environment

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Most Americans don’t think twice about leaving half a glass of water on the table as they leave a restaurant. It’s only when we pa...

The state is seeking participants in a new survey to help better understand typical rock salt use by New Yorkers and public awareness regarding the po...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation officials toured several orphaned and abandoned energy well sites with federal officials in We...

While traces of smoke from Canadian wildfires has somewhat affected the air quality over Olean and Cattaraugus County the past few days, the area has ...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are probably aware of the massive push to transition to green energy. The goal is to have wind and solar r...

ALFRED — A local university is working on a way to use old glass to help build sea walls. Alfred University, in partnership with the New York State De...

BELMONT — Allegany County will host its 23rd annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on Sept. 7. Since 2010, the Allegany County Solid Waste D...

OLEAN — Engineering firms are being formally sought to help the city avoid future wastewater discharges into public waterways. A request for proposals...

State Sen. George Borrello believes a scathing audit of New York state’s planning and implementation of the Climate Leadership and Community Protectio...

OLEAN — After a month of planning — and another wastewater discharge into the Allegheny River — city officials plan to commission a study on how to fi...

WEST VALLEY — CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV), the prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Energy at the West Valley Demonstration Project, was ...

SHINGLEHOUSE, Pa. — The borough will receive up to $15.5 million in aid to upgrade its wastewater treatment facility that feeds into the Allegheny Riv...

WEST VALLEY — The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has recertified the West Valley Demonstration Project’s Environmental Managemen...

The Olean Historical and Preservation Society has announced an upcoming talk titled “Floods, Dikes and Dams — A History of Olean’s Battle With Mother ...

You’ve heard it and read it time and again over the past several years since the enactment of New York’s far-reaching climate agenda known as the “Cli...

OLEAN — The Seneca Nation of Indians moved a step closer to suing the city of Olean over wastewater discharges into the Allegheny River. On Tuesday, t...

BATH — Composting is one of the effective, practical ways to dispose of animal carcasses on the farm in New York state. It results in the destruction ...

SALAMANCA — The City of Salamanca Board of Public Utilities will hold a public hearing on a proposed potable water rate increase at 6 p.m. July 9 in t...