By Sakshi Udavant for Next City.Broadcast version by Edwin J. Viera for New York News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-…

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The bill banning single-use plastic bags statewide has been signed into law. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo held an Earth Day news …

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive budget includes measures to combat litter, reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and protect the …

NEW YORK – Monitoring your impact on the environment is now just a few clicks away, thanks to a website that can measure and share ways to …

ALBANY, N.Y. - Renewables yes, nuclear no, that's the message environmentalists want the Public Service Commission to hear. The public comment …

ALBANY, N.Y. - The Cuomo administration says the Department of Environmental Conservation will co-lead the environmental review of a pipeline …

ALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to make getting half the state's electric power from renewable sources by the year 2030 a requirement…

NEW YORK - Nearly a half million tons of solid fracking waste form Pennsylvania have been dumped in New York landfills, according to a new report …

NEW YORK - Thousands of people took part in the People's Climate March Sunday in New York City, one of many such demonstrations around the nation and …

NEW YORK - While some might think immigration policy dominates the concern of Hispanics in New York and around the nation, a new report shows the …

ALBANY, N.Y. – A New York Appeals Court has ruled in favor of two upstate towns, Dryden and Middlefield, saying a lower court was right in …

HUNTINGTON, N.Y. - As much as forty percent of America's food supply is wasted on the way from production to consumption, according to a new report …

NEW YORK - Many New Yorkers will be making the big decision over the Thanksgiving weekend: whether to buy an artificial or real Christmas tree –…

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A song-and-dance routine broke out unexpectedly at a Walmart store in Syracuse this weekend. It was a "flash action" by protestors …

NEW YORK - Federal stimulus dollars are paying dividends for New Yorkers, an environmental group says - for commuters, the environment, public health …

ALBANY, N.Y. - With the long Memorial Day weekend approaching, more than 200 environmental and civic groups say Governor David Paterson is "playing …

NEW YORK - If times weren't hard enough for the nonprofits that fill in the gaps of society's so-called safety net, their recession-related funding …

NEW YORK - Baby boomers, Generation X, and now Generation E, where the "E" ties into ecology, clean-energy economics and social equity. It's the term …

NEW YORK - Usually politicians like to get awards. But not this one. It's called the "Oil Slick Award" and it's given to officials who are regarded …

ALBANY, N.Y. - Buffalo, New York City, Rochester and Yonkers all finished in the top 20 in a 2009 ranking of best cities for residential recycling…

New York, NY - Thursday is day four of Senate confirmation hearings on New York federal judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court…

New York, NY — A new report shows clean energy jobs are growing at a faster rate than those in other sectors of the economy, and New York now …

New York, NY — Today is Earth Day, and experts say there are basic steps each of us can take to help save the earth. Scientists say that unless …

Albany, NY - New York could face one of the most serious environmental disasters in its history if planned staff cuts are made at the Department of …