COHOES, Nov. 24, 2020 — Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Monday that permanently bans the burning of toxic firefighting…
Fish Aren’t Biting in Seneca Lake; Will Greenidge’s Planned Bitcoin Mining Expansion Make Matters Worse?
DRESDEN, Nov. 13, 2020— A local fisherman is urging Torrey town officials to consider the declining state of Seneca Lake’s…
Angelica Voters Approve Plans to Expand Casella’s Hyland into New York State’s 4th Largest Municipal Solid Waste Landfill
ANGELICA, Nov. 6, 2020 — Voters in Allegany County have given Casella Waste Services Inc. the green light to more…
Syracuse Seeks a State Permit to Apply Algae-Killing Pesticide to Skaneateles Lake, Its Source of Drinking Water
SKANEATELES, Nov. 2, 2020 — In a bid to protect its public drinking water from algal bloom toxins, the City…
Mysteriously, Toxic Algae Took It Easy on Seneca Lake This Year; Cayuga, Owasco, Canandaigua All Got Slammed Again
VILLAGE OF CAYUGA, Oct. 23, 2020 — On the morning of July 4, Cayuga Lake’s first suspected harmful algal bloom…
Schuyler Legislators Vote 7-1 to Urge DEC to Probe Proposed Cayuta Waste Site; Sen. O’Mara Wants Answers on Traffic
MONTOUR FALLS, Oct. 14, 2020 — The Schuyler County Legislature voted 7-1 last night for a resolution opposing a state…
DEC Says Mente Didn’t Jump the Gun Constructing Storage Building Last Year, But Early Earth-Moving Was ‘Violation’
CAYUTA, Oct. 12, 2020 — The 2019 construction of a green storage building on the site of a proposed waste…
Schuyler Legislature Will Consider Resolution Against Cayuta Waste Plan Application; SLG Pushes for Moratorium
CAYUTA, Oct. 2, 2020 — The Schuyler County Legislature is expected to consider on Oct. 13 efforts to modify or…
DEC Probes Building at Proposed Cayuta Waste Facility; Mente Says Waste Trucks Won’t Travel North to Seneca Meadows
CAYUTA, Sept. 22, 2020 — The state Department of Environmental Conservation is investigating a building on the site of a…
Yates County Residents Encourage DEC to Modify or Revoke Greenidge’s Permits Over Its Plan to Expand Bitcoin Mining
DRESDEN, Sept. 21, 2020 — A group of Yates County residents has asked state environmental regulators to modify, suspend or…
