ROCHESTER, Sept. 15, 2018 — Joseph Morelle, Majority Leader of the State Assembly and a candidate for Congress in November, … 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.
EPA, DEC Shy From Ordering Cease Fire as Gun Club Shooters Shower Salmon Creek With Lead
LANSING, Sept. 12, 2018 — In defiance of a 2016 federal consent order that calls for penalties of $500 a … More
Manure Lagoon Wins Green Light Ahead of DEC’s New State Rules on CAFOs
MENTZ, Aug. 25, 2018 — Construction resumed Thursday on a controversial 10-million-gallon manure lagoon that state officials had recently ruled … More
Watkins Glen Lifts Boil-Water Order, Ending 9-Day Restriction on Tap Water
WATKINS GLEN, Aug. 24, 2018 — The Village of Watkins Glen announced at 9:50 this morning that its untreated tap … More
Watkins Glen Must Endure at Least Nine Days Without Safe Tap Water
WATKINS GLEN, Aug. 21, 2018 — A boil-water advisory that was due to expire today has been extended until at … More
Torrential rains will continue to threaten Schuyler even after $30M plant opens
WATKINS GLEN, Aug. 18, 2018 — Torrential rainstorms will continue threaten water quality in and around this village even after … More
HABs Strike Cayuga Lake Earlier Than Last Year, But No ‘High Toxins’ Yet
ITHACA, July 28, 2018 — Harmful algal blooms, or HABs, on Cayuga Lake have come earlier and more often than … More
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, … More
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 … More
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 … More
