ALBANY, Apr. 26, 2024 — The state’s latest health advisories on eating freshwater fish downplay the dangers of PFAS “forever … More
Author: Peter Mantius
Greenidge Generation Shares Tumble After Release of Annual Report; Bitcoin ‘Halving’ Could Make Matters Worse
DRESDEN, Apr. 19, 2024 — Shares of Greenidge Generation Holdings LLC common stock have lost 30 percent of their value … More
Plan to Expand Gravel Mine Leaves Watkins Glen State Park Vulnerable, Regional Parks Manager Tells DEC
WATKINS GLEN, Apr. 17, 2024 — The latest plan to quintuple the size of the Padua Ridge gravel mine is … More
My Comment to DEC on Gravel Mine’s Proposal to Expand Five-Fold: Agency Should Reject Plan, Enforce Reclamation
I submitted this comment today to the State Department of Environmental Conservation on the proposed expansion of the Padua Ridge … More
DEC Is Considering Permit Loophole That Would Give Mine’s Owner Carte Blanche to Delay or Skip Reclamation
WATKINS GLEN, Apr. 12, 2024 — For 14 years, the state Department of Environmental Conservation stood firmly on the need … More
O’Mara, Palmesano Declare Opposition to Plan to Expand Padua Ridge Gravel Mine in Letter to DEC’s Basil Seggos
WATKINS GLEN, Apr. 12, 2024 — Long non-committal on a proposal to quintuple the size of the Padua Ridge gravel … More
Photos Show Gravel Mine Sediment Washes Into Drainage Ditch Designed to Protect Watkins Glen From Flooding
WATKINS GLEN, Apr. 10, 2024 — The drainage ditch that serves as the Village of Watkins Glen’s first line of … More
After Repeatedly Fining Gravel Pit Owner for Mining Outside the Law, DEC Weighs Plan to Quintuple His Permitted Site
WATKINS GLEN, Apr. 4, 2024 — Three state inspectors dropped by the Padua Ridge gravel mine on cold, cloudy December … More
Thurston Faces Uphill Battle Defending Its Sewage Sludge Ban; Will State Officials Heed Town’s Warning of PFAS Risks?
THURSTON, Mar. 29, 2024 — Legal precedent is not on the side of the Town of Thurston as it prepares … More
Lawsuit Against Seneca Meadows and DEC Seeks to Block Landfill’s Expansion Over Odors That Violate Green Amendment
ALBANY, Mar 25, 2024 — A lawsuit filed today against Seneca Meadows Inc. and the state Department of Environmental Conservation … More