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Alcoa’s profits, the GM site, and Massena after PCB contamination

Good morning! Some news this week on Massena and the companies that have polluted it: Massena has been in the news quite a lot lately, both with respect to some of the problems with crime the town has been having, and to the deal Alcoa struck last...

Did the EPA put jobs ahead of the environment?

The Environmental Protection Agency has made official what we reported earlier this morning. The agency released a final plan for cleaning up PCB-contaminated sediment Alcoa released into the Grasse River until the chemical was banned in the 1970s....

Alcoa East officially reopens

Alcoa CEO Klauss Kleinfeld and Senator Chuck Schumer officially welcomed back 115 Alcoa workers as three pot lines are reenergized this spring. The plant was idled in 2009. Tune in Monday for a full story. Meanwhile, watch as workers pour the...

NY state scales back energy aid to thousands of North Country farmers, businesses

The good news is that Alcoa is gearing up again, adding jobs. The bad news is that the New York Power Authority will now be curtailing the electricity discount that had been going to dairies and other businesses in the North Country. This...

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Reynolds PCB Dredging Completed

by David Sommerstein

Nov 26, 2001 — Workers have finished dredging PCBs for the winter from the St. Lawrence River near the former Reynolds plant. David Sommerstein talks with the project's director to see if the dredging was a success. Go to full article

PCB Dredging at Alcoa/Reynolds in Massena

by The Environment Report

Sep 04, 2001 — Cleaning up a river bottom--The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Karen Kelly reports on the challenges of dredging PCBs form the St. Lawrence river at the former Reynolds plant near Massena. Go to full article

People: PCB Dredging Project Manager Anne Kelly

by David Sommerstein

Sep 04, 2001 — David Sommerstein talks with EPA Project Manager Anne Kelly to get an update on dredging of PCBs at the former Reynolds plant near Massena. Go to full article

Alcoa Shutdown

by David Sommerstein

Feb 06, 2001 — The Big Three automakers are ailing, and some of their biggest suppliers are starting to feel the trickle-down effects. Alcoa announced over the weekend that it will shut down a part of its Massena plant for a week to help save money. David Sommerstein has more. Go to full article

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