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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 – 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…

NEW YORK CITY - A Manhattan district attorney’s idea to use $38 million in forfeiture money to test old rape kits led to 64 new convictions in the past four years. The initiative resulted in authorities testing about 55,000 rape…

WASHINGTON - Chinese hackers have been targeting U.S. universities to steal research about military equipment, security experts said. Most of the universities were studying undersea technologies, the Wall Street…

CALIFORNIA - A spokesman for Arnold Schwarzenegger said the former governor and famous movie actor is still pursuing his options to sue oil companies for “first degree murder.” “We’ve had consistent meetings with a team of legal…

WASHINGTON - Washington state’s health secretary called for a national education campaign Monday in reaction to a measles epidemic that has spread throughout the Pacific Northeast. Health secretary John Wiesman asked the federal…

A landscape view of the Mojave Desert where an aquifer beneath the ground is believed to have the ability to provide water to 100,000 households for the next half-century, according to The Washington Post. CALIFORNIA - An aquifer…

TUCSON - The Center for Biological Diversity is reporting an enormous amount of lawsuits leveled against President Donald Trump since he first entered office. The Tuscon-based environmental organization has filed a total…

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed a directive that will launch the Space Force on Tuesday, placing it under the Air Force. The plan still needs to be approved by Congress, reported The Wall Street Journal. “Space,…

NEW YORK - Children two-years-old and under watched more than twice as much TV in 2014 than in 1997 even with the rise of other technology like smartphones and tablets, according to study published online Monday. The study,…

SYDNEY - An Australian study called for the retraction of over 400 scientific papers allegedly tainted with data obtained from forced organ harvesting from Chinese prisoners of conscience. The study, published Tuesday in the…

WASHINGTON - Republicans, conservatives and even some environmentalists are criticizing the final version of New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal as not yet ready for prime time. One major Democratic…

NEW YORK - New evidence casts further doubt on model-based predictions that global warming could halt the Gulf Stream currents as part of an alarming scenario that inspired the 2004 disaster film, “The Day After Tomorrow.” For…

New York's Abortion Rate Astronomically Higher Than National Average; Passes Bill Expanding Abortion Access, Removes from Criminal Code BABYLON, NY - New York saw more abortions in a three-year time span than babies born in a single…

China landed a space module on the dark side of the moon Thursday, marking a major achievement for the communist country’s space program. It also comes as tensions between the U.S. and China heat up. The Chang’e-4 lunar probe…