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Yates County Planning Board votes to not recommend Greenidge site plan

By Nicholas Phillips of WENY News Torrey, NY (WENY) — The Yates County Planning Board on Thursday saw an application for a site plan involving a bitcoin mining factory and the plan to build several small facilities next to it.The application, involving the site plan includes building multiple equipment housing units on cement slabs. After much […]

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Fish Aren’t Biting in Seneca Lake; Will Greenidge’s Planned Bitcoin Mining Expansion Make Matters Worse?

DRESDEN, Nov. 13, 2020— A local fisherman is urging Torrey town officials to consider the declining state of Seneca Lake’s fish before they approve Greenidge Generation’s planned expansion of its Bitcoin mining data center. “The fishing’s gone to hell,” and the Dresden power plant might be one reason why, Michael Black, owner of a lake cottage

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CTPFL Comments to Planning Board

PO BOX 505 Penn Yan NY 14527preservethefingerlakes@gmail.com Town of Torrey Planning BoardC/o Betty DaggettTown of Torrey Town Clerk56 Geneva St.Dresden, NY 14441Email: townclerk@townoftorrey.com The Committee to Preserve the Finger Lakes submits the following comments in response to the Conditioned Negative Declaration adopted by the Town of Torrey Planning Board and published in the Environmental Notice

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Suggestions for Comments to the Planning Board

“We just hope there are fish left in Seneca Lake by the time the DEC studies of Greenidge Generation LLC, including cooling water intakes, thermal study, dilution study, are completed and corrective action implemented.”Mary Anne Kowalski, President Suggestions for Comments The Committee to Preserve the Finger Lakes offers the following suggestions to help concerned citizens

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