State scales back on salt study
By Ry Rivard
March 2, 2021
State lawmakers are apparently bowing to concerns that the study could expose the state to liability from residents with unsafe water.
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Judge penalizes state for salt pollution
By Ry Rivard
January 7, 2021
Nine years after they sued the state in the court of claims, a judge sided with the Fredericks and found the Thruway Authority owes the farmers $91,000 for the damage its road salt caused.
2020 EXPLORED: Road salt
By Ry Rivard
December 26, 2020
Researchers, regulators and residents have worried, complained, studied and suffered for years — yet the state has done little to get its arms around the problem of road salt contamination. Until this year.
Curbing New York’s 40-year road salt addiction
By Ry Rivard
December 21, 2020
By 2015, the Fund for Lake George, a nonprofit watchdog for the lake that anchors one of the country’s desirable lakefront property markets, said salt was “the acid rain of our time.” Now, years later, the state may get serious about the problem.
Proponents celebrate signing of road salt bill
By Mike Lynch
December 4, 2020
Proponents of a Road Salt bill signed into law earlier this week showed up Saranac Lake Friday to tout the bill and honor the man they named it for: the late Randy Preston, a longtime Wilmington town supervisor.
Cuomo backs salt study
By Ry Rivard
December 3, 2020
The governor signed a law aimed at reining in the 300 million pounds of salt dumped each year in the Adirondack Park to clear roads for fast-moving vehicles.
Talking Adirondack road salt
October 9, 2020
A talk about New York State's use of road salt in the Adirondack Park.
Salt study stalled
By Ry Rivard
September 22, 2020
This summer, New York lawmakers approved the bill to require the state to look at ways to cut the pollution caused by salt dumped each winter on state roads. The bill remains unsigned.
Salt through the hourglass: Legal deadlines put contamination relief out of reach
By Ry Rivard
August 1, 2020
When homeowners have found salt in their tap water, any delay—even hoping to get the government’s help instead of going to court—can be fatal to their court case.
State poised to study Park’s salt problems
By Ry Rivard
July 23, 2020
In the state's first serious attempt at reining in the 300 million pounds of road salt dumped each year in the Adirondack Park, state lawmakers this week approved a bill to study how much damage salt is doing in the region, particularly to drinking water supplies.