South Colonie schools hit with $5,500 state fine for pesticide misuse
The South Colonie School District has been fined $5,500 by the state Department of Environmental Conservation for a pesticide mishap that sickened students and staff at Lisha Kill Middle School this...
View ArticleState sued over Adirondack plan for snowmobile, mountain bike use
Two Adirondack environmental groups today filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s approval of a new management plan for the Essex Chain Lakes tract in the central Adirondack Park that would allow use...
View ArticleCitizens’ lawsuit seeks halt to crude oil shipments at Albany Port
Owners of an oil terminal at the Port of Albany face a citizens’ lawsuit that claims the company violated federal air pollution laws by failing to reveal to the state that increased shipments there...
View Article$41 million pollution dredging project planned for Hudson River at Rensselaer
The state Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing a $41.3 million project to dredge pollution from the Hudson River at the former BASF industrial dye factory on Riverside Avenue. DEC...
View ArticleState must act on Albany port crude oil heating proposal
The state must finally make a decision on a long-delayed plan for crude oil heating plant at the Port of Albany, a state judge has ruled. The Department of Environmental Conservation must “free this...
View ArticleGas pipeline company vows to fight state denial
After last week’s state rejection of the proposed Constitution natural gas pipeline, the Houston-based developers vowed Monday to continue pushing the project using “all available options to challenge...
View ArticleDEC shuts down illegal venison slaughterhouse
A two-year investigation by state Department of Environmental Conservation has shuttered an illegal venison sales operation in South Edmeston, Otsego County, the agency announced today. Members of...
View ArticleHazardous waste burning draws charges in Rensselaer County
A Pittstown couple faces nearly $600,000 in fines and years in prison for allegedly storing and burning hazardous waste on their remote property. Youlanda Cushman and John Tybush II were charged with...
View ArticleGovernor announces response to honeybee health crisis
The state is recommending voluntary steps, but no further changes to use of controversial pesticides, in a report issued today on how to respond to an alarming drop in the populations of honeybees....
View ArticleDEC pushes feds for more Hudson River PCB testing
Plans by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to test the Hudson River for PCBs potentially left behind by the just-completed, six-year river dredging project are “inadequate,” the state Department...
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