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…
DEC Halts Cayuga Regional Digester’s Waste Shipments From Controversial Bronx Transfer Station
AUBURN, March 28, 2019 — The state suspended on Wednesday waste shipments from a Bronx transfer station to the Cayuga…
State Senate Unanimously Passes Bill Banning Waste Incinerators in Finger Lakes; Cuomo Urged to Sign it Into Law
ALBANY, Mar. 20, 2019 — The New York State Senate voted unanimously today to pass an state Assembly bill that…
Manager of Cayuga Biofuel Facility Says He Quit After Being ‘Strong-Armed’ to Accept Illicit Waste
AUBURN, Mar. 15, 2019 — The former manager of the Cayuga Regional Digester, which was designed to generate electric power…
Radioactivity Issues Heat Up Again as Hakes Landfill Seeks More Room to Import Pennsylvania Drilling Waste
CORNING, Mar. 4, 2019 — Three environmental groups representing hundreds of Steuben County residents are seeking to block proposals to…
Greenidge Power Plant Wins Appeals Court Victory Over Sierra Club
DRESDEN, Feb. 9, 2019 — Owners of the Greenidge Generation power station scored a significant legal victory late yesterday when…
DEC Should Schedule Garbage Hearing in Finger Lakes, ‘Where They Can Smell It’
GENEVA, Feb. 6, 2019 — Three decades after a barge overflowing with smelly metro New York garbage ventured on a…