ALBANY, Nov. 28, 2020 — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday vetoed a bill to protect 41,000 miles of New York … 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.
In First Step Against PFAS Air Pollution, Cuomo Signs Bill Banning Incineration of Toxic Firefighting Foam in Cohoes
COHOES, Nov. 24, 2020 — Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Monday that permanently bans the burning of toxic firefighting … More
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
