ALBANY, Nov. 11 — A pair of blockbuster environmental reversals by Gov. Kathy Hochul have enraged the green community, and … More
Author: Peter Mantius
I am a journalist who lives in Watkins Glen, NY. I write about the environment and politics on my website, Waterfrontonline.blog. For more detail on my background, see the "Peter's Bio" section on that site.
WaterFront Blog Posts Will Remain Available Online Long After I Leave the Finger Lakes Scene; Check Out FL1
WATKINS GLEN, Dec. 6, 2024 — WaterFront blog posts will continue to be available through online searches because I have … More
Adios, Amigos! We’re Leaving the Finger Lakes for Massachusetts and I’m Closing Down the WaterFront Blog After 7 Years
WATKINS GLEN, Dec. 5, 2024 — I will be closing down the WaterFront blog later this month because Laura and … More
Judge Annuls DEC’s Denial of Greenidge Air Permit; Dresden Plant, Bitcoin Mine Free to Run Pending Further Proceedings
DRESDEN, Nov. 14, 2024 — A judge today annulled the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s denial of an air emissions … More
Seneca Meadows-Funded Report Challenging WaterFront Article on Lung Cancer Rates Cherry-Picks Data, Bungles Facts
SENECA FALLS, Nov. 3, 2024 — In an effort to defuse an issue that could interfere with Seneca Meadows Inc.’s … More
Greenidge Can Continue Mining Bitcoin in Dresden at Least Until Nov. 14, When Judge Will Rule on DEC Shutdown Order
PENN YAN, Oct. 29, 2024 — At a hearing in Yates County Supreme Court this morning, Judge Vincent Dinolfo committed … More
Survival of Dresden Plant at Stake Tomorrow When Greenidge Argues for Injunction to Block State Closure Order
DRESDEN, Oct. 28, 2024 — Greenidge Generation LLC plans to make its closing arguments in Yates County Supreme Court tomorrow … More
Three Seneca Army Depot Streams Had Most Elevated Levels of PFAS in Tests of Surface Water Around Seneca Lake
ROMULUS, Oct. 25, 2024 — Recent tests for PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in water drawn from several sites in Seneca Lake … More
Toxic Blooms in Finger Lakes Set Record in 2024; Owasco Lake Called Region’s ‘Canary in the Coal Mine’ for HABs
AUBURN, Oct. 23, 2024 — Blooms of toxic cyanobacteria “exploded” across the Finger Lakes this worst-ever season, as Seneca, Canandaigua, … More
Influential Energy Lobbyist Argues Greenidge’s Dresden Plant is Vital to State Electric Grid and Must Remain Open
DRESDEN, Oct. 14, 2024 — In a last-minute bid to save Greenidge Generation’s Dresden power plant from a state order … More
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