LANSING, Jan. 9, 2023 — Cargill Inc. is seeking the state’s permission to add a new 150-acre underground storage area…
Cargill’s Application to Amend its Permit to Mine Under Cayuga Lake is Treated as a State Secret 7 Months After it was Filed
LANSING, Jan. 4, 2024 — In June, Cargill Inc. filed an application to modify its state permit to mine salt…
NY’s Green Amendment is a Useless Tool for Enforcing Odor Rules at High Acres Landfill, Attorney General James Argues
PERINTON, Jan. 2, 2024 — People who live near a giant waste dump that stinks can’t rely on New York…
PFAS Nine Times Higher in Water From Sites Adjacent to Fields Spread With Sewage Sludge, Sierra Club Tests Show
THURSTON, Dec. 21, 2023 — Water wells, streams and ponds adjacent to fields spread with municipal sewage sludge have levels…
Is Proposal to Store CO2 in Southern Tier Gas Wells New York State’s Clean Energy Future … or Just Another Gas Bubble?
BINGHAMTON, Dec. 6, 2023 — The promoter of a multi-billion-dollar plan to drill thousands of gas wells in the Southern…
While Cargill Shops Its Cayuga Salt Mine, A Proposed Senate Bill Would Require New Financial Assurance Regulations
LANSING, Nov. 29, 2023 — The potential sale of Cargill’s huge salt mine under Cayuga Lake has prompted new state…
Proposed Bath Waste Facility Threatens Region’s Public Drinking Water, Sierra Club Says; Comment Period Ends Dec. 1
BATH, Nov. 20, 2023 — A planned waste disposal facility in Bath that would accept municipal sewage sludge and industrial…
Cause ‘Unknown’ of Landslide at Ontario County Landfill; No Injuries Reported and No Waste Was Said to Escape Facility
SENECA, Nov. 19, 2023 — Casella Waste Systems Inc. has made “significant progress in moving soil over the weekend” at…
Plan for Gas Drilling Spree in Southern Tier Draws Muted Response from DEC, State Reps; But Green Groups Outraged
BINGHAMTON, Nov. 17, 2023 — An ambitious plan to turn three Southern Tier counties into a vast energy hub pockmarked…
Greenidge Generation Announces New CEO, Effective Today — Five Weeks After Appointing New Chief Financial Officer
DRESDEN, Nov. 16, 2023 — The personnel merry-go-round continues to spin at Greenidge Generation, as the Bitcoin mining company announced…