NY: Waste Reduction
New Company Helps Cities with Reforestation
By Sakshi Udavant for Next City.Broadcast version by Edwin J. Viera for New York News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-…
For a Better Garden, Leave the Leaves
ALBANY, N.Y. - Conservation groups say one task most homeowners can take off their autumn to-do list is getting rid of all those leaves. Autumn …
New York Plastic Bag Ban Becomes Law
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 …
NY Sees Major Push to Expand Bottle Deposit Law
NEW YORK — Environmental groups are hoping to get an expanded bottle deposit law passed with the state budget. The budget is due next Monday…
Cuomo to Propose Ban on Plastic Bags
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive budget includes measures to combat litter, reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and protect the …
Cleanup Gets Trash Before It Reaches the Oceans
NEW YORK – The 33rd annual International Coastal Cleanup is coming up this weekend, part of a global effort to keep trash out of the oceans…
The New "Carbs": Tool Tracks Your Carbon Footprint
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 …
Víctimas del Clima de NY Piden Acción
New York, NY – En respuesta a la decisión del Presidente Trump de retirar a los Estados Unidos del Acuerdo Climático de París…
Advocates Tell PSC Nukes Are Not Clean Energy
ALBANY, N.Y. - Renewables yes, nuclear no, that's the message environmentalists want the Public Service Commission to hear. The public comment …
Candidates Asked to Commit to Great Lakes Restoration
BUFFALO, N.Y. - A broad coalition of business and conservation groups is asking presidential candidates to make restoration of the Great Lakes a …
DEC to Join Pilgrim Pipeline Environmental Review
ALBANY, N.Y. - The Cuomo administration says the Department of Environmental Conservation will co-lead the environmental review of a pipeline …
Advocates Praise Denial of Desalination Plant
NEW YORK - Last week's decision by the Public Service Commission to turn down a proposed water desalination plant in Rockland County is being called a…