On September 13, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that $21 million is now available to install electric vehicle fast chargers along major travel corridors across New York State.

Multiple state organizations reported in July 2024 that New York will likely miss a key deadline in the landmark 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). Multiple business groups, according to WaterFront have since lobbied Gov....

The Sierra Club Finger Lakes Group hosted a picnic to enjoy the company of fellow environmental advocates on Thursday June 11 at Champlin Beach Park in Hammondsport on the shore of Keuka Lake. It was delayed by one day due to severe weather. The...

A new packaging bill to reduce the amount of plastic trash in New York, the Plastic Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Bill, became stalled in the State Assembly at the time of legislature's adjournment in June. The bill was introduced in both...

In my food scraps composting article in the Spring issue of the Finger Lakes Sierran, I described my search to find a site to compost my food scraps at the end of a trip to Phoenix, AZ. Although I had to bring my scraps back to New York to compost,...

Bill Mattingly-Chair of the Finger Lakes Group "The Finger Lakes Group is taking action to stop local land spreading of sewage sludge. New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) wants to dramatically increase the amount of...

On Sept 21, over 150 people gathered in Seneca Falls, who overwhelmingly expressed opposition to the proposed expansion and extension of the life of Seneca Meadows landfill. The climate crisis is now dramatically demonstrating how humans are...