Saturday, March 3, 2012

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS STAGE RALLY TO JOG PATAKI'S MEMORY.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: JOHN CAHER Staff writer

ALBANY About 50 environmental activists who complain that George Pataki has turned a deaf ear to their concerns staged a rally Saturday outside the governor's mansion, while the chief executive was 150 miles away.

The governor's absence he was in New York City did nothing to deter the enthusiasm of the protestors, or their issue of the day: the proposed Ref-Fuel garbage incinerator for Green Island.

``We are here to try to beat back the incinerator in Green Island because there are better ways to handle garbage,'' said Blaise Farina of Troy, on whose city the prevailings winds could carry pollutants. ``We are …

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