A doctor working to determine what is causing more than a dozen teenage girls to experience uncontrollable tics said all the girls that he has seen have tested positive for two types of infections.

It's been a big year for author and climate change activist Bill McKibben. His organization, 350.org, led a series of national protests against an oil pipeline from Canada known as Keystone XL.

Parents in LeRoy, NY, requested the district do six specific tests to try and determine if any environmental factors are at fault for causing several student to develop tourette-like symptoms.

The state's top environmental regulator said Tuesday it's "conceivable" a handful of permits could be issued this year for high-volume hydraulic fracturing, but said a final decision is "months, not years" away.

While the Cuomo administration has not been definitive about its plans for hydrofracking recently, it is also unclear whether the state is adequately prepared to manage natural gas drilling and protect local drinking water supplies.

More than 40 years after a train derailment and chemical spill in LeRoy, the site is still contaminated with a toxic chemical called Tri-Chloro-Ethene, or TCE. 30,000 gallons of that chemical spilled and quickly seeped into the ground water and soil.

Scores of Hector residents pleaded to their reluctant town board to ban or place a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing at a public hearing Saturday morning, and they were encouraged by more than 200 of their neighbors, who cheered the speakers.

The Allegany County Board of Health wants to take a “pre-emptive” measure to help public and private well owners who may be worried about their water quality if drilling goes forward, said county Environmental Health Director Thomas Hull.

This summer, SUNY Fredonia will lead the first-ever study of plastic pollution focused solely on the Great Lakes.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Saturday it is continuing to test the content of the drums at the Lehigh Valley Derailment Superfund site in Le Roy in order to determine where the drums will be sent for disposal.

The state's hydrofracking advisory panel is in flux as the Department of Environmental Conservation wades through tens of thousands of public responses it received on the much-debated drilling technique.

A preliminary report by the State Department of Health into “Tourette-like symptoms” has ruled out infectious or environmental public health concerns.

Unknown sensitive materials, set to be transferred by an order from the Environmental Protection Agency from LeRoy to Lewiston, will not be accepted by the CWM facility in Lewiston.

The Tourette's-like symptoms affecting at least a dozen teens in Le Roy is now reportedly affecting a 36-year-old woman in the area. Local doctors think the illness is stress related, but speculation is growing that a decades old chemical spill could be connected to the teens uncontrollable tics.

The New York State Health Department has issued a report ruling out environmental or infectious causes behind the illnesses in LeRoy.

Federal lawmakers representing Genesee County said this afternoon that the EPA will remove by the end of the month barrels from the site of a 1970 train accident and chemical spill in Le Roy.

Friday morning the search continues for answers about what's causing tourettes-like symptoms in at least 12 girls from LeRoy. Some say it's a stress related illness, but now there's more speculation that a decades old chemical spill might be connected to the medical mystery.

In response to criticism from environmental activists regarding a neglected Superfund toxic waste site in Le Roy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that ongoing work has been done in recent years to monitor and address the toxic chemicals spilled in a 1970 train derailment.

Environmental officials are back in Genesee County, taking a second look after a mysterious illness created a wave of questions in LeRoy.

The village is facing mounting fines from the state Department of Environmental Conservation, as it has missed two deadlines for the completion of mandated rehabilitation of the local sewer system.