The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) is taking steps to strip wetland protections in the Clean Water Act that will likely cause significant damage to the environment, wildlife, and people of the Great Lakes region. Loss of wetlands will increase drinking water pollution and flooding in communities, and harm the economy. Tell the U.S. EPA that…
What Are Cumulative Impacts?Cumulative impacts is the term used to describe the combined effects of exposure to multiple sources of pollution. For example, if you live near a power plant, truck depot, factory, and highway, the air you breathe is polluted by all of those sources. However, in the way permitting is done for these…
Lead in drinking water threatens the health and well-being of many in our Great Lakes region and across the nation. Last year, much-needed improvements to the federal lead in drinking water rule were finalized with the advocacy of people like you – but a bill (House Joint Resolution 18) introduced this month has one goal:…
Yvonne Taylor, co-founder and vice president of Seneca Lake Guardian, via the Finger Lakes Times, shares that the town of Seneca’s vote on the landfill was delayed again until the March board meeting. Importantly, a recent study found that landfill workers have an excess risk of cancer due to “benzene, toluene, ethylene, and xylene compounds…
Today, to mark Energy Justice Day, a coalition of climate, health, political, and faith organizations launched the next phase of a multi-year campaign to demand Governor Hochul include key climate priorities in her upcoming 2025-2026 Executive Budget Proposal. These include passing the full NY HEAT ACT, legislation that would limit customers’ bills to 6% of…
Forwarded from Yvonne Taylor, Co-Founder and Vice President of Seneca Lake Guardian—As October draws to a close, I wanted to remind you about the upcoming public comment period on the Seneca Meadows Landfill’s permit renewal and expansion proposal. We expect that the New York State DEC will open the comment period on November 12th! We…
NYC Mandatory Composting: A Key Step in Reducing Landfill Waste A June 2023 New York Times article provided an in-depth look at NYC’s food waste mandate focusing on the methane produced by organic waste and the mounting issues faced by landfills. The article reported that only 17% of the city’s waste is recycled, with little…
Article text and image are from https://actionnetwork.org/events/picket-to-protect-new-yorks-climate-law-clean-energy-is-not-radioactive Start: Thursday, September 5, 2024, 12:00 PM Location: Marriott Syracuse Downtown, 100 E Onondaga Street, Syracuse, NY 13202 Host Contact Info: Laura Shindell, lshindell@fwwatch.org, 203-522-2130; Hilary-Anne Coppola, hilcoppola@gmail.com; Avni Pravin, avni@agreeny.org New York State can lead the way to a clean energy future by building renewable energy, yet…
Article text and images are from https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-against-cornells-artificial-turf-plan Start: Tuesday, September 03, 2024, 5:00 PM Location: Ithaca City Hall,108 E. Green Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 US Host Contact Info: info@zerowasteithaca.org Join Us To Protect Our Community from PFAS & Microplastic Pollution!Rally Against Cornell’s Artificial Turf Plan Cornell’s “Long Range Vision” plan proposes adding six or so…
Greetings webinar registrants, Zero Waste Ithaca’s webinar recording, “The True Costs of Artificial Turf: Experts Discuss Cornell University’s New ‘PFAS-Free’ Project,” is now available! Watch here. Presenter slides and resources: Available here. 55-page partially annotated bibliography: Read here. Also, here are some Q&A answers: View here. We hope these resources will be useful in your local battle against artificial…
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(Full Credit Goes To Peter Mantius at Water Front. November 11th, 2023) BINGHAMTON, Nov. 11, 2023 — A newly formed company with Texas roots wants to drill thousands of new natural gas wells across the Southern Tier in order to store carbon dioxide underground and to extract methane from the Marcellus and Utica shale formations. …
(Water Front, 10-25-23, by Peter Mantius) LANSING, Oct. 25, 2023 — State and local lawmakers joined clean water advocates today in a virtual press conference to urge Gov. Kathy Hochul to protect Cayuga Lake by blocking any sudden “secret” sale of Cargill Inc.’s giant salt mine in Lansing. “Cargill can’t skip town and leave Finger…
On Wednesday, June 28, 2023 from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM, Seneca Lake Guardian will host a “Shut Down Greenidge!” rally at the Geneva Visitors and Events Center to protest Greenidge Bitcoin Power Plant’s local activity. Greenidge was denied a Title V Air Permit a year ago, yet they still continue to operate near Seneca Lake. From…