Greenidge’s Warm Water Discharges Heated Seneca Lake Beyond State Limits; But DEC Waiver Excuses Violations

DRESDEN, Oct. 7, 2022 — Massive discharges of warmed water from the Greenidge Generation power plant into Keuka Outlet and…

DOH Finally Publishes Draft PFAS Rules; Advocates Say They Ignore EPA’s Recent Health Warning and Current Science

ALBANY, Oct. 6, 2022 — The state Department of Health published draft rules Wednesday on drinking water limits for 23…

DRESDEN, Oct. 1, 2022 — The Greenidge Generation power plant missed its Sept. 30 state deadline to install fish screens…

DRESDEN, Sept. 24, 2022 — Shares of Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. closed below $2 for the first time Friday, as…

ALBANY, Sept. 21, 2022 —The state Department of Health continues to ignore its June 19 legal deadline for announcing draft…

DRESDEN, Aug. 29, 2022 — Sediment highly contaminated with mercury, lead, PCBs and pesticides lies only a few yards away…

SKANEATELES, Aug. 18, 2022 — Widespread outbreaks of toxic cyanobacteria were reported across the Finger Lakes this week, including the…

DRESDEN, Aug. 9, 2022 — For more than five years, Greenidge Generation has skirted a federal law that requires power…

(This article has been updated with a comment from a Cargill spokesman, provided one day after the article was first…

DUNDEE, Aug. 3, 2022 — Plans to build a concrete batching plant on agricultural land on the border of Yates…