Environmentalists celebrated a victory in New York state after an energy company tossed out a 5-year-old plan to install a facility that could have handled Canadian tar sands oil. The plan had clear environmental risks and posed a threat to area residents. After resistance from environmental groups and the public, Global Companies decided to abandon the plan. Erin Doran, senior attorney at Riverkeeper, an environmental organization devoted to protecting the Hudson River, said in a statement, “The proposal threatened the health of neighboring communities and would have placed the Hudson River at a greater risk for a disastrous oil spill.” Massachusetts-based Global Companies had requested boilers capable of handling heavy crude at the Port of Albany back in 2013 — Times Union pointed out the company did not indicate the facility would be used for tar sands oil, although it could have — and a legal battle ensued.

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