Jun 11
2013
Out of control …
Posted 12 years ago
Jun 11
2013
Jun 11
2013
For the first time, the numbers are flowing in on sewer overflows across the state and it isn’t pretty. In Erie County, almost 7 million gallons of untreated sewage were discharged into local waterways in May. This information wasn’t publicly available on the Internet until the Sewage Pollution Right to Know Law went into effect last month. Based on what’s reported so far, the biggest repositories of raw sewage were Ellicott Creek (2 million gallons), Scajaquada Creek (1 million) and the Niagara River (679,000). Heavy rain or snow melt is often the cause of these overflows. The ground water seeps through cracks in the sewer[...]
Jun 10
2013
Edward Snowden, who revealed the existence of the National Security Agency’s data-collecting programs, explains his motives and concerns in an interview with the Guardian.
Jun 10
2013
Jun 10
2013
Energy use was responsible for 31.6 gigatons of carbon dioxide emissions, a 1.4 percent increase for this past year. Not only is this a record, but it also brings the planet closer to temperatures many scientists believe will have catastrophic impacts on life as we know it. A Washington Post report.
Jun 8
2013
Buffalo’s West Side residents will get their first opportunity to see and comment on plans for what the state is calling the “NY Gateway Connections Improvement Project to the U.S. Peace Bridge Plaza.” That’s a clever name for a project that involves work on roads leading to and from the plaza, rather than expansion of the plaza itself. For more detail on this project, read our April 4 report. Tuesday’s meeting is at D’Youville College at 329 Porter Ave. in the Porterview Room on the second floor. The open house parts are from 3-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Presentations will be at[...]
Jun 7
2013
Senior Canadian official responds to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s attacks over Peace Bridge. “The letter manages to be both polite and dismissive,” reports the New York Times.
Jun 7
2013
ProPublica charts the slippery slope that’s led to where we find ourselves today.