Public safety issues raised by community groups opposed to a plan to store liquid petroleum gas, or LPG, in unlined … 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.
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
FERC Trumps New York’s Denial of Water Permit for CPV Pipeline
The scandal-plagued CPV power plant project is back on track again in the Hudson Valley thanks to federal intervention that … More
Harmful Algae Blooms Threaten All 11 NY Finger Lakes — An Unwelcome Record
Even Skaneateles, Supplier of Syracuse’s Unfiltered Drinking Water, Is Finally Hit Unseasonably warm days in early and mid September have … More
Cuomo Risks Turning Cayuga Into New York’s Great Salt Lake
For decades, the state of New York has allowed a private company to mine salt deep beneath the southern third … More
Delaware Basin Mulls Fracking Ban as Trump Plans to Slash EPA Water Funding
The agency that regulates drinking water for 15 million people in the Delaware River Basin is poised to consider replacing … More
Toxic Algae’s Inexorable Gains in the Finger Lakes
Blooms of toxic algae have been reported in eight of the 11 Finger Lakes this year — the most since … More
Spotlight on a Key Pipeline Ruling
Environmental groups and a couple of Oscar-nominated actors are gleeful over the state’s decision Aug. 30 to deny a permit … More
As Preet Would Say, ‘Stay Tuned’
This first post on waterfrontonline.blog is a trial run. There’s no real news here. I’m just letting you know that … More
