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Greenidge Generation, From Peaker Plant to Mining Bitcoin

By Jimmy Jordan

Greenidge Generation LLC operates a natural gas power plant near the shore of Seneca Lake, that has evolved into a bitcoin mining operation. Greenidge’s parent company now boasts that it’s the first bitcoin mining operation with it’s own in-house energy supply being publicly traded on the stock market, but they have attracted the scrutiny of…

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County Administrator, Jason Molino, Talks One Year of COVID-19

By WRFI News Staff

Jason Molino, Tompkins County’s Administrator, released a letter to the community to mark a year since the COVID-19 pandemic began to affect life in Tompkins County.  He sat down with WRFI News Director Jimmy Jordan to talk about that letter

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Tompkins Food Future: Development of a Food Systems Plan in Tompkins County

By Esther Racoosin

Katie Hallas, the Coordinator of the Community Food System Plan, discusses Tompkins Food Future.  This project will create a local food system whereby sustainable, equitable healthy and affordable food is available for all members of our community. For more information, visit http://www.tompkinsfoodfuture.org (photo: Compost SDIM0891 by Stefan Szczelkun, courtesy of Creative Commons)  

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Reimagining Public Safety Draft Report, From Release to Now

By WRFI News Staff

The Reimagining Public Safety Draft report has made waves in Ithaca and Tompkins County, and has even rippled into the National news.  Here, we track how the draft report was first released to the press, referred to in a GQ article, then presented to the Ithaca Common Council.  Find the GQ article here. To watch…

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