ecology

In a comeback story for the ages, the U.S. bald eagle population in the lower 48 states has quadrupled in the last 12 years. At its most endangered po...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Powerful gusts linked to global warming are damaging water quality and creating a hazard for fish in Lake Erie and perhaps...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced it has awarded approximately $1 million in grants to support 26 countie...

ALBANY (TNS) — In the third installment of his prolonged State of the State address, Gov. Cuomo said Wednesday that New York must embrace renewable en...

ALBANY (TNS) — A day after gray wolves officially came off the federal Endangered Species list, lawmakers in New York are urging the state to keep the...

Monarch butterfly, get in line. Federal officials have acknowledged that the once ubiquitous orange-and-black visitor to backyards and gardens is a ca...

While the federal Clean Air Act was enacted to protect humans from air pollution, it also has saved birds. The cleaner air resulting from the pollutio...

ALBANY (TNS) — Saying it would be cost-prohibitive, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Saturday vetoed a bill that would have required permits to alter some 40,0...

As the Trump administration rushes to finalize all sorts of policies and regulations that are bad for the environment, it got this one right. The U.S....

The 2016 Paris Agreement represented the first global effort to address climate change. It’s become clear, however, that only a fraction of the 197 si...

ALBANY (TNS) — An environmental group has fired the first volley in what will be a lengthy back-and-forth planning process regarding how the U.S. Army...

The chickens have come home to roost. Remember the New York legislators who stood up and cheered when a bill was passed in Albany to allow for abortio...

The wildfires in the West have burned up millions of acres, taken dozens of lives, destroyed thousands of homes, cost enormous amounts of money to com...

OLEAN — Cleaning out the house and garage, but don’t know where to get rid of certain waste? Several local governments have announced cleanup and wast...

As Congress debates how to address the economic calamity we are facing, we have an unprecedented opportunity to put people to work addressing the clim...

ALBANY — In response to community concerns about increasing amounts of litter left behind by visitors to New York’s natural areas, State Department of...

BELMONT — Due to the statewide shutdown, Allegany County has had to reschedule its annual household hazardous waste collection. This collection was or...

HOUGHTON — Houghton College will offer a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies beginning in Fall 2020. “The Environmental Studies academic progra...