BILL MCKIBBEN BRINGS LIGHT TO AMERICA'S GRID AND SOUL
September 13, 2025
It is entirely understandable if you have been feeling depressed about our environmental circumstance in light of the increasingly hostile actions and rhetoric of the Trump administration regarding the production solar and wind energy. President...
FEDERAL LAW COULD PREVENT TRUMP'S EPA FROM THROWING OUT ITS LEGAL MANDATE TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE
August 25, 2025
Four well-established federal laws could prevent the EPA's attempted revocation of the scientific determination that underpins the government's legal authority to combat climate change.
ATTEMPT TO REVIVE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE PROJECTS OPPOSED BY ENVIRONMENTALISTS
August 6, 2025
Two previously rejected natural gas pipelines are getting another look by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). This prospect has revived opponents of fracking who fought against it for decades.
BITCOIN MINING FACILITY ON SENECA LAKE CONTIUNUES OPERATING THREE YEARS AFTER LOOSING PERMIT TO OPERATE
July 20, 2025
Three years after its air permit was denied by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), the Greenidge Generation cryptocurrency-mining facility on Seneca Lake remains in operation.
WHAT ARE THE REAL EMERGENCIES?
May 11, 2025
The Trump Administration has rolled out dozens of executive orders signed by the President proclaiming emergencies in various spheres of American life including the environment, energy, immigration, and trade.In a February 14 NPR article on Trump's...
SENECA FALLS TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZES LANDFILL EXPANSION
March 14, 2025
On March 4 the Town of Seneca Falls Board seemingly voted to approve a local landfill permit and a host community agreement (HCA) that gave local approval for the expansion of the Seneca Meadows sanitary landfill (SMI). The next day, a dispute...
PART II: WHAT AFTER THE ELECTION?
February 15, 2025
This article will focus on the threats that the Trump/Musk administration are making on a national and international level to our environment. Due to the tsunami of these anti-environmental actions and with a desire to improve the readability of...
WHAT NOW, AFTER THE ELECTION?
February 10, 2025
It felt like the bottom dropped out after the re-election of Donald Trump. As we headed into the New Year, I experienced feelings of dread, depression, fear, sadness, loss, and confusion. I am also looking for and finding the reservoir
FINGER LAKES GROUP ELECTION RESULTS
February 9, 2025
The membership has voted and the four open spots on the Finger Lakes Group Executive Committee (EXCOM) have been filled. The four highest vote getters (all returnees) are Thomas Hirasuna (Climate Reality), Philip Gillemot (Website Contributor and...
A New Program Supports the Expansion of Infrastructure to Improve Consumer Access to Electric Vehicle Charging
September 26, 2024
On September 13, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that $21 million is now available to install electric vehicle fast chargers along major travel corridors across New York State.
