{"id":291900,"date":"2026-07-09T23:02:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T23:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/291900\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T23:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T23:02:26","slug":"the-case-for-updating-new-yorks-geological-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/291900\/","title":{"rendered":"The case for updating New York\u2019s geological office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Photo1_Credit_Alpha-Geoscience-e1783603193130.jpg\" width=\"1896\" height=\"1137\" class=\"wp-image-0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The case for updating New York\u2019s geological office<\/p>\n<p>The case for updating New York\u2019s geological office<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/author\/david-lombardo\/\" title=\"Posts by David Lombardo\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Lombardo<\/a>Published On: July 9th, 2026Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolpressroom.org\/category\/pressroom\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Capitol Pressroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>July 9, 2026- We talked with New York State Council of Professional Geologists Executive Director John Nadeau about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2025\/A5622\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">legislation<\/a> reshuffling the state\u2019s geological survey bureau and creating a state geologist post in order to make New York eligible for federal geology funds. We also consider how many geologists the state should have on staff.<\/p>\n<p>Listen On<\/p>\n<p> .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 30 !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-nested-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-nested-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-nested-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-nested-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}]]><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-capitol-pressroom\/id688403198\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Untitled design (16)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" 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