CNY ecoBlog

And you’re worried about your heating bill…
Scientists say they have measured a significant slowing in the Atlantic currents that carry warm water toward Northern Europe. If the trend persists, they say, the weather there could cool considerably in coming decades.
Some climate experts have said the potential cooling of Europe was paradoxically consistent with global warming [...]

The Observer-Dispatch has an thought-provoking interview with pollster John Zogby on the Rome-Utica area and the lack of vision in Upstate New York:
“I don’t think local officials are accustomed to thinking in terms of visions. I think they need to spend so much of their time micromanaging. Everything from the day-to-day issues to issues like [...]

The debate continues to heat up over the possibility of a Wal-mart opening in Saranac Lake even though its officially only a rumor. Adirondack Almanac recently posted on this growing debate, including a link to an Adirondack Daily Enterprise web poll on a Wal-mart in Saranac Lake. The poll generated a huge number [...]

The Cayuga County Blog has been posting extensively on the proposed Scepter landfill in the town of Seneca Falls raising concerns specifically about its proximity to Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. The landfill will be used as waste-disposal site for ash and aluminum salt cakes, a byproduct of its aluminum processing recycling facility. [...]

Layoffs begin at New Process Gear

With a decision expected today on the proposed Eastwood Walgreens Sean Kirst offers another interesting column – a must read for anyone following this issue.

The critical thing being decided:

The decision on Walgreens, where the developer is asking the commission to set aside guidelines forbidding new driveways, could affect the approach toward new [...]

A grant program that awarded $1.3 million to farmers in Cayuga, Madison and Onondaga counties to promote tourism was not included in the current state budget, leaving hundreds of interested applicants out of luck.

The New York Agritourism and Education program was created by former state Sen. Nancy Larraine Hoffmann and aimed to bring visitors from [...]

By ecology we mean the body of knowledge concerning the economy of nature—the total relations of the animal to both to its inorganic and organic environment.

“Central Issues” WCNY-TV held a special live broadcast to discuss an ongoing study of consolidation by the Onondaga Citizens League.
Most of those participating in the discussion agreed that consolidation has benefits, but achieving it would be difficult because many politicians do not want to give up their political base and many residents do not [...]

Next week will be a grassroots Premiere Week for the new muckracking documentary, “WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price”. Free screening locations are peppered across the Central New York region. The documentary looks “into the real lives of workers and their families, business owners and their communities” affected by Wal-mart. Sounds [...]