READING, May 22, 2018 — In response to fresh evidence of salt cavern leaks, Crestwood says it will conduct a new … More
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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.
Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in Romulus
ALBANY, May 15, 2018 — Gov. Andrew Cuomo today strongly condemned plans for a proposed $365 million garbage-burning incinerator in Romulus, … More
Cargill Trying for TKO in Cayuga Salt Mine Lawsuit — Legally, Nothing Compares With Hand Delivery
ITHACA, May 8, 2018 — Over the past two decades, Cargill Inc. has used a series of legal maneuvers to … More
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
