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Girl Scouts formally open solar STEM lab/classroom in Broome County
SANFORD, N.Y. — Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways (GSNYPENN) on Aug. 27 formally opened the organization’s new solar STEM lab and classroom at the council’s Amahami Adventure Center in the town of Sanford in Broome County. STEM is short for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The one-story building, located at 434 Page Pond Road, includes […]
ANCA clean-energy director named to NYS climate justice working group
SARANAC LAKE — An official with the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) has been named to New York’s climate justice working group. Jerrod Bley, ANCA’s clean-energy program director, is one of three individuals from rural communities to be named to the panel. The group will help guide the implementation of New York’s new Climate Leadership
Madison County seeks public input on updated solid-waste management plan
WAMPSVILLE — The Madison County Department of Solid Waste has released a draft of the updated local solid-waste management plan (SWMP) that will focus on the next 10 years (from 2021 through 2030) of solid-waste disposal and recycling in Madison County. In the past, Madison County has prepared SWMPs to “evaluate and execute an environmentally
EPA proposes cleanup plan for superfund site of former Sidney company
SIDNEY, N.Y. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a cleanup plan to address creosote contamination at the GCL Tie and Treating superfund site located in the village of Sidney in Delaware County. The location is a former wood-treating facility that was operated between the early 1950s and 1988 when the property was
FDA approves Lansing firm’s product to disinfect N95 respirators
LANSING, N.Y. — NovaSterilis, a nearly two-decade old Ithaca–area company, says health-care workers can use one of its products to decontaminate “select” N95 respirators used as personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The firm on Sept. 1 announced the emergency-use authorization by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to use its Nova2200 system
Report outlines state agencies’ efforts in using sustainable practices
New York State agencies on Aug. 23 issued a report which documents how “innovative” energy efficiency and sustainability programs have “substantially reduced” energy use in state buildings, tripled the generation of solar energy over the past two years, and “significantly” curbed paper use. “Most significantly,” the 2018-19 Greening New York State Report also notes a 22.6
Cuomo says non-Indian casinos can reopen Sept. 9
(Updated at 11:57 p.m., 9/3/20) Non-Indian casinos and video lottery terminal facilities will be allowed to reopen starting Sept. 9 with a 25 percent occupancy
Ithaca-area firm gets FDA approval to decontaminate N95 respirators used in COVID-19 care
The firm also says the technology is “non-toxic,” has a low environmental impact, and has “broad material compatibility.” The process “penetrates deep” within materials, is
Cuomo warns that some K-12 schools will be forced to close as “inevitable” virus clusters develop
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned on a Monday conference call with reporters that it’s unavoidable that coronavirus cases will increase in some places
Oneida County reports nine new COVID-19 cases in weekend updates
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County reported nine new COVID-19 infections in its weekend updates. The new infections bring the current case total to 2,246 as
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