Department of Environmental Conservation
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 8, 2011 - 8:58 am
Above: "Downhill," a documentary by Jason Latorre of I Said Cut Productions about the Belleayre Mountain Ski Center.
News broke last week that Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration is poised to hand the management of Belleayre Mountain Ski Center over... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 7, 2011 - 8:44 am
The New York State Assembly voted 91 to 46 yesterday to pass a bill that would ban the state from issuing any permits for hydraulic fracturing until June 1, 2012, the Albany Times Union reports:
Arguing that the state needs more time to assess the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 2, 2011 - 9:01 am
Yesterday's Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) hearing at Deposit High School was packed, according to the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin. The topic under discussion was XTO Energy's request to withdraw water from Broome County's Oquaga Creek to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 1, 2011 - 9:45 am
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation may hand over the management of Belleayre Mountain Ski Center to the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) as soon as this winter, the Plattsburgh Press-Republican reports today:
State agencies... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 27, 2011 - 6:00 pm
In a press release issued earlier this week, Earthjustice anounced that a state court judge has prohibited the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation from allowing the sale of outdoor wood boilers (OWBs) that do not meet new emissions... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 20, 2011 - 11:33 am
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation, which is cracking down on sales of outdoor wood boilers (OWBs) that don't meet the agency's new emissions standards, gave consumers an unexpected three more months to purchase non-complaint models... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 16, 2011 - 8:53 am
Last week was a big week for effluvia-related news in the watershed.
On Friday, Mike Hein, Ulster County's chief executive, decided not to sue the New York City Department of Environmental Protection over its releases of muddy water into the Esopus Creek... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 12, 2011 - 1:00 pm
A closed-for-business sign at Sweet Sue's. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Rejoice, O pancake-starved Phoenicians: Sweet Sue's, closed since March due to a flood-related septic system failure, is slated to open again by next weekend, owner Suzanne Taylor told... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 4, 2011 - 11:59 pm
Illustration and caption of gas drilling infrastructure from the DEC's draft "Strategic Plan for State Forest Management," August 27, 2010.
The Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition is suing the state Department of Environmental Conservation in an... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 21, 2011 - 8:56 am
The latest news in the glacial saga of the maybe-someday-to-be-built Belleayre Resort happened yesterday -- the resort's developer, Crossroads Ventures, filed its revised environmental impact analysis of the proposed Shandaken resort project with the New... Read more
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