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Advocates Concerned That State Raids on Environmental Fund Have Drained its Resources

By Pat Bradley

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Albany, NY – Environmentalists are expressing concerns over New York's fund that provides money for preserving open space, recycling, clean water and landfill programs, farmland preservation and other conservation programs. The advocates say the Environmental Protection Fund is virtually insolvent because the Paterson Administration has been raiding it to offset other spending. WAMC North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.