INCIDENCE OF CANCER SHOWN TO INCREASE WITH PROXIMITY TO NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
February 21, 2026
A recent study done through the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health showed that in Massachusetts living near nuclear power plants was associated with significant increases of cancer in humans. It was published in December in the journal...
GOV. HOCHUL PUSHES NUCLEAR POWER PLANT EXPANSION IN NY
February 3, 2026
Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York Power Authority (NYPA), prodded by other state power centers have embarked upon a grand push to develop a new generation of nuclear power plants in New York State. For the last year and a half, the...
TOWN OF LANSING WITHDRAWS MORATORIUM
November 23, 2025
On Wednesday November 19, the Town of Lansing Board withdrew its proposed moratorium (presumably aimed at the proposed TeraWulf data center) on large scale development.
DEC APPROVES SENECA LAKE BITCOIN MINING PERMIT, HOCHUL'S ENVIRONMENTAL BACKSLIDING DETAILED
December 6, 2025 - June 5, 2026
On November 7, Governor Kathy Hocul's Department of Environmental Protection (DEC) granted an operating permit of five years for the Bitcoin mining facility at the Village of Dresden on the western shore of Seneca Lake.
NOMINEES FOR FINGER LAKES GROUP ELECTION
October 30, 2025
Seven candidates have been accepted as nominees for the Finger Lakes Group Executive Committee. There are seven open positions to be filled. The election will take place starting in later November and continuing through December 15. Finger Lakes...
EMERGENCY MEETING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 23 ON TOWN OF LANSING'S PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM
October 22, 2025
An emergency meeting has been scheduled for Thursday October 23 at 7:30 pm by the Town Board at the Lansing Town Hall to determine a deadline for accepting public comments regarding the proposed moratorium law limiting development and "approving...
NO KINGS RALLIES SET FOR SATURDAY OCTOBER 18
October 11, 2025
Many regional No Kings rallies will be held on Saturday October 18, to protest the anti-environmental and anti-democratic actions of the Trump administration. Local rallies will be happening in Corning, Elmira, Watkins Glen, Ithaca, Trumansburg,...
NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR FINGER LAKES GROUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CANDIDATES
October 11, 2025
Elections for the Sierra Club Finger Lakes Group Executive Committee are just around the corner! If you are a Sierra Club member and are in the Finger Lakes Group's area, here is your chance to become more active in supporting a clean and healthy...
ACT NOW TO HELP PROMOTE CLEAN ENERGY IN NEW YORK
October 2, 2025
Here is your chance to help positively influence the direction of clean energy in New York: there is still time for you to submit written comment on the New York State Draft Energy Plan. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA),...
FINGER LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RALLY TO HAPPEN ON EQUINOX
September 14, 2025
There will be a rally in Geneva on Sunday September 21 (the fall equinox) from 1:00 to 2:30 pm at the Finger Lakes Welcome Center. It is co-sponsored by Seneca Lake Guardian and Indivisible Hector Schuyler County.