Today in your trail mix:
Dimock, PA residents say they don't need Binghamton's water.
A green roof in Rochester needs some help.
Plus, a fight over a city effort to ban fracking in Albany.
Energy
Residents of Dimock, Pennsylvania who say their water was contaminated by gas drilling are rejecting an offer of water from Binghamton (Steve Reilly, Press and Sun Bulletin).
A new study from MIT outlines problems with the way the nation's electrical grid is regulated (Matthew L. Wald, New York Times).
Environment
A green roof in Rochester is in need of an extra $1.6 million in cash (Steve Orr, Democrat and Chronicle).
Don't get caught throwing a rechargeable battery in the trash - it's now illegal in New York (Aaron Scholder, Democrat and Chronicle).
NASA scientists have discovered a new planet in the so-called "Goldilocks zone" around another star, making it a candidate for containing life (Seth Borenstein, Associated Press).
Politics
Legislators in Albany have failed to override the mayor's veto on a citywide fracking ban (Jordan Carleo-Evangelist, Times Union).
RPI president Shirley Ann Jackson is the seventh highest paid private college president in the country - with an annual salary topping $1.7 million (All Over Albany).
