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9:16am

Fri June 14, 2013
Environment

Another new St. Lawrence and Lake Ontario water levels plan

People along the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario will get a chance to weigh in on a new water levels plan next month.

Regulators say the plan, called “Plan 2014,” still helps the environment by returning more natural ebbs and flows to the water bodies. But they would have caused more shoreline damage on Lake Ontario.

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8:49am

Mon May 27, 2013
Environment

Taxpayers bear the brunt of climate change costs

The impact and severity of weather events like the tornado that hit Oklahoma City are increasing due to a changing global climate, according to research from the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

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4:22pm

Mon May 20, 2013
Environment

SUNY ESF working to bring back the American chesnut tree

Credit Ellen Abbott/WRVO

SUNY ESF is working to bring back a tree that once made up one quarter of the standing timber in forests in the Eastern United States. Now, researchers have come up with a variety of the tree that resists the blight that killed billions of American chestnut trees.

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8:34am

Sat May 18, 2013
Environment

Why low Lake Ontario levels mean high St. Lawrence levels

Credit Photo courtesy New York Power Authority

For quite some time, the Great Lakes -- from Superior to Ontario -- have been at historically low water levels. So many people were surprised  this week that regulators are lowering the gates at the Iroquois Dam near Ogdensburg because the St. Lawrence River is too high.

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7:00pm

Sun May 12, 2013
Air Quality

Phytofilter tech cleans air with the power of 100 plants

Credit Rexness / Flickr

This week on Take Care, Martin Mittelmark, CEO of Phytofilter Technologies in Saratoga Springs, talks about a new developing technology that uses plants to remove germs, pollen, mold and cancer-causing chemicals from the air.

Click "Read More" to hear our interview with Martin Mittelmark.

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12:08pm

Mon May 6, 2013
Environment

Court decision no deterrent for gas companies

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New York’s second highest court upheld the right for two municipalities to ban gas drilling last week. But, that decision won’t deter gas and oil producer Lenape Resources from appealing a similar ban in the upstate community of Avon.

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5:58am

Sat May 4, 2013
Environment

Rising concern about changes to Lake Ontario water levels

Credit Hamilton Conservation Authority / via Flickr

The water levels in Lake Ontario have a significant impact on the economic and environmental viability of harbors in upstate New York and Canada. As a result, a proposed plan to change the management of those water levels has raised some concerns in waterfront communities.

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3:19pm

Thu May 2, 2013
Environment

Farm run-off is polluting Lake Erie, says new report

Credit WBFO News file photo

A new report called Taken By Storm released by the National Wildlife Foundation is highlighting the issue of excessive fertilizer runoff into Lake Erie. The resulting algal blooms can seriously impact the health of those who rely on its water.

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6:27am

Wed May 1, 2013
Environment

Pondering the value of landfills in the Finger Lakes

Credit Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources / via Flickr

Hundreds of Finger Lakes residents gathered in Geneva recently for what’s expected to be the first of several conversations about the region’s landfills.

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1:58pm

Fri April 26, 2013
Environment

Fight to stop proposed gas storage facility continues with activists' release from jail

Three opponents of a proposed gas storage facility near Seneca Lake were released from jail early Thursday. The activists were sentenced to fifteen days after trespassing on property owned by Inergy Corporation, but were released after about a week. Inergy is seeking approval to store millions of barrels of butane and propane in an old salt cavern near Watkins Glen.

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9:16am

Fri April 19, 2013
Environment

Going green still a challenge for area businesses, governments

Central New York has a lot to be proud of when it comes to going green. That was the message at the Greening USA annual meeting in Syracuse yesterday. But there are still challenges when it comes to making the investment in green energy.

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4:33pm

Fri April 12, 2013
Environment

Invasion - Landscapes in Crisis

Invasion: Landscapes in Crisis describes the effects of deer-browsing, buck rubbing and other environmental threats to plants and trees in and around Cornell Plantations Botanical Gardens and Arboretum at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

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