ecology

When a large-scale wind turbine project was proposed for the town of Allegany several years ago, I wrote a column arguing against it. My main objectio...

OLEAN — City officials said treating leachate from a former Cattaraugus County landfill is working well in its first weeks. Department of Public Works...

ALFRED — Alfred State College will be screening a documentary titled “Reinventing Power: America’s Renewable Energy Boom” at 2 p.m. Saturday in room 1...

ALFRED — The University at Buffalo is teaming with Alfred State College to support growth of the renewable energy sector by building collaborations an...

Another company wants to treat oil and gas waste and discharge it into the Allegheny River watershed. To make matters worse, a state representative ha...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A nonprofit devoted to protecting jaguars believes one that was spotted in Arizona mountains in recent years has since died. Tucs...

OLEAN — Those cleaning up after the spring have another day to get their yard waste gathered. The city’s Department of Public Works announced Tuesday ...

ALBANY (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he opposes plans for a massive trash incinerator in the Finger Lakes region. The Democrat announced his ...

The West Valley nuclear waste facility in Cattaraugus County has housed radioactive and toxic waste for more than 50 years on a site that should never...

OLEAN — A full environmental review will be required of developers seeking to build 55 homes in the Forest Hills subdivision before the Common Council...

ASHFORD HOLLOW — The West Valley Citizens Task Force met Wednesday to discuss draft comments on the next phase of cleanup at the West Valley Demonstra...

Concerned Citizens of Cattaraugus County has submitted 12 pages of comment on the proposed Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for cleanup at ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio, for the first time, is designating the entire western end of Lake Erie as an impaired waterway because of the toxic algae th...

WEST VALLEY — A familiar refrain was heard in West Valley Monday night. “Dig it up,” said Barbara Dyscant, an activist from Hinsdale. She was among sp...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today highlighted Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposed Empire F...

The New York state Department of Environmental Conservation and researchers at the Human Dimensions Research Unit at Cornell University are implementi...

SPRINGVILLE — Three environmental groups will conduct a meeting Sunday to help people prepare for state “scoping sessions” later this month on future ...

BUFFALO — A coalition of environmental groups met Thursday night in a Buffalo snowstorm to drum up public interest in important scoping sessions later...