LANSING, Jan. 9, 2023 — Cargill Inc. is seeking the state’s permission to add a new 150-acre underground storage area … More
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Cargill’s Application to Amend its Permit to Mine Under Cayuga Lake is Treated as a State Secret 7 Months After it was Filed
LANSING, Jan. 4, 2024 — In June, Cargill Inc. filed an application to modify its state permit to mine salt … More
NY’s Green Amendment is a Useless Tool for Enforcing Odor Rules at High Acres Landfill, Attorney General James Argues
PERINTON, Jan. 2, 2024 — People who live near a giant waste dump that stinks can’t rely on New York … More
PFAS Nine Times Higher in Water From Sites Adjacent to Fields Spread With Sewage Sludge, Sierra Club Tests Show
THURSTON, Dec. 21, 2023 — Water wells, streams and ponds adjacent to fields spread with municipal sewage sludge have levels … More
Is Proposal to Store CO2 in Southern Tier Gas Wells New York State’s Clean Energy Future … or Just Another Gas Bubble?
BINGHAMTON, Dec. 6, 2023 — The promoter of a multi-billion-dollar plan to drill thousands of gas wells in the Southern … More
While Cargill Shops Its Cayuga Salt Mine, A Proposed Senate Bill Would Require New Financial Assurance Regulations
LANSING, Nov. 29, 2023 — The potential sale of Cargill’s huge salt mine under Cayuga Lake has prompted new state … More
Proposed Bath Waste Facility Threatens Region’s Public Drinking Water, Sierra Club Says; Comment Period Ends Dec. 1
BATH, Nov. 20, 2023 — A planned waste disposal facility in Bath that would accept municipal sewage sludge and industrial … More
Cause ‘Unknown’ of Landslide at Ontario County Landfill; No Injuries Reported and No Waste Was Said to Escape Facility
SENECA, Nov. 19, 2023 — Casella Waste Systems Inc. has made “significant progress in moving soil over the weekend” at … More
Plan for Gas Drilling Spree in Southern Tier Draws Muted Response from DEC, State Reps; But Green Groups Outraged
BINGHAMTON, Nov. 17, 2023 — An ambitious plan to turn three Southern Tier counties into a vast energy hub pockmarked … More
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