COHOES, Nov. 24, 2020 — Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Monday that permanently bans the burning of toxic firefighting … 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.
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 … More
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 … 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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
