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GE Takes National Grid To Court

Dave Lucas — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:21:02 +0000

General Electric has filed a lawsuit against National Grid seeking compensation for a share of costs for the $1 billion-plus Superfund cleanup of contaminated sediment from the upper Hudson River.

In a federal complaint filed Friday, GE says that in 1973 National Grid's predecessor, Niagara Mohawk, removed an 1880s-era dam downstream of GE plants in Hudson Falls and Fort Edward that caused more than 1 million cubic yards of tainted mud and contaminated sediment to wash downstream.

4/30/13 - Panel

Joe Donahue — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, and Ray Graf and Mike Spain, Associate Editor of The Times Union. Joe Donahue moderates.

Today's topics include:

Dredging
NBA player, Jason Collins announcing that he is gay
Sexual harassment in jails

Government Officials Work Toward a Settlement for a Restoration Plan

Allison Dunne — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:32:10 +0000

The Hudson River PCB-cleanup project is about halfway through, and both governmental officials as well as environmental advocates provided an update on the Superfund project Wednesday. What has not yet begun is a project to restore the Hudson River’s natural resources, including fish and wildlife, but planning for the restoration is underway.

Dredging Set to Start in Polluted Onondaga Lake

Tristan O'Neill — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:00:00 +0000

New York State environmental officials say dredging and capping pollution in Onondaga Lake will begin this summer. WAMC’s Tristan O’Neill reports…

The work is part of a $451 million project at the Superfund site, where contamination has already been targeted with cleanups at industrial sites and improved wastewater treatment.

Decades of industrial activity poured mercury and other metals along with solvents and PCBs into the lake northwest of Syracuse.