The Greenidge Generating Station on the lake’s western shore is using enormous amounts of energy to mine cryptocurrency. The environmental stakes are high.
Environment
Beacon survey shows support for climate policy and action
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Only 12 percent of Beacon readers who participated want the Biden administration to slow the pace of climate policy change and more than half would be willing to pay a premium for alternative fuels.
Environment
Series brings climate justice into focus
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The Climate Solutions Accelerator and other organizations partnered on the educational effort to build awareness on the deep connections between injustice and climate change.
Environment
Slowing a warming climate
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Meeting New York’s commitment to renewable energy will require continued technological and policy innovation.
Environment
Plug Power’s regional presence to grow
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The alternative energy technology provider plans to construct a $290 million green hydrogen fuel production facility at the site at STAMP in Genesee County.
Beaconomics
Rochester’s renewed fuel cell focus
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Hyzon Motors, established here in 2020, plans to create 100 jobs at the former GM facility in Honeoye Falls. The news follows Plug Power’s decision to create an innovation center in Rochester.
Environment
A new round of funding for clean energy efforts
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New York slates $17 million to encourage more communities to pursue the Clean Energy Community designation.
Environment
Big ambitions to curb microplastic pollution
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Greg Madejski’s fledgling firm Parverio is using machine-learning algorithms to build a library of micro-level debris.
Environment
Manure management tackles climate change on the farm
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New York’s more than a half-million dairy cows contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. Vermicomposting could help limit the impact.
Environment
An artist’s rendering of shoreline protection
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Sculptor Pepsy Kettavong’s Smart BreakWall Diversion System absorbs waves that can cause property damage along Lake Ontario.
GUEST OPINION
COVID-19 is a practice run for climate change
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If we learn from the first disaster, maybe we can spare ourselves from the worst consequences of the second.