Archive for 'Environmental News'
St. Lawrence County mine to open the first U.S. graphite facility since the 1950s
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Posted: July 14th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Environmental News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Learn more about NYSEG Smart Meters
NYSEG has scheduled an open house at the Plattsburgh Town Hall on Wednesday July 16, 2025, from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM. No registration is required to attend, and all residents and business owners are welcome to attend anytime during the specified timeframe. Informational displays will be set up to provide details on the program. […]
Posted: July 14th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Community Events, Environmental News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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High risks, low payouts: Vermont farmers say crop insurance falls short
Roughly 70% of the state’s farms carry no crop insurance, according to the Vermont Agency of Agriculture. Click here for the VTDigger story
Posted: July 14th, 2025 under Agricultural News, Business News, Environmental News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Burlington begins construction on upgraded wastewater facility with groundbreaking ceremony
Good News for Lake Champlain too Click here for the MYNBC5 Story
Posted: July 12th, 2025 under Community Events, Environmental News, Lake Champlain News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News.
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‘We’ve lost everything’: Northeast Kingdom residents react and rebuild after a 3rd year of July flooding
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Posted: July 12th, 2025 under Community Events, Environmental News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, Regional NY-VT News, Weather News/History.
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North Country leaders are laying the groundwork for nuclear power plant pitch
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Posted: July 10th, 2025 under Business News, Community Events, Environmental News, General News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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North Country at Work: protecting the region’s soil and water
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Posted: July 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, County Government News, Environmental News, Northern NY News.
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Governor deploys state police canine search teams to assist with Texas recovery
Four State Police Staff and Three Canines to Deploy to Kerr County July 9 for 14 Days to Assist with Ongoing Search Efforts Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that four New York State Police staff and three canines will deploy to Kerr County, Texas to support search efforts following devastating floods. This assistance was primarily […]
Posted: July 9th, 2025 under Environmental News, General News, Law Enforcement News, National News, State Government News.
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COMMENTARY: Rescues, Roads, and Wilderness
Times Union article reported that two rangers argue that their job is made more difficult by state policy, chiefly the state’s decision to render old roads impassible to motorized vehicles. Click here for the Adirondack Almanac story
Posted: July 8th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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After historic flooding, many Vermont towns still awash in red ink and repairs
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Posted: July 8th, 2025 under Community Events, Environmental News, National News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News, Weather News/History.
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How Congress is Reversing New York’s Progress on Clean Energy
Already, the state’s green energy businesses are feeling the impact of the pending Congressional spending bill that includes phasing out Inflation Reduction Act tax credits. Click here for the New York Focus Story
Posted: July 5th, 2025 under Congressional News, Environmental News, National History, National News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Celebrate the Great Outdoors at The Wild Center’s Get Outside Festival, July 3–6
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Posted: July 2nd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Environmental News, Northern NY News.
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July 2, 2025, Ausable Point, Peru, NY, 6:45- 6:55 a.m.
Posted: July 2nd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, General News, Lake Champlain News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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The surprising shifts climate change is bringing to Vermont farms: rice paddies, peaches and saffron
Since 1900, annual temperatures in Vermont have increased by about 2 degrees Fahrenheit, and annual precipitation has increased by 21% over the same span, according to the state. Click here for the VTDigger story
Posted: June 29th, 2025 under Agricultural News, Environmental News, National History, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News, Weather News/History.
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Tornado kills 3 people on June 22 in Central New York hamlet, weather service says
The tornado was about as wide as a football field. It had estimated peak winds of 105 mph, making it an EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale Click here for the Syracuse.com story
Posted: June 29th, 2025 under Environmental News, Upstate New York.
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Record set in year-to-date total number of days with measurable reainfall
Posted: June 28th, 2025 under Environmental News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News, Weather News/History.
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Why Is It So Hard for New York to Pass Climate Bills?
Environmentalists increasingly blame Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie — who’s firing back. Click here for the New York Focus story
Posted: June 27th, 2025 under Environmental News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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The Adirondacks Celebrate 133 Years
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Posted: June 27th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News, Statewide News, Upstate New York.
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Heaviest Friday night and Saturday showers shifting north
While showers and thunderstorms are still expected late Friday night and into Saturday, the track for heaviest rainfall is shifting north. With that, rainfall totals have come down a bit, with a general 1″-2″ inches of rainfall expected through Saturday night. Even with the decreased totals, Some of the storms may train (multiple storms over […]
Posted: June 26th, 2025 under Environmental News, General News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News, Weather News/History.
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June 23, 2025 set record local highs
Posted: June 24th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Weather News/History.
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Governor Hochul Directs New York Power Authority to Develop a Zero-Emission Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology Power Plant
To Be Built in Upstate New York June 23, 2025 – Governor Hochul News Release – Governor Kathy Hochul today directed the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to develop and construct a zero-emission advanced nuclear power plant in Upstate New York to support a reliable and affordable electric grid, while providing the necessary zero-emission electricity […]
Posted: June 23rd, 2025 under Business News, Environmental News, National News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, Upstate New York.
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GOVERNOR HOCHUL DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN 32 COUNTIES FOLLOWING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FORECASTED EXTREME HEAT
The State of Emergency includes Albany, Bronx, Broome, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Greene, Kings, Madison, Nassau, New York, Oneida, Onondaga, Orange, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Suffolk, Tioga, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Westchester and contiguous counties. Governor Kathy Hochul today declared a State of Emergency in 32 counties in response […]
Posted: June 23rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, General News, Lake Champlain News, Northern NY News, State Government News, Weather News/History.
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Microplastics are in Lake Champlain and in us. These scientists want to know their source
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Posted: June 23rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, General News, Lake Champlain News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, Regional NY-VT News, State Government News.
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Thunderstorms, lightning, heavy rain and damaging winds tonight
NWS Burlington Nighttime thunderstorms are expected to develop tonight through Sunday morning, bringing frequent lightning, heavy rain, and damaging winds. Heat will build behind the storms on Sunday and peak on Monday.
Posted: June 21st, 2025 under Environmental News, Northern NY News, Weather News/History.
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Peru Town Board receives long-awaited news – The Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Project will meet the July 1 start deadline
By John T Ryan June 9, 2026 Town Board Meeting – The Senior Construction Manager at AES Northeast presented the near-term construction schedule for the wastewater treatment plant. The general contractor, Murnane Building Contractors, is set to arrive at the site on Monday, June 16, to erect signage, install electricity, and bring in trailers. Erosion […]
Posted: June 18th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru/Regional History, Water & Sewer Dept. News.
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