ecology

I recently highlighted results from the Siena Research Institute’s latest statewide poll, specifically pointing out that 60% of respondents viewed the...

OLEAN — Additional work is being ordered at the former AVX Corp. site on Seneca Avenue, included in the Olean Wellfield Superfund cleanup, by the U.S....

ALBANY (TNS) — Starting in 2025, concrete suppliers to New York will have to provide accountings of how much carbon is being used in making their prod...

New York has some of the most ambitious green energy goals you’re going to see anywhere. The state wants to generate 70% of its electricity via renewa...

GOWANDA — Construction of the new handicapped accessible Valentine Flats Trail at the Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area in the town of Persia has been del...

As Hurricane Idalia barreled into Northwest Florida, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a new clean-water regulation that will worsen ...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — You know it was a remarkable week when dumping tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean wasn’t even the lead story. That’s...

WELLSVILLE — A tour Wednesday of a Southern Tier factory served as a backdrop to a push for more aid for area job training programs. Senate Majority L...

ALBANY (TNS) — Electricity prices could rise 64% in order to cover inflation and the higher-than-anticipated costs that are becoming apparent in New Y...

Marisa Riggi has been named executive director of the Western New York Land Conservancy. Riggi has been the Land Conservancy’s conservation director s...

NEW YORK (TNS) — I’m sure green hysterics will get it right someday. New York City back in 2021 passed a law that banned restaurants and bars from giv...

SEATTLE — In 2016, hospitals in New York state identified a rare and dangerous fungal infection never before found in the United States. Research labo...

ALBANY — Computer chip manufacturer Micron has revealed that by the 2040s its Onondaga County factories are going to be sucking up enough electricity ...

DUKE CENTER, Pa. — Students from Otto-Eldred’s Future Farmers of America were invited by U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., to attend the Annual Agricul...

IRVING — Several state, local and federal representatives spoke out over the weekend on what they called the negative environmental and economic impac...

ALBANY — A measure to block discharges of radioactive water into the Hudson River as part of the Indian Point nuclear plant’s decommissioning was sign...

BELMONT — Allegany County will host its 23rd annual household hazardous waste collection 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 9. Pre-registration is required and spac...

OLEAN — Two recent area graduates received scholarship awards from funds managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation for aspiring environme...