ecology

Nuclear fusion, the combining of the tiniest element, hydrogen atoms, to produce tremendous amounts of clean energy, isn’t far fetched. The sun (like ...

ALBANY (TNS) — A bill introduced by Hudson Valley Assemblywoman Didi Barrett would create a mapping tool so local leaders can proactively pinpoint whe...

SCHENECTADY (TNS) — What do you do if you break the screen on your cell phone but the phone still works, or if your computer starts working intermitte...

The West Valley Coalition on Nuclear Wastes and 24 other environmental groups have joined in opposing demolition of the Main Plant Process Building at...

COLONIE (TNS) — Does New York’s climate law — perhaps the most aggressive in the United States — have room for hydrogen? Plug Power, which is a hydrog...

WASHINGTON — The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endange...

RED HOUSE — Allegany State Park is offering a number of winter activities for those looking for snowy adventures in the outdoors. Explore the woods an...

ALBANY (TNS) — Members of the state’s Climate Action Council last week voted to move forward with a draft climate scoping plan for how New York in the...

Only a few days into the United Nations’ two-week climate conference, activist Greta Thunberg pronounced it a failure. The Swedish teen famous for sco...

ALBANY — State environmental officials denied required air permits Wednesday for natural gas power plants in New York City and along the Hudson River,...

The Western New York Land Conservancy will host Ed Marx of the Wildlands Network for an Oct. 27 virtual event to “Save the Allegany Wildlands.” The co...

An obstacle to large-scale bitcoin mining is finding enough cheap energy to run the huge, power-gobbling computer arrays that create and transact cryp...

SALAMANCA — To support student success in science, technology, engineering, arts and math and help hold off the summer slide between June and Septembe...

As President Biden toured the sites of calamitous flooding in New York and New Jersey, flanked by every imaginable local elected official, he had plen...

Republican members of the New York Senate and Assembly warn that potential impacts of state Democrats’ climate legislation could increase the cost of ...

GORDON BAY, Ontario — Two weeks ago, one of America’s best-known climate scientists set off onto Ontario’s Lake Joseph for an evening of stargazing, a...

ST. BONAVENTURE — A St. Bonaventure University professor has published a research article that looks at ways to store and release hydrogen, a clean an...

DUKE CENTER, Pa. — Students at Otto-Eldred Junior/Senior High School had a day of hands-on learning during a natural resource management program Monda...