SEVERNE POINT, July 2, 2022 — A day after the state Department of Environmental Conservation denied Greenidge Generation an air…
Greenidge’s Bitcoin Operation on Seneca Lake Loses its Bid for New Air Emissions Permit, Jeopardizing its Future Operation
DRESDEN, June 30, 2022 —The state Department of Environmental Conservation today denied Greenidge Generation LLC’s application to renew its Title…
Hochul Must Put Finger Lakes Ahead of Campaign Fundraising and Deny Air Permit for Greenidge’s Bitcoin Operation
This article includes opinions based on my seven years of reporting on Greenidge Generation’s restart, conversion to natural gas power…
Cargill Begins Flooding Its 3d Largest Salt Mine; MSHA Regulators Silent About 2020 Roof Collapse That Killed 2 Miners
AVERY ISLAND, LA, June 9, 2022 — As court petitioners and geologic experts warn that Cargill’s salt mining under Cayuga…
Cryptocurrency Mining Bill Approved After Surprising Early-Morning Senate Vote; Industry Lobbying Campaign Fails
(This post was updated June 5, 2022 with new details.) ALBANY, June 3, 2022 — The New York State Legislature…
Are Proposed State PFAS Regulations a ‘Grand Leap Forward’ or an Example of ‘Excessive Regulatory Caution’?
ALBANY, May 3, 2022 — New York is poised to take what one senior state official called “a grand leap…
Public Comments DEC Needed Months to Review Ran 100-to-1 Against Permit For Greenidge’s Bitcoin Operation
DRESDEN, April 26, 2022 — Nearly 4,000 public comments on Greenidge Generation’s bid to renew a state air emissions permit…
Neighbors of Hakes Landfill ‘Fly Blind’ as DEC Lets Casella Hold Back Documents Detailing its Planned 43-Acre Expansion
PAINTED POST, Apr. 14, 2022 — State officials have set final ground rules for an environmental impact review of a…
DEC Delays Ruling (Again) on Air Permit for Greenidge’s Bitcoin Operation; Did Hochul ‘Punt’ Until After June Primary?
This article was first published by New York Focus ALBANY, Apr. 1, 2022 — Facing a major test on how…
Seneca Meadows Won’t Close in 2025, Black Assures Landfill’s Hudson Valley Waste Client; But Local Law Says It Must
(See a clarification to this story posted on Apr. 15, 2022 on this website’s Corrections and Clarifications Page) SENECA FALLS,…