CBS 6

DEC opens public comment period for proposed controversial 'sewage sludge' plant

Saratoga County — The NYSDEC Thursday, released draft air and solid waste permits for public comment for the Saratoga Biochar Solutions, the facility proposed for construction in the town of Moreau, ...
WTEN

Rally held to oppose proposed biochar project

HUDSON FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — People gathered in Hudson Falls on Tuesday to protest the Saratoga Biochar Project in the town of Moreau. Those in attendance oppose a sewage sludge biochar project by ...
Times Union

Opposition to Saratoga Biochar continues to mount

MOREAU — Earthjustice, the environmental law nonprofit, is leading a chorus of 78 environmental and political action groups, including the Sierra Club, in speaking out against the proposed ...
Times Union

Environmental group calls Saratoga Biochar efforts to reach residents inadequate

MOREAU — Opponents to the proposed Saratoga Biochar Solutions’ facility in the town’s industrial park say the company’s public participation meeting, which is required by the state Department of ...
The Enterprise

Brockton mayor pulls plug on $34.8M proposal to turn sludge into gold

BROCKTON — Brockton balked on a $34.8M plan to turn sewage sludge into "biochar" it could sell for $300 a ton. Mayor Robert Sullivan said Friday that he put the proposal on pause after pushback from ...
The Montana Standard

‘The cleanup crew’: Leaders behind controversial NY biochar business have ties to Iowa sludge dispute

The company includes an Iowa business owner who was once accused by former neighbors of making them sick with contaminated sewage sludge. He now plans to take hundreds of thousands of tons of treated ...