Seneca Meadows A law that requires the state’s largest landfill to close in 2025 is on much firmer ground after … More
Author: Peter Mantius
Will Seneca Meadows Close in 2025? Check Nov. 7 Election Results
The state’s largest landfill is battling local efforts to force its closing in 2025, and its chances of success may … More
Crestwood Will Retain Rights to Store Gas and LPG After Planned $225M Sale of U.S. Salt
{THIS STORY WAS UPDATED AT 2:30 p.m. Oct. 31. An earlier version incorrectly stated that Crestwood was abandoning it’s natural … More
Where Eagles Dare: Watkins Glen Treatment Plant Back on Fast Track
A proposed $30 million wastewater treatment plant in Watkins Glen has cleared its biggest environmental and financial hurdles and is … More
CUOMO vs. TRUMP: The Great New York State Pipeline Battle
The fate of natural gas pipeline development in New York State hangs in the balance of a impending legal showdown … More
Wineries to Cuomo: Crestwood Has New Alternatives to Seneca LPG Storage
In recent weeks, Crestwood has developed practical alternatives to its plan to store LPG in unlined caverns next to Seneca … More
STINKING IT UP — Garbage, Methane and Foul Politics in Seneca Falls
Seneca Meadows Inc. Operates Under a State Air Quality Permit That Expired in 2012 In Seneca Falls, homeowners slam their … More
Cayuga Lake Reports First Algal Toxins; Blooms Recede, but Dangers Linger
High toxins from cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, were recently confirmed for the first time in Cayuga Lake, the sixth of … More
LPG Storage in Seneca Lake Caverns Doesn’t Require New Hearing, ALJ Rules
Public safety issues raised by community groups opposed to a plan to store liquid petroleum gas, or LPG, in unlined … More
High Toxins Confirmed in Seneca Lake and 4 Others; Testing Lab Overwhelmed
Samples of blue-green algae taken in recent days from Seneca, Skaneateles, Canandaigua, Keuka and Owasco lakes exceeded the state’s threshold … More