Environment

From the foothills of the Adirondacks to New York Harbor, Hudson River fish still are contaminated with PCBs. Photo: rabbit75_fot/Adobe Stock. ALBANY, N.Y. - Environmentalists are calling the state of New York's lawsuit against the…

Green roofs lower heating and cooling costs by increasing a building's energy efficiency. Photo credit: Victor217, Adobe Stock. NEW YORK - Some building owners in New York City now have added incentive to create a green space on their…

NEW YORK - A new report says farming has an important role to play in fighting climate change. The Climate Change and Land Use report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says rising temperatures and severe weather are…

Heretic is a word commonly used to identify people who disagree with an organized religion. Some have determined that the advocates of global warming are really a religion cloaked in the feel-good term called climate change. File photo:…

Renewable resources such as hydroelectric now supply 26 percent of New York's energy. Photo credit: Demerzel21 / Adobe Stock. ALBANY, N.Y. - To reach clean energy goals, New York needs to maintain its existing baseline of renewable…

Extreme weather due to climate change can exacerbate pollution runoff and toxic algal blooms in the Great Lakes. Photo credit: Jacob/Adobe Stock. NEW YORK - A coalition of more than 160 local, state and national environmental groups…

While experts are investigating the incident and currently at a loss as to what could have caused the mass beaching, one theory is that the whales could have perished due to extreme dehydration. File photo: Pixabay. ICELAND - 50 dead…

Scientists have stated that if experimental space gardening is a success – establishing an environment capable of allowing organic food growth to take place and flourish – could lead to addressing food shortages on Earth. File photo:…

The oyster populations from Maine to Florida has shrunk to less than 10% of its historic size. Nulovetoyo/Adobe Stock. NEW YORK - The efforts to restore shellfish to New York Harbor and Long Island have made real progress, but there's…

With enactment of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, the Empire State will be on track to set the most ambitious legislative mandate for carbon reductions in the world. Photo credit: Kovalenko I/Adobe Stock NEW YORK -…

Investment in clean energy and energy efficiency is predicted to create thousands of good-paying jobs in New York State. Photo credit: Somchaikhun, Adobe Stock. ALBANY, N.Y. - With the legislative session drawing to a close, a bill that…

Environmental Advocates of New York say a new bill would establish a list of chemicals that all public water supplies should be tested for, and set a deadline for the New York State Department of Health to implement testing. File photo:…

New York may be closing its coal-fired power plants, but smog and acid rain still drift in from plants in the Midwest. (laborec425/AdobeStock) NEW YORK - The last of New York state's coal-fired power plants will be phased out by the end…

The New York Offshore Wind Master Plan estimates that building 2,400 MW of offshore wind-power production would create about 5,000 jobs. (Kruwt/AdobeStock) NEW YORK - New York's push for offshore wind power is getting a boost from…

By 2050, experts estimate, there will be more plastic by weight in the oceans than fish. (Richard Carey/Adobe Stock) KINGSTON, N.Y. - The bill banning single-use plastic bags statewide has been signed into law. New York Gov. Andrew…

NEW YORK - New York plans to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for giving General Electric a Certificate of Completion for its cleanup of PCBs in the upper Hudson River. The EPA said the $1.7 billion cleanup of PCBs, a…

NEW YORK – Seen as a massive achievement in terms of safeguarding the environment, lawmakers in New York have included a measure in their F - 2020 $175.5 billion budget plan that would effectively ban all single-use plastic bags in the…

TEXAS - Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke warned global warming “could, at its worst, lead to extinction” during his first campaign stop at a coffee shop in Keokuk, Iowa, on Thursday. O’Rourke praised the Green New…

UTAH - Dozens of people died after getting lost in Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument because federal regulations prohibited officials from putting directional signs in place, a Utah county commissioner said. Leland…

The 3.2-acre plot is next to a large tract of protected wetland along Accabonac Harbor. The demolition is part of an effort taking place in coastal communities around Long Island that bore the full brunt of Superstorm Sandy almost seven…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvbU9xuDyC8 WASHINGTON - Greenpeace is distancing itself from Green New Deal critic and ecologist Patrick Moore, dubiously claiming the former activist is not one of its co-founders. “Patrick Moore…

CALIFORNIA - Rep. Devin Nunes of California appeared to associate his state’s ban on plastic straws to socialism in a tweet Saturday after visiting a nearby restaurant. “At restaurant tonight waitress asks if we want straws,” the…

WASHINGTON - A rhetorical brawl over climate change broke out on the Senate floor as Democrats chided Republicans for criticizing the Green New Deal without proposing an alternative plan. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and…

NEW YORK - A new report says the push for biofuels is causing serious environmental damage.  The Renewable Fuel Standard or RFS was intended to reduce reliance on oil imports and cut air pollution. It requires that all gasoline for…

CALIFORNIA - A spokesman for Arnold Schwarzenegger said the former governor and famous movie actor is still pursuing his options to sue oil companies for “first degree murder.” “We’ve had consistent meetings with a team of legal…

Utah Rep. Rob Bishop recently joined members of the Western Caucus at a public forum on the Green New Deal where he ate a hamburger in defiance of the sweeping proposal that’s backed by Democratic presidential candidates.Photo: House…

Amy Oliver Cooke, director of the Energy and Environmental Policy Center at the free-market Independence Institute during an interview on energy policy with Jon Caldara of Devil’s Advocate in 2014. Credit: Colorado Public Television,…

WASHINGTON - Nearly 30 percent of Americans believe couples should consider the effects of climate change before deciding to have a child, according to a Business Insider (BI) poll. BI conducted the poll from March 1-2, after…

NEW YORK - Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer plans on proposing a special climate change committee, and will prepare climate change-related legislation in case Democrats win control of the Senate and White House in 2020. “This is…

A landscape view of the Mojave Desert where an aquifer beneath the ground is believed to have the ability to provide water to 100,000 households for the next half-century, according to The Washington Post. CALIFORNIA - An aquifer…