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...private communication, Pusey reaffirmed this stance, saying: "There has been no change in Harvard's attitude about Black Rock Forest. We have no desire to have land under our trusteeship used for the purposes proposed by Con...
According to several environmentalists and scientists, alternatives to the proposed pumped storage plant do exist. Rising construction costs have made the Con Ed plan more and more economically unfeasible, environmentalists argue. They say that other methods of generation, such as gas turbines, would prove to be more satisfactory both economically and ecologically...
...report, issued in late January 1973, noted that several problems remained unresolved--and even added a new issue to opponents' arguments, that of public safety. But at the same time, it recommended "that Harvard take no active steps to attempt to prevent construction...such as refusing to sell to Con Ed the 240 acres of the Black Rock that will be flooded by the storage reservoir or by presenting this land to the Palisades Interstate State Park before Con Ed can obtain ownership...
...University reacted to the decision with a bit of panic and paranoia, since the University has not yet decided whether to cooperate with the power company. The idea of selling the land to Con Ed caused considerable controversy both in the University and around it, since the building of the power project has been tied up in battles with environmentalists for the last ten years...
...University has still made no decision on the sale of the land Con Ed wants...