Category: Environment

Today on Inside the FLX a conversation with Peter Mantius. He founded The Water Front Online, which is dedicated to reporting on environmental issues in the Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, Western New York, and Upstate New York at-large. This week, Mantius gives ... MORE

The Department of Environmental Conservation is looking to garner public input not he proposed cleanup of the former Green Street Manufactured Gas Plant in Auburn. Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued an executive order suspending in-person public meetings, but it’s not entirely clear ... MORE

Dredging efforts are underway at Blind Sodus Bay in Wayne County. The work is part of a multi-million-dollar state effort as part of New York’s REDI initiative. That was the legislative and economic relief effort adopted in 2019 to combat widespread, devastating ... MORE

– By Peter Mantius During the coronavirus-marred weeks leading up to Earth Day 50 — today — the Trump Administration has been busy gutting major clean air and water regulations and rolling back enforcement of environmental rules. In the past week alone, ... MORE

How did a power plant along the shores of Seneca Lake in rural Upstate New York dramatically change its course of operation? And how has that shift managed to go almost completely unnoticed? Water Front Online Reporter Peter Mantius dug into that ... MORE

The Waterloo Village Board has joined a lawsuit. It’s a class action suit against the manufacturer of aqueous film-forming foam. Also known as AFFF, the foam has been identified as a contaminant in Seneca Lake, the source of the village’s public water ... MORE

The landfill in Ontario County has been cited again. The state Department of Environmental Conservation issued the notice of violation April 10, citing excessive hydrogen sulfide emissions at the landfill off Routes 5&20 during the first quarter of this year, according to ... MORE

NYSEG, an AVANGRID company, announced this week that it had donated $50,000 – the equivalent of 150,000 meals – to Food Bank of Central NY to support the Food Bank’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 situation. The donation is part of a ... MORE

If you’ve taken a walk outdoors on a nice day – you probably noticed a pair, or stray rubber glove on the ground. However, people have also been attempting to recycle gloves, which is not a good idea, according to experts. Public ... MORE

It is tick season in the Finger Lakes and Western New York. The state Department of Health notes that adult ticks are most active now through mid-May and then again in early fall. Not all of them are carriers of the bacteria ... MORE

As if small business owners and employees didn’t have enough to worry about amid a global health crisis and pandemic — some are looking at nearby waters with concern. One of those concerns is that of high water levels along Lake Ontario ... MORE

Maybe there is some good news on the horizon for lakeshore owners in Wayne, Monroe, and Cayuga counties, which have been hard hit by annual flooding. Lake Ontario was approximately 18.5 inches above the long-term average for this time of year, according ... MORE

Researchers at Cornell University are helping to create a new recipe for success in the world of hand sanitizer. “Hand sanitizer is actually not that different from vodka or maybe from gin, so for distillers to make the switch isn’t too difficult,” ... MORE

Plastic bags are making a temporary comeback. Tops Friendly Markets confirmed its allowing customers to use single-use plastic bags amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said it won’t enforce the ban until May 15th. The main concern is sanitation connected to reusable ... MORE

Ten industrial-scale solar energy farms proposed for the Finger Lakes region are stuck in regulatory limbo as the coronavirus crisis complicates an already clogged state permitting process. If approved, the Finger Lakes projects would produce more than 1800 megawatts of power, theoretically ... MORE

The International Joint Commission is hosting a webinar on Lake Ontario’s water levels. While that might have been one of the top-issues covered thus far in 2020 along Lake Ontario – it recently took a backseat – as the Novel Coronavirus ripped ... MORE

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that an oak wilt quarantine district has been established for the town of Middlesex in Yates County. The confirmation of two oak wilt infection centers last year led to the need for a ... MORE

The Finger Lakes Land Trust announced that it acquired a 5.5 wooded acre parcel in the town of Hector on Tuesday. The property includes more than 1,300 feet of shared boundary with the Finger Lakes National Forest (FLNF) and approximately 1,000 feet ... MORE