NEW SCOTLAND — Nearly a year after four companies vied to build transmission lines across the state — including in New Scotland, Bethlehem, and Guilderland — to increase electricity for the New York City metro area, projects are in the works downstate to increase energy production by 10 times the am

A fox uses the Earth's magnetic fields to home in on its prey, diving for a mouse through feet of snow. As we selfish human beings consider power-line proposals, we must be wary of messing with nature.