CAYUTA, Sept. 16, 2020 — A proposal for a waste recycling facility near Alpine Junction that state regulators view as…
7 New Blooms Reported on Seneca Lake as HABs Season Nears Peak; Cayuga Owasco, Canandaigua Got Early Start
PEACH ORCHARD POINT, Sept. 3, 2020 — A flurry of harmful algal blooms were reported on Seneca Lake this week,…
DEC Seeks to Modify Cargill’s Cayuga Salt Mine Permit While It’s Subject to Pending Legal Appeal; Will Court Take Notice?
ALBANY, Sept. 1, 2020 — “Mostly Housekeeping Changes.” That’s how the state Department of Environmental Conservation brushes off its proposed…
Danks Burke Blasts O’Mara for Voting Against Hazardous Waste Bill; But Law May Not Block ‘Drill Cutting’ Imports
PAINTED POST, Aug. 7, 2020 — Leslie Danks Burke, the Democratic challenger to state Sen. Tom O’Mara (R-Big Flats), lashed…
Cuomo Signs Hazardous Waste Bill, Closing ‘Loophole’ Allowing NY to Import Gas Drilling Wastes From Pennsylvania
ALBANY, Aug. 6, 2020 — Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Monday that makes New York the first state in…
Sierra Club Lawsuit Alleging Dangerously High Levels of Radioactivity at Hakes Landfill Is Dismissed by Steuben Judge
CORNING, Aug. 3, 2020 — A Steuben County judge has dismissed a civil suit alleging that state officials granted Hakes…
State Adopts Strict Contamination Limits for PFOA, PFOS and 1,4-Dioxane; Water Systems Face Test Deadlines, High Costs
ALBANY, July 30, 2020 — State officials today adopted enforceable limits on three drinking water contaminants under new rules that…
Chlorine Byproducts That Contaminate Finger Lakes Tap Water Are Linked to Thousands of Bladder Cancers in Europe
AUBURN, July 16, 2020 — The routine use of chlorine as a disinfectant in public drinking water across the Finger…
Feeling the Heat, DOH Finally Schedules Crucial Vote July 30 on Enforceable Limits on PFOA, PFOS, 1,4-Dioxane in New York
ALBANY, July 14, 2020 — After months of delay, state health officials have scheduled a July 30 vote on proposed…
Amid Fierce Opposition, Queens Waste Company Drops Plan to Import NYC Sludge to Town of Butler
BUTLER, July 7, 2020 — The Flushing, N.Y., waste company that proposed to haul truckloads of sludge from New York…
