natural environment

ALBANY (AP) — Large fossil fuel companies would have to pay fees to help New York fight the effects of climate change under a bill signed Thursday by ...

Those who still have travel plans for the period between Christmas and New Year’s Day should have little interference from Mother Nature, as the forec...

ALBANY (TNS) —New Yorklawmakers are looking for ways to mitigate the spread of so-called "forever chemicals" into the state's water supplies. Polyfluo...

FILLMORE — Students from Fillmore’s Reality Check program marked 2024’s Great American Smokeout (GASO) by painting windows of the local Shop and Save ...

ALBANY (TNS) — The Business Council of New York State is urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to conduct a “deep analysis” of the state’s future energy needs and ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing changes to the so-called Forest Tax Law to lessen administrative burdens on participat...

NEW YORK — A cryptocurrency plant in central New York can continue operating after a court rejected the state’s effort to shutter the facility over co...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is seeking public input on the draft list of “species of greatest conservation need” and a...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) on Tuesday issued a temporary supersedeas, or stay, stopping Catalyst Energy Inc. o...

WEST VALLEY — The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) West Valley Demonstration Project hosted a roundtable event with...

OLEAN — Another Olean brownfield has been cleared of industrial waste dating back almost 150 years. The state Department of Environmental Conservation...

ALFRED — Five groups of Alfred State civil engineering students presented septic tank models and posters to a group of four representatives from the A...

ITHACA — Shifting from wasteful demolition practices to a circular construction economy in New York state could unlock unrealized economic activity, c...

ALBANY (TNS) — A budget watchdog group is taking aim at the carbon tax state policymakers are designing in order to fight global warming. The Citizens...

ALBANY — Big fossil fuel companies and their executives could face criminal prosecution under New York law for their role in fueling hurricanes and ot...

To many folks, bats are spooky. And, yes, with Halloween less than a week away, it’s noted that bats are a symbol of the spookiness of the season. But...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Nalini Nadkarni, a tree canopy ecologist and National Geographic Explorer at Large, will present the program “From Roots to Canopy” at...

BRIGANTINE, N.J. — Offshore wind energy projects in New York, New Jersey and Maryland are moving forward, as federal regulators examine the proposals ...