A new report by the National Audubon Society says Pennsylvania’s state bird the ruffed grouse and New Jersey’s American goldfinch could disappear from the state.
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Binghamton Mayor Predicts No Sewer Rate Increase In 2020
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Rates will differ across Broome County and still could go after 2020.
PA Vineyards Facing An Insect Invasion May Turn To Aliens For Help
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A stowaway from China, the spotted lanternfly, is eating its way across Pennsylvania, killing trees and grapevines. Scientists are considering importing the bug’s natural enemies from back home.
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PA Business Advocates Celebrate Trump’s Clean Water Rollback
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Meanwhile, environmental groups like the Chesapeake Bay Foundation say the move is an “assault” on clean water.
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On Cayuga Lake, Researchers Fight Hydrilla
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Army Corps of Engineers surveys the lake, looking for noxious weed.
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New York DEC Will Fight Constitution Pipeline
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State says Trump Administration is overstepping.
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Congressman Continues Call For Changes In Lake Ontario Management Plan
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“While there are shipping interests and energy interests and environmental interests, the human interest, specifically, the residents and business owners along the shore are first and foremost in my mind.”
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Rabid Skunk Captured in Ithaca
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It was seen on 2nd and Cascadilla Streets before it was captured by Tompkins County Animal Control.
Sewage Released From Village Treatment Plant in Tompkins County
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The county wants anyone who might drink untreated water or who swims in the lake to be aware of the discharge.
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Paddlers Plan Protest On Cayuga Lake
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Activists plan to take to Cayuga Lake early this morning to protest seismic tests by Cargill. The company has salt mines below the lake.