Today in your Trail Mix:
The monthly jobs report rodeo!
An oil industry insider charges environmentalists with "hysteria."
The Obama administration heads to Rochester to talk exports.
A Syracuse startup goes public with a new service to protect your rep on the web.
Plus, new bins double recycling in Buffalo.
Jobs
Rochester's jobs number was up 1.8 percent in January (Velvet Spicer, Rochester Business Journal).
The Capital Region was up also up, 1.4 percent (Eric Anderson, Times Union).
Buffalo only notched up .2 percent (David Robinson, Buffalo News).
You can see the rest of the numbers at the Department of Labor's website.
And on the subject of jobs: 22 people are losing them in the Town of Union, where Ricoh is dropping the first round of employees at the end of May, and the second in July (My-Ly Nguyen, Press & Sun-Bulletin).
The governor says his administration is pushing back against cuts to the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station [VIDEO] (Nick Reisman, State of Politics).
Fracking
A spokesperson for the New York State Petroleum Council is charging that environmentalists are "creating an environment of fear" around fracking to ramp up donations and membership (Marie Cusick, WMHT/Innovation Trail).
The City of Auburn is taking back its ban on treating fracking fluid at its local treatment plant (Jason Smith, WRVO).
Meanwhile, Niagara Falls has banned the treatment of fracking fluid at its water plant (Daniel Robison, WBFO/Innovation Trail).
Business
An Obama administration official is in Rochester this morning to help small businesses tap into export markets, arguing "if we want to have a balanced economy and create jobs, we need to also be producing things, not just consuming" (Zack Seward, WXXI/Innovation Trail).
All Over Albany has mapped where the region's grocery stores are - and aren't.
North American Breweries says a challenge to its plan to knock down a building on its Rochester campus could delay the construction of a new visitor center (WXXI).
Tech
Syracuse's BrandYourself, a startup that helps polish up reputations on the web, relaunched yesterday with a free service (Ryan Delaney, WRVO/Innovation Trail).
Welch Allyn has nabbed the first-ever "energy efficient" tax break from Onondaga County's industrial development agency (Ryan Delaney, WRVO/Innovation Trail).
An aviation enthusiast says tinkering with planes is just like tinkering with the biotech that can help test DNA faster (Zack Seward, WXXI/Innovation Trail).
Venture capitalists are turning their attention from sexy technology like surgical robots to more mundane ideas, like new software that helps with billing (Sarah Varney, NPR).
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is developing a virtual reality environment to help nuclear workers prepare for dealing with disaster (Brian Nearing, Times Union).
Government
New York's Thruway is getting a series of signs and kiosks to hip travelers to local history (Jon Campbell, Vote Up!).
Two activists appeared on Capital Tonight to talk about what they want the governor to do to help relieve poverty in New York State [VIDEO] (Maureen McManus, State of Politics).
Recycling has doubled in Buffalo following the implementation of "single stream" bins, that allow residents to mix up all of their recyclables (Eileen Buckley, WBFO).
Syracuse's airport authority votes today whether or not to give the police department the boot at the airport, to replace them with a private security firm (Tim Knauss, Post-Standard).
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