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Ontario Landfill Systems Damaged by November Landslide Won’t Be Fixed for Another Two Months, Casella Tells DEC

STANLEY, Mar. 13, 2024 — Damages to gas extraction and leachate control systems caused by a landslide four months ago … More

Firm Planning Drilling Spree in Southern Tier Goes Silent as Lawmakers Seek to Ban Use of CO2 in Quest for Gas

(UPDATED WITH THE LATEST STATUS OF BILLS SEEKING TO BLOCK CO2 GAS DRILLING) BINGHAMTON, Feb. 26, 2024 — The scientists … More

Neighbors of High Acres Landfill Renew Odor Complaints in Green Amendment Case, Rebutting DEC and Letitia James

PERINTON, Feb. 23, 2024 — Do courts have authority to rule on whether the state’s failure to abate air pollution … More

Seggos Quitting as DEC Commissioner After 8-Year Tenure, Leaving Mixed Environmental Legacy in Finger Lakes

ALBANY, Feb. 22, 2024 — Basil Seggos confirmed late yesterday that he’s stepping down as Commissioner of the state Department … More

While Gravel-Filled Trucks Must Pass Dangerous Curve, DEC Doesn’t Require Truck Traffic Analysis for Gravel Mine Expansion

WATKINS GLEN, Feb. 19, 2024 — What does a 1948 Bugatti 35A race car have in common with a dump … More

DEC’s Insistence on Feb. 28 Cutoff for Comments on Gravel Mine Seen as Part of 16-Year Pattern of Obstructing Citizens

(UPDATED at 12:45 p.m. Feb. 19 with letter from Schuyler County’s state Legislators demanding a 90-day extension of the DEC’s … More

Casella Sues Town of Thurston to Try to Annul Local Law Banning the Spread of Municipal Sewage Sludge on Fields

THURSTON, Feb. 16, 2024 — A unit of Casella Waste Systems Inc. filed suit late yesterday against the Town of … More

DEC Kept Local Officials in the Dark for 16 Years As It Weighed Versions of Plans to Expand Padua Ridge Gravel Mine

(Updated with Schuyler County Legislature vote). WATKINS GLEN, Feb. 12, 2024 — On the eve of two state-sponsored public hearings … More

DEC to Cargill: Give Us Detailed Reports on Potential Dangers of New Storage Site for Water Leaking Into Cayuga Salt Mine

LANSING, Jan. 18, 2024 — State regulators late yesterday renewed their bid to obtain consultant reports from Cargill Inc. that … More

Padua Ridge Sand and Gravel Mine Next to Watkins Glen State Park Proposes to Quintuple in Size; February Hearings Set

WATKINS GLEN, Jan. 11, 2024 — The owner of the 14.3-acre Padua Ridge sand and gravel mine that abuts the Watkins … More

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