By Jordan Rasmussen Since President Trump issued an executive order calling for the repeal and replacement of the 2015 Clean Water, or Water of the U.S. (WOTUS) Rule, my husband has discussed the issue with — and heard the concerns of — his fellow farmers. As any wife would do, I shared with him the […]
BY KATHY KAHN New Planet Energy representatives will attend the Stony Point Town Board meeting on Tuesday, June 27, at 7 p.m. to gather public feedback on the trash-to-gas plant they are building in town. New Planet is building a renewable fuel and bio-tech refinery, expected to take in 1.3 million tons of municipal solid waste and […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – The Rockland County Legislature voted Tuesday evening to request the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation schedule a hearing on United Water’s proposed desalination plant, as well as to reopen proceedings requiring United Water to develop water supply source plans. The vote came after public input from community […]
Children in the East Ramapo and Ramapo Central School Districts are getting cleaner running bus fleets through a grant program awarded to Chestnut Ridge Transportation from the EPA. The transportation company, a member of The Trans Group, LLC (Spring Valley, NY), has been awarded the grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to replace and/or upgrade […]