Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Attorney seeking to strengthen Article X Energy Law accused of acting as a lobbyist for anti-wind groups

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By JAEGUN LEE
TIMES STAFF WRITER


TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012

An environmental attorney who is pushing for tougher restrictions on wind development in New York’s Article X energy law is asking several north country towns to endorse his recommendations to the state Public Service Commission.

But some supporters of wind development are accusing the attorney, Gary A. Abraham of Allegany, of acting as an undercover lobbyist for anti-wind groups because of his past associations with the Wind Power Ethics Group, Cape Vincent, and the Environmentally Concerned Citizens Organization, Clayton.

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