BINGHAMTON, Nov. 17, 2023 — An ambitious plan to turn three Southern Tier counties into a vast energy hub pockmarked … More
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Greenidge Generation Announces New CEO, Effective Today — Five Weeks After Appointing New Chief Financial Officer
DRESDEN, Nov. 16, 2023 — The personnel merry-go-round continues to spin at Greenidge Generation, as the Bitcoin mining company announced … More
Massive Southern Tier Gas Drilling Spree Proposed; 6,500 Land Leases Sought for Plan to Extract Methane and Store CO2
BINGHAMTON, Nov. 11, 2023 — A newly formed company with Texas roots wants to drill thousands of new natural gas … More
Schmitter Coasts to Win as Seneca Falls Town Supervisor; Dyson and Puylara Gain Four-Year Seats on Town Board
SENECA FALLS, Nov. 8, 2023 — Frank Schmitter, a 64-year-old former state trooper, cruised to victory Tuesday over incumbent Michael … More
Galvanizing Plant Needs More Energy Than It First Estimated … 50 Times More; Will NYSEG Dig It a New Gas Pipeline?
ROMULUS, Nov. 6, 2023 — Developers of a hot-dip steel galvanizing plant who minimized the project’s energy needs when they … More
Texas-based Waste Giant Funds Negative Campaign Flyers in Bid to Purge Seneca Falls Town Board of Landfill Critics
SENECA FALLS, Nov. 2, 2023 — For the third straight election cycle, Texas-based Waste Connections Inc. is far outspending all … More
Farmers’ Favorite Preventive Insecticide Harms Birds, Bees and Aquatic Species; Will Hochul Sign or Veto Bill Limiting It?
ALBANY, Oct. 27, 2023 — A bill to partially ban the use of pesticide-treated seeds deadly to birds, bees and … More
Hochul Urged to Protect Cayuga Lake by Requiring $10B Bond and Safety Exam Before Allowing Cargill to Sell Salt Mine
LANSING, Oct. 25, 2023 — State and local lawmakers joined clean water advocates today in a virtual press conference to … More
Advocacy Group Linked to Landfill Buys Mailers Touting Two Candidates for Seneca Falls Board in Nov. 7 Election
SENECA FALLS, Oct. 20, 2023 — A political advocacy group linked to Seneca Meadows Inc., the state’s largest landfill, has … More
Thurston Bans Sewage Sludge Spreading, Setting Up Legal Confrontation With Casella Over Steuben County Farm Fields
THURSTON, Oct. 19, 2023 — The Thurston Town Board last night enacted a local law that bans the spreading of … More
