PUSH Buffalo was among three environmental advocacy groups to sue New York State this week over the state’s failure to meet a 2024 deadline on publishing new environmental regulations.
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It’s a lapse in oversight by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation that has left communities − including the Town of Tonawanda and Buffalo − burdened with unchecked levels of toxins in the air.
For months, Great Lakes Cheese has been discharging polluted wastewater into Ischua Creek far in excess of what its permits allow, according to data from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Reach climate and environment reporter Mackenzie Shuman at mshuman@buffnews.com or 716-715-4722.
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