ITHACA, May 8, 2018 — Over the past two decades, Cargill Inc. has used a series of legal maneuvers to … 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.
Court Declares State Rules for Mega-Farms Illegal, Orders Rewrite — Manure From CAFOs May Spur HABs
ALBANY, May 1, 2018 — The state must rewrite a portion of its manure control program for giant dairy farms … More
Nixon Blasts Cuomo for not Killing Incinerator, LPG Storage Projects
GENEVA — Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon announced her opposition Thursday to two proposed industrial projects that have drawn widespread opposition … More
Does Albany Have the Will to Protect Finger Lakes from Giant Trash Burner?
A proposal to build the state’s largest trash incinerator in Romulus is now testing whether state government has the political … More
Bills in State Senate, Assembly Would Derail Incinerator Permitting Process
A matching pair of new bills in the state Legislature — one sponsored by Republicans in the Senate, the other … More
3 State Legislators to Gov. Cuomo: Romulus Incinerator ‘Must Be Stopped’
A waste incinerator proposed for the town of Romulus would have “horrific” long- and short-term consequences for the Finger Lakes … More
Hours After CPV’s Major Appeals Court Win, Jury Deadlocks on Bribery Charge Against CPV Exec
New York State’s authority over natural gas pipeline permitting suffered a major blow Mar. 12 when a federal appeals court … More
Attorney Extracted ‘Renewable Energy’ Label for Proposed Incinerator, But at a High Price
Over the nine months leading up to the public unveiling of plans to build the state’s largest waste incinerator in … More
DEC Overlooks Red Flags for Radioactivity in Landfill Leachate
CAMPBELL, Jan. 23, 2018 — Red flags for dangerously high levels of radioactivity appear in leachate samples from a Southern … More
WHAT RADIOACTIVITY? Hakes Landfill Wants More Fracking Waste Imports
CAMPBELL, Jan. 12, 2018 — The state Department of Environmental Conservation this week formally invited oral and written comments on … More
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