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...CRIMSON deserves praise for recognizing the significance of the U.S. Court of Appeals decision on the proposed Con Edison Power Plant. However, the comments by Mr. Hugh M. Raup, who was "following the legal battle with interest," deserve some clarification. Throughout the legal battle to block the power plant, the lack of a strong position from Harvard University, which owns the property, has been noticeable. Has Mr. Raup given the Con Edison proposal the careful study it demands if its full implications are to be understood? Has Mr. Raup spent much time in the Harvard Black Rock Forest...
...resident of the area, the comment that the "230 acres would not significantly affect the 2700 acre forest" indicates a superficial knowledge of the forest. Contrary to Mr. Raup's opinion, the area to be taken over by Con Edison is of drastic significance to the woodland. The face of Storm King Mountain, White Horse Mountain, and considerable acreage in the Black Rock area were to be sacrificed for a "reservoir." The term reservoir is used only in connection with pure water, but in fact the water will be saline and polluted. Furthermore, Con Edison itself admits that it could...
...Con Ed spokesmen have not indicated whether they will bring their case before the FPC again or appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court...
Reservoir for Con...
...three-judge court ruled that the Federal Power Commission had not given adequate consideration to alternative proposals before it licensed the Con Ed plant and ordered the FPC to hold further hearings and reconsider its stand...