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At Army’s Request, EPA Deletes Website Reference to Request for PFAS Tests of Creeks in Former Seneca Army Depot

ROMULUS, July 10, 2024 — At the request of the U.S. Army, the EPA has deleted from its website a…

Long-Haul Garbage Trucks Use Shortcuts Across Rural Roads, Triggering Town Resolutions Against Landfill Expansion

INTERLAKEN, July 1, 2024 — Long-haul garbage trucks, a noisy nuisance in towns and villages across the Finger Lakes, have…

EPA Urges U.S. Army to Test for PFAS in Creeks Flowing Out of Former Seneca Army Depot; Army Says: Maybe Later

ROMULUS, Apr. 26, 2024 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has formally asked the U.S. Army to sample surface water…

Bill to Insure Against Calamity at Cargill’s Cayuga Lake Salt Mine Sails Through Senate Before Quietly Dying in Assembly

LANSING, June 15, 2024 — A bill requiring the state to set an appropriate bond to cover a potential catastrophic…

Gravel Mine Owner Fails to Comply With State Order to Restore Illegally Mined Acreage; DEC Postpones Enforcement

WATKINS GLEN, June 11, 2024 — The owner of a gravel mine who seeks a state permit to quintuple the…

Region’s HABs Season Gets an Early Start With Widespread Bloom Confirmed in Northwest Section of Cayuga Lake

SENECA FALLS, June 7, 2024 — The Finger Lakes’ 2024 HABs season kicked off this week with a widespread bloom…

Citizens Can’t Use Green Amendment to Block Seneca Meadows Inc.’s Application for Permit to Expand, AG James Argues

ALBANY, June 3, 2024 — Citizens who breathe air polluted by New York’s largest landfill have no legal right under…

Greenidge’s President Dumps Company Stock in Wake of DEC’s Decision to Deny Bid for Renewed Title V Air Permit

DRESDEN, May 30, 2024 — Greenidge Generation President Dale Irwin has shed more than one-third of his holdings in company…

TRAILBLAZER: Finger Lakes Land Trust Founder Leads Mission to Protect (and Enjoy) Lakes, Streams, Fields and Forests

ITHACA, May 20, 2024 — On patrol with his red-handled pruning shears, Andy Zepp snips overgrown branches as he walks…

Greenidge Lost its Air Permit Appeal, But Not its Right to Keep Operating its Power Plant/Bitcoin Mining Facility in Dresden

DRESDEN, May 14, 2024 — Although Greenidge Generation lost its state air permit appeal last week, the company appears likely…

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