Water
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 - 12:08 pm
On Friday, August 19, the citizens of Andes will have the chance to weigh in on the controversial issue of hydraulic fracturing, at a town-sponsored public forum on the issue.
The forum will be held at 7pm at the Andes Central School. USGS hydrogeologist... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 - 2:50 pm
The U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 5, 2011 - 9:40 am
Just days after the U.S. government asked a federal judge to dismiss an anti-hydraulic-fracturing lawsuit filed by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a coalition of environmental groups has filed its own similar lawsuit, thereby giving the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 - 4:03 pm
Above: Arm-of-the-Sea Theater, which will perform this weekend at the Batavia Kill Stream Celebration.
For those who might not know what, exactly, the "kill" in Catskill stands for, there's a whole festival happening this weekend that will cement the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011 - 4:54 pm
Natural gas well in Pennsylvania, July 2011. Photo by Jerry Dincher, via Flickr.
The New York Times' Ian Urbina, who has been spearheading the Grey Lady's coverage of hydraulic fracturing, has uncovered what seems to be the first documented case of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 29, 2011 - 3:01 pm
Above: Radar image taken at 2:47pm. National Weather Service.
See that storm over Binghamton? It's heading towards the Catskills. (So that's why it's so humid and sticky out there.) The National Weather Service has issued "severe thunderstorm watch" for... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 29, 2011 - 9:00 am
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced yesterday that, starting today, the Lower Esopus will get 10 to 15 million gallons of clean water a day from the Ashokan Reservoir.
For creekside residents below the Ashokan, who have... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 25, 2011 - 9:36 am
You should take that headline literally. Thanks to a water main break in the village of Catskill, the Catskill Community Center's "Summer Fun Programming" has been cancelled today, according to its website:
URGENT! NO SUMMER REC OR SUMMER FUN TODAY... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 - 4:32 pm
Photo: Excess water spilling over the Gilboa Dam at the Schoharie Reservoir. Image released into the public domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
At a public hearing in Kingston today, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection released... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 11, 2011 - 9:23 am
Four people from Ulster County died in a boating accident on the Hudson River yesterday, and two more people barely escaped. The accident was horrific enough to make the papers across the state.
News accounts report that six people were riding in a... Read more
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