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I’ve always been fascinated by crow intelligence and at the same time amazed how few people recognize this intelligence especially since, according to some cognitive research, theirs exceeds that of dogs. This video lecture from a writer Joshua Klein, who has been involved with an amateur study of corvid behavior, highlights this.
Of course [...]
More Web Sightings hereBisphenol A or BPA is an important industrial chemical used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins. The plastics industry maintains that BPA is completely safe. But academic and government researchers say the chemical needs to undergo a new risk assessment.
...Read MorePercholorethylene, commonly known as perc, is used by about 80 percent of U.S. dry cleaners to remove stains and clean clothes.
When first introduced to dry cleaners in the 1930s, little was known about its health effects, and it was considered something of a miracle chemical because it could be aggressive on stains, but was not [...]
...Read MoreThe principle of maximum diversity operates both at the physical and at the mental level. It says that the laws of nature and the initial conditions are such as to make the universe as interesting as possible. As a result, life is possible but not too easy. Always when things are dull, something [...]
In a report to be made public this week, the Onondaga Nation will ask state and federal officials why vast amounts of a dangerous substance will remain near a lake undergoing a total of nearly $1 billion in cleanup work.
The mercury at the former LCP Chemicals plant off Bridge Street in Geddes remains buried 18 [...]
Oxygen levels in Onondaga Lake have been steadily improving according to a study conducted by the Upstate Freshwater Institute and Syracuse University Researchers. The most dramatic improvement has occurred within the last year or so as the county finished upgrading its Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant in Syracuse. Good news for fish and taxpayers:
Oxygen [...]
The newly expanded Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant has resulted in sooner-than-expected improvements in Onondaga Lake water quality. Dramatic reductions in ammonia and phosphorus levels have been observed in only a few short months; ammonia levels now meet the 2012 federally mandated standards for clean water. Phosphorus levels, while improved, still exceed those standards [...]
$20 million plant to aid Onondaga Lake cleanup
Friday, April 08, 2005
By Mark Weiner
Post-Standard
Onondaga Lake’s biggest polluter started construction Thursday on a $20 million project in Geddes to prevent chemicals from seeping out of toxic waste sites on the shore to the lake below.
Honeywell International said its groundwater treatment plant will effectively end a major source [...]
Onondaga Lake plan delay sought
State, federals, Onondagas say more time is needed to review cleanup proposals.
Feds tell state to delay Onondaga Lake cleanup
Syracuse.com: NewsFlash – Feds want state to delay cleanup of Onondaga Lake
Cleanup plan on hold
The Environmental Protection Agency says its wants more time for public input on plans to clean up Onondaga [...]
Our beautiful lake will present continuous villas ornamented with shady groves and hanging gardens and connected by wide and splendid avenue that shall encircle its entire waters
– From a speech by Harvey Baldwin, first mayor of Syracuse, in 1847. (from “The Golden Age of Onondaga Lake Resorts”, 2002, Donald H. Thompson, Purple Mountain Press, [...]
The Onondaga Nation has filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming ownership of more than 2 million acres of land in Upstate New York from the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Pennsylvania border. The lawsuit names as defendants the State of New York, the City of Syracuse and Onondaga County, as well as Honeywell, [...]
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