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Abruptly Reversing Long-Held New York Stances, Hochul OKs NYC Gas Pipeline and Cuts Private Deal With Greenidge

ALBANY, Nov. 11 — A pair of blockbuster environmental reversals by Gov. Kathy Hochul have enraged the green community, and…

climate-change, energy, environment, natural-gas, politics

WaterFront Blog Posts Will Remain Available Online Long After I Leave the Finger Lakes Scene; Check Out FL1

WATKINS GLEN, Dec. 6, 2024 — WaterFront blog posts will continue to be available through online searches because I have…

Adios, Amigos! We’re Leaving the Finger Lakes for Massachusetts and I’m Closing Down the WaterFront Blog After 7 Years

WATKINS GLEN, Dec. 5, 2024 — I will be closing down the WaterFront blog later this month because Laura and…

Judge Annuls DEC’s Denial of Greenidge Air Permit; Dresden Plant, Bitcoin Mine Free to Run Pending Further Proceedings

DRESDEN, Nov. 14, 2024 — A judge today annulled the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s denial of an air emissions…

Seneca Meadows-Funded Report Challenging WaterFront Article on Lung Cancer Rates Cherry-Picks Data, Bungles Facts

SENECA FALLS, Nov. 3, 2024 — In an effort to defuse an issue that could interfere with Seneca Meadows Inc.’s…

Greenidge Can Continue Mining Bitcoin in Dresden at Least Until Nov. 14, When Judge Will Rule on DEC Shutdown Order

PENN YAN, Oct. 29, 2024 — At a hearing in Yates County Supreme Court this morning, Judge Vincent Dinolfo committed…

Survival of Dresden Plant at Stake Tomorrow When Greenidge Argues for Injunction to Block State Closure Order

DRESDEN, Oct. 28, 2024 — Greenidge Generation LLC plans to make its closing arguments in Yates County Supreme Court tomorrow…

Three Seneca Army Depot Streams Had Most Elevated Levels of PFAS in Tests of Surface Water Around Seneca Lake

ROMULUS, Oct. 25, 2024 — Recent tests for PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in water drawn from several sites in Seneca Lake…

Toxic Blooms in Finger Lakes Set Record in 2024; Owasco Lake Called Region’s ‘Canary in the Coal Mine’ for HABs

AUBURN, Oct. 23, 2024 — Blooms of toxic cyanobacteria “exploded” across the Finger Lakes this worst-ever season, as Seneca, Canandaigua,…

Influential Energy Lobbyist Argues Greenidge’s Dresden Plant is Vital to State Electric Grid and Must Remain Open

DRESDEN, Oct. 14, 2024 — In a last-minute bid to save Greenidge Generation’s Dresden power plant from a state order…

climate-change, energy, environment, renewable-energy, sustainability

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