Environment

In the wake of recent heavy rainfall, Schuyler County Emergency Management is making sandbags available to help combat shoreline erosion and flooding.

Cortlandville residents can share their thoughts on the potential extension of a solar moratorium tonight at 5:30 p.m.

Lawmakers in Danby are considering designating 15 Bald Hill Road as public parkland.

Officials say 30 commercial properties in the town’s sewer district have their septic tanks pumped each year.

A Tompkins County Supreme Court Judge has affirmed the right to challenge the Lansing Zoning Board of Appeals’ (ZBA) classification of a proposed data center as a permissible land use.

On April 16, REEgen was awarded $200,000 to advance commercial deployment of its BioREEcover technology, which recovers rare earth elements from industrial waste.

Tompkins County Environmental Health Director Skip Parr tells 607 News Now the Asteri Ithaca building operators have until Thursday, Apr. 30 to fully implement a solid waste management plan.

2026 marks 20 years of Ithaca’s Emerald Necklace, a greenbelt of protected lands around the south end of Cayuga Lake.

On April 21, the DEC announced that Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cortland County will receive $200,000 in funding for the Blocks in Bloom program.

Leigh MacDonald was named by the ICG board of directors to serve as interim executive director, following the recent departure of Naomi Sukenik.