Lake Ontario’s water level is higher than average and expected to continue to rise for weeks.
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New York to sue IJC over lake levels
The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation plans to sue the International Joint Commission for failing to properly manage water levels on Lake Ontario. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the lawsuit Wednesday afternoon to a crowd of reporters and local public officials on the deck of Silk O’Loughlin’s in Irondequoit, overlooking the water. “The facts of the matter are […]
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Federal watchdog agency to review Plan 2014
The federal government’s congressional watchdog agency is taking a look at a controversial plan that regulates outflows from Lake Ontario into the St. Lawrence Seaway. The General Accounting Office is reviewing Plan 2014, the regulatory plan that went into effect a few years ago. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand called for the review earlier […]
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Questions and protests as Lake Ontario’s levels rise
Homeowners and businesses on Lake Ontario are facing the second round of destructive flooding in three years. The lake rose to record springtime peaks in 2017, but the levels this May and June have been even higher.
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State offers $300 million for lakeshore infrastructure
Governor Andrew Cuomo says the state will provide up to $300 million to assist communities along Lake Ontario that have been hurt by flooding this year and in 2017. Cuomo announced the funding this morning during a press conference at the Riverside Convention Center. The governor was holding the first meeting of the state Lake Ontario […]
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Controversial plan for Lake Ontario approved
A bi-national agency has adopted a controversial new plan to regulate water levels in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River: 16 years after it started developing it. And one federal representative is already vowing to fight it. The International Joint Commission announced this afternoon that it approved Plan 2014, albeit an amended version. The […]
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Who’s worrying about the water?
Much of California is coping with a severe, multi-year drought. The state’s water supplies and reservoirs are depleted, urban residents are now required to limit their water use, and many farms in the state are losing their crops. By comparison, the Rochester region is hydrologically gifted. Lake Ontario provides people, farms, and businesses with massive […]
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Plan 2014 supporters speak out
A coalition of environmental groups is urging the federal government to approve a new plan for regulating Lake Ontario’s water levels. On Monday, the coalition, which includes the Nature Conservancy of Central and Western New York and Citizens Campaign for the Environment, held a press conference to show community support for Plan 2014. The plan would […]
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Brooks lays out opposition to lake-levels plan
Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks says that she opposes the plan for regulating water levels in Lake Ontario. This morning, Brooks appeared at the county’s Webster Park, along the lake’s shore, with Wayne County Board of Supervisors chair Jim Hoffman and Republican County Legislators Mike Rockow and Brian Marianetti to speak out against the plan. […]
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Commission sends Lake Ontario levels plan to US, Canadian governments
The International Joint Commission has sent a report to the United States and Canadian governments recommending its Plan 2014 for managing Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River water levels. The two governments have to approve the plan before it can go into effect, and the commission expects to receive responses from the US and Canada in coming months. […]
