Green groups say this is Cuomo's 'Keystone moment'

By KELLY FAY

As the state considers two projects that would expand the presence of crude oil, local and national environmental groups are demanding a comprehensive study and public review be conducted by the industry to determine the safety and health impact of increased oil transportation in New York.

Global Partners LP — a Fortune 500-ranked company specializing in the transportation of crude oil — has proposed expanding operations at a facility in the Port of Albany to heat crude oil and redeveloping an old industrial shipyard in New Windsor into a rail station for carrying oil. The plan would, for the first time in New York, allow the import and heating of Canadian tar sands oil — the oil is exceptionally thick, requiring it be heated before use. The material would then be shipped on the Hudson River.

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