ITHACA, July 28, 2018 — Harmful algal blooms, or HABs, on Cayuga Lake have come earlier and more often than…
As EPA Backs Off Coal Waste Regulation, Volunteers Step In to Sample Creek Water
LANSING, July 23, 2018 — As the federal government takes a giant step backwards in regulating wastes from burning coal,…
DEC Kills Crestwood’s Plan to Store LPG Next to Seneca Lake — Ending 8-Year Fight
ALBANY, July 12, 2018 — The state’s top environmental regulator on Thursday halted a controversial gas storage project proposed for…
Cuomo’s Conflicting Interests Collide Over Plan to Repower Cayuga Plant
LANSING, July 3, 2018 — An affiliate of the politically-connected Blackstone Group seeks to convert one of the two coal-fired…
Axing Incinerator Bill: A Victory for Elite Donor to Cuomo, a Defeat for ‘NIMBYs’
ROCHESTER, June 22, 2018 — The attorney for a Rochester company seeking to build a garbage incinerator in Romulus has…
NYS Legislature Adjourns Before Assembly Votes on Incinerator Bill
ALBANY, June 21, 2018 — The New York State Legislature adjourned Wednesday without voting on a bill aimed at derailing…
DO or DIE Today for Romulus Incinerator Bill — Where’s Joe Morelle?
ALBANY, June 20,2018 — There are countless ways to kill a high-stakes bill in the New York State Legislature, and…
Keuka Outlet Fouls Drinking Water, Fuels Toxic Algae — Critics Blast DEC for Half-Measures, ‘Zombie Permits’
KEUKA OUTLET, June 18, 2018 — Along the waterfront near Dresden, residents don’t dare drink their tap water, which is…
Restart of Greenidge Power Plant Hinged on DEC Downplaying Toxic Landfill
DRESDEN, June 12, 2018 — A coal ash landfill next to the Greenidge Generation power plant continues to discharge heavy…
Ignoring Cuomo and Schumer, Incinerator Backers Sue Romulus
GENEVA, May 30, 2018 — Backers of a proposal to build the state’s largest trash incinerator in Romulus have filed…
