff in the Hoosick Falls water pollution lawsuit, which was recently settled for $65 million. Mark Dunlea speaks with her to learn about her work in that case. Then, on Reclaiming History, Lovonia Mallory brings us to ancient Egypt with Egyptologist Dr. Solange Ashby, in part 4 of a multi-part interview. After that, HMM's Aileen Javier speaks with Sandra Goldmeer, the Area Director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for the Capital Region, about how the AFSP ensures that the resources provided are culturally relevant and equitable available for People of Color. Then, Mark Dunlea speaks with Dr. Steve Auerback of the Metro Chapter of Physicians for a National Health program, in advance of the Saturday, July 24th rallies in support of Medicare for All. And to close out the show, Elizabeth Press speaks with Atsushi Akera and Rio Riera Arbogast about their plans for Cafe Euphoria, a new trans-owned and operated cafe coming to Troy.

Season 1 | Episode 19 | June 16, 2021In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson hosts  Patricia Ryan, RN, MSN, CCRP, the Cardiac Rehabilitation program coordinator at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC). Ryan earned her bachelor's in nursing from Hartwick College in New York and her master's in nursing from Drexel University in Pennsylvania. She has worked at SVMC for 31 years, serving in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Department for 27 of those. She is a certified American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Professional, a board member for the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls, and a Vermont Cardiac Network board member. Underwriter: Mack Molding

This week on The Gazette, Nearly a week after it was due, Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York State’s legislative leaders have announced the final agreement on a $212 billion budget deal. Our political observer Dr. Alan Chartock shares his thoughts on the budget. U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand hosted a roundtable discussion with community leaders and advocates Monday in Hoosick Falls. She provided details on new legislation intended to address PFAS contamination and require medical monitoring for those affected by pollution. (more…)

Judith Enck is founder of Beyond Plastics and a Senior Fellow and Visiting Faculty member at Bennington College, as well as a former Regional Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for New York, New Jersey, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. In this episode Judith explains how advocacy, education, legislation, and individual action are all part of reducing plastic pollution in water. She discusses how the coronavirus pandemic impacted the amount of single-use plastic and lists several films that tell the story of plastics. Judith also talks about PFAS pollution in Hoosick Falls, NY, hurricane recovery and resilience, and damaging changes to water policy under the Trump administration. The waterloop podcast is brought to you by High Sierra Showerheads, the smart and stylish way to save water, energy, and money while enjoying a powerful shower. Use promo code waterloop for 20 percent off at www.highsierrashowerheads.com

In the second episode of our series: Legends and Lore of the Empire State, A New York Minute In History explores the mystery of the inspiration for Natty Bumppo, one of the most recognizable characters from James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales series. A trip to Hoosick Falls wouldn't be complete without a drive down Main […]

Seth Siegel is the author of Troubled Water: What's Wrong With What We Drink. In this episode Seth discusses why he opened the book with the story of PFAS pollution in Hoosick Falls, the concept that chemicals are considered innocent to public health until proven guilty, and the state of drinking water science. He explains the problems with EPA's oversight of drinking water quality and the Safe Drinking Water Act. Seth talks about a variety of ways to improve drinking water including a technology leap, an improvement fund, and vouchers for low-income people. This episode of waterloop is brought to you by High Sierra Showerheads, the smart, stylish choice for conserving water, energy, and money while enjoying an invigorating shower. Use promo code waterloop for 20 percent off at www.highsierrashowerheads.com

Make-A-Wish Ambassador Luke Hoag, delivered 77,000 letters to Macy's on Friday to raise money for Make-A-Wish.

But not in Gloversville...

  Michelle Baker talks about the EPA hearings in Hoosick Falls click the link below to hear the interaview http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cynpooler/2016/10/26/michele-baker-talks-about-the-epa-hearings-in-hoosick-falls    

Shaun Francis, candidate for the NYS Senate talks about the PFOA hearings in Hoosick Falls

Retired Pathologist Ward Stone talks about the PFOA problems in Hoosick Falls

Michele Baker talks about the water crisis in Hoosick Falls

Three companies blamed for the pollution of water supplies in and around the Rensselaer County village of Hoosick Falls have agreed to pay $65 million to settle a federal lawsuit in a deal that still needs court approval. We speak with Mayor Rob Allen. And we get an update on PFAS contamination in Rockland County's water.