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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has reached a $45 million agreement with Saint-Gobain and Honeywell to implement a new water supply for the Rensselaer County village of Hoosick Falls. The agreement is the latest in a string of orders and lawsuits to hold the companies responsible for contaminating the village’s drinking water with PFOA.
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The U.S. Supreme Court this week voted to limit the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate on climate. The 6 to 3 decision ruled the EPA overstepped its authority as it sought to limit carbon emissions from power plants.
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Intense rain storms last month damaged restoration work at a Superfund site in Rensselaer County.Little Thunder Brook, a stream in the drainage way of the…
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New York state will implement a ban on single use plastic bags on March 1st. Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos was in…
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This morning, the Adirondack Park Agency board approved Alternative 2B as the classification for the Boreas Ponds in the heart of the Adirondack Park. The…
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Following Governor Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State address last week, members of his cabinet are being dispatched across New York to review the plan…