THURSTON, Dec. 13, 2022 — New York regulators continue to shrug off mounting evidence that effluent and sewage sludge from … More
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Seneca Meadows Landfill Tells Green Group to Yank Defamatory Criticism From Its Website; SLG Says ‘No, We Won’t be Bullied’
SENECA FALLS, Dec. 12, 2022 — A Manhattan attorney representing Seneca Meadows Inc. landfill has demanded that Seneca Lake Guardian, … More
New York’s New Cryptomining Law Will Spotlight Industry’s Massive Energy Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions
ALBANY, Nov. 29, 2022 — The state’s new cryptocurrency law won’t impede either of New York’s two fossil fuel-powered Bitcoin … More
Greenidge Sounds New Alarms About Its Financial Condition in SEC Filing, Says Cash Expected to Run Out in March
DRESDEN, Nov. 15, 2022 — Greenidge Generation LLC reported a net loss of $23.1 million for the three months ended … More
Casella Poised to Spread Sewage Sludge Over Hundreds of Acres in Steuben as Maine Bans Practice Due to Tainted Milk
THURSTON, Nov. 8, 2022 — A unit of Casella Waste Systems Inc. has acquired or leased 2,789 acres from a … More
DEC Slaps Casella and Ontario County With $500,000 Fine for Air and Water Quality Violations From 2015 to 2022
SENECA, Nov. 3, 2022 — Casella Waste Services and Ontario County have agreed to pay a $500,000 fine and take … More
Finger Lakes Republicans United Against Popular Environmental Bond Issue on Ballot as ‘Proposal 1’
ALBANY, Nov. 1, 2022 — Voters will decide Nov. 8 whether to approve the issuance of $4.2 billion in state … More
DEC Declined to Provide Updated Air Emissions Data From Greenidge Before Public Hearings on Firm’s Air Permit
(UPDATE, 5 p.m., Oct. 25, 2022: The DEC provided two emailed responses Tuesday to WaterFront’s Sept. 27 FOIL request for … More
Farmland Runoff, Intense Storms Raise Phosphorus Loads That Drive HABs in Seneca-Keuka Watershed, 9E Study Finds
GENEVA, Oct. 22, 2022 — A comprehensive plan to cut phosphorus pollution in the Seneca-Keuka Watershed won final state approval … More
Leachate from Seneca Meadows Blamed for ‘Sewer Gas’ Stench Incident in May; One Firm Asks: How Dangerous Was It?
WATERLOO, Oct. 18, 2022 — On May 3, Seneca Falls town officials ordered the Seneca Meadows Inc. landfill to stop … More
