ecology

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...

JAMESTOWN — Sate Sen. George Borrello has introduced legislation that would require New York City, the largest consumer of energy in the state and the...

One of New York’s senators has joined with another across the aisle to help preserve working forests the same way farmland is set aside for future gen...

WEST VALLEY — The skyline of the West Valley Demonstration Project is forever changed after crews recently removed the remaining portion of the Main P...

ALBANY (TNS) — Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is the latest to weigh in on the challenges facing New York in its transition from fossil fuels to carbon-free...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has always had a famous name — yet until recently, his association with the anti-vaccine movement and fringe th...

WEST VALLEY — Environmental Management and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project have safely removed a penthouse enclosure a...

OLEAN — Work to clean up the former AVX facility on Seneca Avenue is being planned by federal regulators, and the public is encouraged to review and m...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Between this summer’s biblical floods, apocalyptic fires and life-threatening heat domes, people are starting to wonder whether we’ve...

The state Public Service Commission decided last week that a deal could proceed that will likely result in the deaths of 41 bald eagles from Alle-Catt...

ALLEGANY — The conservative Right Thinkers group theme for Monday night’s meeting was guaranteed to draw a crowd. A panel discussion of “The Democrats...

OLEAN — While unhealthy air quality returned to the Olean area Sunday evening and through Monday due to wildfire smoke from Canada, Western New York w...

NEW YORK (TNS) — No, climate change isn’t solely responsible his year’s Canadian wildfires, despite what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and ot...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has been working with stakeholders for almost two years on a Cattaraugus Creek Integrated Watershed...

WEST VALLEY — The prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Energy at the West Valley Demonstration Project was recently announced as a Leader in Sus...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — New York is among 10 states planning to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, saying its failure to review and ensure em...

While air quality in the Southern Tier was somewhat improved Thursday, New York state environmental and health officials extended an air quality healt...