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Over the last year, from commenting on the "lost emails" the @NYSDEC doesn't answer when people report active eagle nesting sites at solar and wind complexes, I have come to learn a lot about the environmental agency that's turned its back on this state. To no one's surprised, they had the moose in Troy euthanized. It takes a simple Google search to learn that moose don't respond well to chemical sedation. It takes another simple Google search to learn about multiple other avenues the DEC could have taken to not kill the baby moose. But from the whistleblowing and conversations I've had with people from around the state, the public would be shocked to know the amount of animals this agency kills, off-script, even in the Adirondack Park. I understand the DEC "used to be good and full of good people." I am sure there are still good people there. But to work there, today, and stand by quietly while the DEC allows ORES to destroy hundreds of thousands of acres of habitat, grasslands, and forests for solar and wind... I don't have anything in common with you. This is the same agency that beat down a man's door to euthanize his pet squirrel. The DEC needs a complete and total overhaul and a brand new commissioner that wasn't strategically appointed by @GovKathyHochul.

I never imagined this time one-year ago, when I was ready to give it my all to save the birds at Fort Edward from Boralex, that this would become a statewide, if not nationwide, issue. I had no idea this was impacting dozens of communities and thousands of people as well. The power in all of this is that there are thousands of us. There are thousands of New Yorkers who want their home rule back. And that is exactly why this is terrifying to the Office of Renewable Energy Siting. Thank you @ChrisTague51 for the shout!