BCAN IN THE MEDIA
Check out all of BCAN's press mentions, interviews with the media, and podcast conversations below!
Press Highlights
2023
Hudson Valley Press: "Beacon Hosts Second Annual Taproots Festival"
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Highlands Current: "Local Residents Mobilize to Aid Migrants"
Highlands Current: "Then, Now & How (Part 3)"
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Beaconites! Podcast: "Building a climate movement in Beacon, with Thomas Wright and Erin Ashoka"
Radio Kingston: "Our New Neighbors are Welcome"
The Highlands Current: "Asylum-Seekers Enter Divided Country"
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Well + Good: "How Community Activism Is Saving Me From My Climate Despair"
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Spectrum News 1: Beacon shifts to electric-only new construction by 2024
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WAMC: "City of Beacon one of first in New York to ban new natural gas installations"
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The Highlands Current: "Beacon Makes Electric History"
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Times Union: "Beacon requires new buildings be gas-free starting in 2024"
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News12 Hudson Valley: "Beacon becomes first community to ban fossil fuels in new buildings"
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Mid Hudson News: "Beacon adopts all-electric construction law"
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Politco: "Transition costs hit utility bills"
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The Highlands Current: Beacon Council Seeks Feedback
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2022
Spectrum News: "Group wants to ban gas-burning appliances in new Beacon buildings"
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Times Union: "Beacon introduces bill to ban gas heating, appliances in new buildings"
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The Highlands Current: "Gas-Free Beacon?"
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The Highlands Current: "Living Green: Close to Home"
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The Highlands Current: "Beacon Council Members to Propose Gas Ban"
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Mid Hudson News: "Environmentalists rally on anniversary of DEC halt of new Danskammer (VIDEO)"
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