New York’s rivers and lakes are still a dumping ground for polluters…and some of the worst are here in Upstate New York. That’s the assessment of the research group “Environment New York.” Their new report “Wasting Our Waters” points at Anheuser-Busch in Baldwinsville for dumping 1.4 million pounds of toxic waste into the Oswego River in 2010.
It also notes Eastman Kodak had the most discharges by toxicity with 12,000 pounds of toxic compounds released into the Genesee River. Environment New York Director Heather Leibowitz wants to see practices change.
A Syracuse University Researcher is part of a team trying to get the most out of upcoming changes to carbon emissions from power plants. A new study shows the right regulations could cut pollution that makes people sick, damages crops, and hurts the environment.
Scientists identify thousands of new plants, animals, microbes, fungus and the like every year. And a center here in Syracuse keeps track. The science of taxonomy is being celebrated today with the Top 10 List of new species by the International Institute for Species Exploration.
The City of Syracuse is starting to treat some 1,800 ash trees in its right of way to protect them from fatal emerald ash borer infestations. Licensed contractors demonstrated the treatment method Tuesday on an otherwise healthy looking tree in front of a house on Houston Avenue in the Meadowbrook neighborhood. Harris says the 18-inch diameter tree on Houston Ave costs about $86 to treat. He says it would take about 30 years of treatment to equal the roughly $850 removal and replacement cost of a tree, which is what would happen if left untreated.
The pizza crust or potato peel leftover from your meal at places like the OnCenter or Destiny USA restaurants ends up at a facility in Camillus that turns it into garden compost. The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency unveiled its Amboy food scrap composting facility on Thursday, which is the largest in the state. Spokesperson Kristin Lawton says haulers deliver the scraps, which enter a very specialized recycling process: