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Rosalyn Bandy about Energy Smart Communities- May 26th, 2017

By WRFI News Staff

Rosalyn Bandy of the Cornell Cooperative Extension talks about the concept of “energy smart communities” and why New York State Electric and Gas Company, or NYSEG, is planning on installing smart meters in Tompkins County.  She also discusses how the adoption of renewable energy techologies, such as solar power, will require New York State to…

Crestwood Discontinues Methane Storage Plans

By WRFI News Staff

  Sandra Steingraber, ecologist and activist involved in the organization, We are Seneca Lake, speaks with WRFI’s Lori Sonken about Crestwood’s announcement that the Houston-based energy company is discontinuing plans to build the natural gas storage proposal, but moving forward with its project to store propane in salt caverns beneath Seneca Lake. This interview aired…

Community Radio is YOUR Radio: Please Support WRFI

By Felix Teitelbaum

We know our listeners value independent news, information, and music that they won’t hear anywhere else. And every day, WRFI delivers great content from around the world –and from around your hometown. The times are, to say the least, uncertain. Large media outlets are more and more consolidated and less and less trusted. Funding for…

Conference on Academic Creative Writing-May 12th, 2017

By WRFI News Staff

Aaron Sachs, Professor of History at Cornell University, and organizer of the Conference on Academic Creative Writing, discusses how academics can enhance their writing on their research subject.  He talks about innovative literary techniques that can be employed in writing non-fiction books for the general public. This interview originally aired on the May 12th, 2017…

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