environmental

Groups raise environmental concerns for I-81, call for transformative solution
By Molly Smith
December 23, 2014 - 1:32am
Many factors and alternative options are under consideration for the future of the I-81 highway.

As the environmental review process proceeds, state officials continue to deliberate potential alternatives for the future of Interstate 81 in Syracuse. 

The elevated 1.4 mile-long portion of the highway near downtown Syracuse is approaching the end of its useful life in 2017, according to the state Department of Transportation, which started the review process last August. 

SU cleans up for RecycleMania
By Danielle Roth
March 24, 2014 - 6:17am
The national recycling competition reaches Syracuse as students and staff continue to work toward sustainability.

The discarded beer cans on a Friday night ended up in a 1,612-pound heap of garbage Saturday afternoon. Ten students from the Waste Watchers course last fall donned hard hats, leather gloves, boots and white Tyvek suits to dig through it in the hot, humid Syracuse Haulers building.