Environment

New York may be closing its coal-fired power plants, but smog and acid rain still drift in from plants in the Midwest. (laborec425/AdobeStock) NEW YORK - The last of New York state's coal-fired power plants will be phased out by the end…

The New York Offshore Wind Master Plan estimates that building 2,400 MW of offshore wind-power production would create about 5,000 jobs. (Kruwt/AdobeStock) NEW YORK - New York's push for offshore wind power is getting a boost from…

By 2050, experts estimate, there will be more plastic by weight in the oceans than fish. (Richard Carey/Adobe Stock) KINGSTON, N.Y. - The bill banning single-use plastic bags statewide has been signed into law. New York Gov. Andrew…

NEW YORK - New York plans to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for giving General Electric a Certificate of Completion for its cleanup of PCBs in the upper Hudson River. The EPA said the $1.7 billion cleanup of PCBs, a…

NEW YORK – Seen as a massive achievement in terms of safeguarding the environment, lawmakers in New York have included a measure in their F - 2020 $175.5 billion budget plan that would effectively ban all single-use plastic bags in the…

TEXAS - Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke warned global warming “could, at its worst, lead to extinction” during his first campaign stop at a coffee shop in Keokuk, Iowa, on Thursday. O’Rourke praised the Green New…

UTAH - Dozens of people died after getting lost in Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument because federal regulations prohibited officials from putting directional signs in place, a Utah county commissioner said. Leland…

The 3.2-acre plot is next to a large tract of protected wetland along Accabonac Harbor. The demolition is part of an effort taking place in coastal communities around Long Island that bore the full brunt of Superstorm Sandy almost seven…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvbU9xuDyC8 WASHINGTON - Greenpeace is distancing itself from Green New Deal critic and ecologist Patrick Moore, dubiously claiming the former activist is not one of its co-founders. “Patrick Moore…

CALIFORNIA - Rep. Devin Nunes of California appeared to associate his state’s ban on plastic straws to socialism in a tweet Saturday after visiting a nearby restaurant. “At restaurant tonight waitress asks if we want straws,” the…