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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...

As temperatures steadily fall well into November, home heating assistance is available to New York state households meeting income guidelines. Gov. Ka...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul wants New York to become the next Silicon Valley, and she believes more energy sources will have to come online to po...

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...

ALBANY — Plans to build a milk-processing facility in Monroe County were announced last year to great fanfare but with few details on how such an ener...

SALAMANCA — The Common Council could be looking at a $183,750 bill to install new glass entry doors at the Salamanca Municipal Building based on estim...

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

Despite high temperatures in the 70s this week, colder weather has already touched the region — and wintry conditions could be just around the corner....

A small experimental apple orchard at Cornell University’s Hudson Valley Research Laboratory may soon be topped by solar panels — which would not only...

ALBANY (TNS) — Electricity prices this winter could fall about 2% from the prior year, while natural gas prices could jump by 11%, according to an est...

SALAMANCA — If consistent cold weather sticks around Salamanca this winter, a small warming hut will keep skaters warm at the Bill Flanigan Memorial I...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center says there is a 60% chance that a weak La Nina event will develop this...

OLEAN — Plans to improve the Olean Municipal Building’s decades-old heating, ventilation and cooling system with several upgrades and modernizations w...

BRADFORD, Pa. — An initial greenhouse gas inventory performed by the University of Pittsburgh shows that its Bradford campus has made progress in limi...

DELEVAN — A former ski area in Cattaraugus County is officially the newest state forest. The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Monday ...