ROMULUS, July 15, 2019 — While plans to build a $365 million garbage incinerator on a site at the former … More
Brace for Toxic Algae Blooms: Warm, Calm Summer After Wet Spring Means ‘Very Busy Year,’ Expert Predicts
SYRACUSE, July 6, 2019 — The first suspicious algal blooms of the season have been reported on Conesus, Honeoye, Otisco…
Vote on Bill to Close Oil & Gas Industry’s Hazardous Waste Loophole Skipped Over in Closing Hours of Legislative Session
ALBANY, June 21, 2019 — A bill to close the oil and gas industry’s hazardous waste loophole died early this…
New York’s Fracking Waste Loophole Faces Major Test
(UPDATED JUNE 20, 1:15 pm) ALBANY, June 19, 2019 — The oil and gas industry is days — perhaps hours…
Hakes Landfill’s Expansion Application Calls for New Limits on Screening for Radionuclides and No Tests for Radon
CORNING, May 31, 2019 — Hakes C&D Landfill Inc. plans to quit screening for two key markers of radioactivity in…
Cuomo Signs Into Law Bill That Bans Garbage Incinerators in Finger Lakes
ALBANY, May 24, 2019 — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo today signed into law a bill that bans development of new…
Cayuga Power Plant Wants to Shut Down, Convert to Power-Hungry Data Center
LANSING, May 17, 2019 — The Cayuga Generating Co. power plant, one of the state’s two remaining coal-fired facilities, announced…
Is Cuomo Waffling on His Opposition to Trash Incinerator in the Finger Lakes?
ROMULUS, May 14, 2019 — Two months after both chambers of the state Legislature unanimously passed a bill to ban…
Following Their Hoosick Falls Playbook, State Officials Refuse to Share Test Results From 135 PFAS-Tainted Sites
ALBANY, May 7, 2019 —At least 135 public water systems across the state are contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals known as…
State Officials Ordered Groundwater Tests for Toxic PFAS at 140 Sites; Locations and Results Held Under Wraps
ALBANY, April 15, 2019 — State-ordered groundwater tests for a class of cancer-causing chemicals known as PFAS have been conducted…
