{"id":68066,"date":"2016-05-05T08:20:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T12:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=68066"},"modified":"2016-05-04T19:14:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T23:14:11","slug":"magee-works-to-protect-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=68066","title":{"rendered":"Magee works to protect environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33907\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=33907\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33907\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33907 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Bill-Magee-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Magee\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Magee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Assemblyman Bill Magee (D-Nelson) announced that he helped pass a package of legislation designed to protect our children and communities from dangerous pollutants. Magee\u2019s support of these measures builds on his commitment to protection our region\u2019s quality of life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProtecting our region\u2019s air, soil and water is a priority we all share,\u201d said Magee. \u201cThe state budget invests millions to protect the environment and these bills we passed today will help keep toxic materials out of the hands of children and our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To ensure that children\u2019s products are safe for our kids, Magee supported a bill to restrict the use of dangerous chemicals in products meant for children (<a href=\"http:\/\/assembly.state.ny.us\/leg\/?bn=a5612\" target=\"_blank\">A.5612-A<\/a>). He also supported a bill to create stricter standards for lamps containing mercury <!--more-->(<a href=\"http:\/\/assembly.state.ny.us\/leg\/?bn=a5844\" target=\"_blank\">A.5844-A<\/a>). Medical research has shown that exposure to high levels of mercury can have severe health effects that include neurological damage, particularly for children and infants. Mercury released into the environment can impact fisheries, leading to restrictions on consumption of fish.<\/p>\n<p>Another proposal would keep rural communities and small cities from becoming targeted by polluting industries, by requiring the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to publish a list of \u201chigh local environmental impact zones\u201d and consider various factors that contribute to an area\u2019s environmental health (<a href=\"http:\/\/assembly.state.ny.us\/leg\/?bn=a3382\" target=\"_blank\">A.3382<\/a>). A related measure would establish a permanent Environmental Justice Advisory Group and an Environmental Justice Interagency Coordinating Council within the DEC to create environmental justice policies that state agencies would then be required to adopt and abide by (<a href=\"http:\/\/assembly.state.ny.us\/leg\/?bn=a3063\" target=\"_blank\">A.3063<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Magee helped pass a state budget that contains a record $300 million for the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF). The EPF helps implement important environmental protections, including local landfill closures, recycling efforts and farmland protection. To protect water quality, the budget includes $200 million to assist local governments in fixing aging sewer and water mains. The budget also includes $31 million to fund agricultural programs, which help farmers protect soil and water quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiving in upstate, we cherish a clean and healthy environment,\u201d said Magee. \u201cThese proposed laws will keep toxic products out of people\u2019s homes and help ensure our region doesn\u2019t become a dumping ground for polluting industries. It builds on our region\u2019s commitment to a healthy environment for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assemblyman Bill Magee (D-Nelson) announced that he helped pass a package of legislation designed to protect our children and communities from dangerous pollutants. Magee\u2019s support of these measures builds on his commitment to protection our region\u2019s quality of life. \u201cProtecting our region\u2019s air, soil and water is a priority we all share,\u201d said Magee. \u201cThe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}