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…
Hakes Landfill, Town of Campbell, DEC Sued Over Evidence of Radiation
BATH, Apr. 12, 2019 — The Sierra Club and others filed suit this week against Hakes C&D Landfill Inc. and…
Appellate Panel ‘Misapplied Law,’ Glossed Over Ongoing Environmental Harm Caused by Greenidge, Appeal Argues
DRESDEN, Apr. 2, 2019 — Three environmental groups are asking an appellate court in Rochester to reconsider a five-judge panel’s…
