Peter Mantius

Oct 23, 2024 | waterfrontonline.blog | Peter Mantius

AUBURN, Oct. 23, 2024 — Blooms of toxic cyanobacteria “exploded” across the Finger Lakes this worst-ever season, as Seneca, Canandaigua, Skaneateles and Cayuga lakes each had more than 100 reports of harmful algal blooms, or HABs.The outbreaks began in June — earlier than ever — and continued through late October. Swaths of streaky green water were widespread, plaguing the lakes for weeks at a time during the season’s peak in September.

Jun 9, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Peter Mantius |Brian Kaylor |Justin Perkins |Joel Bleifuss

In a response brief filed on May 31 to a lawsuit against the DEC and Seneca Meadows Inc., the agency asserted that it alone has discretion on when to issue, enforce, modify or revoke landfill permits. “The Green Amendment does not alter DEC’s enforcement discretion … and so the plaintiffs cannot compel DEC to enforce against Seneca Meadows,” state Attorney General Letitia James argued for the agency.

May 30, 2024 | waterfrontonline.blog | Peter Mantius

DRESDEN, May 30, 2024 — Greenidge Generation President Dale Irwin has shed more than one-third of his holdings in company common stock since the the cash-strapped Bitcoin mining company lost its state appeal for an air permit on May 8. After selling 25,000 shares for $63,797 on May 20, Irwin sold another 8,777 shares for $24,638 on Tuesday, leaving him with 70,962 shares — about 1 percent of the company’s total common shares. Irwin had already sold 5,646 shares on Feb. 28 to raise $23,600.

May 9, 2024 | waterfrontonline.blog | Peter Mantius

DRESDEN, May 9, 2024 — Greenidge Generation has lost its administrative appeal within the state Department of Environmental Conservation that had challenged the agency’s June 2022 denial of its bid to renew its air emissions permit. A 29-page decision issued Wednesday by DEC Region 7 Director Dereth Glance jeopardizes the company’s right to continue operating its power plant in Dresden, which houses a Bitcoin mining facility.

May 1, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Steve Early |Peter Mantius |Laura Orlando |Joel Bleifuss

Shrewsbury, 33, was born in Ripley, West Virginia, and raised on a farm in rural Monroe County. His grandfather was a union coal miner, but he grew up in a Republican family, a reflection of the state’s shift from blue to red over the past half century. After dropping out of college, he spent five years in the military, stationed in Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He returned from overseas determined to serve his country in a different way.