The transit agency has 10 electric buses now, but plans to electrify its entire fleet by 2035.
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Students plan climate strike
Rochester-area students intend to join their peers across the world by demonstrating on December 6.
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Data shows decrease in Rochester emissions
Rochester is one of two areas nationwide where carbon dioxide emissions from cars decreased over the last few decades. That’s according to A New York Times report that drew on data from Boston University and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The researchers looked at carbon dioxide emissions from traffic in 100 metro areas from 1990 […]
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Why the UN Climate Action Summit matters
The media and climate activists must “name and shame” laggards, says the UN special envoy
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Is Funke green enough?
For the first time, Republican State Senator Rich Funke has won the endorsement of the New York League of Conservation Voters. The statewide environmental group says that Funke is a valuable ally in Albany, despite the fact that the senator is silent on climate change. The endorsement is a big get, even though Funke may […]
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New York’s carbon emissions dropping
New York’s energy sector has the lowest per capita carbon emissions, 8.1 metric tons, in the US.
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White House releases final Clean Power Plan
The Obama administration has finalized its plan to cut emissions from the nation’s power plants. Yesterday, President Barack Obama and Gina McCarthy, administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, released the final rules for the federal Clean Power Plan. Under the plan, carbon emissions from power plants would drop 870 million tons by 2030, according to […]
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On climate, Obama’s in a difficult spot
President Barack Obama is in a tough spot. He has his agenda, his list of issues he wants to address and laws he wants passed, but he faces an uncooperative Congress. His State of the Union address last night reflected that reality; he laid out a few areas where he said he plans to take […]
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Report says Northeastern states could see more tar sands-derived gasoline
As more crude from Canadian tar sands heads to Gulf of Mexico refineries, Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states could see more gasoline derived from the oil. That’s the thrust of a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council. The report says that in 2012, less than 1 percent of the gasoline sold in Northeastern and […]
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Global panel says there’s no room for doubt on climate change
In a long-awaited report, the world’s top climate scientists say that there’s no longer room to doubt or deny that climate change is happening and that human activity is the largest contributing factor.
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Enviro group says cap and trade program is paying off
This week, New York officials are holding public hearings on new rules that would lower the state’s cap on power plant carbon emissions. (One of those hearings is at 2 p.m. this afternoon at Department of Environmental Conservation Region 8 Headquarters, 6274 East Avon-Lima Road, Avon.) Simultaneously, Environmental Advocates of New York has released a report citing […]
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Regional cap and trade program tightens limits
Cap and trade advocates got some good news this morning: the nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative has announced plans to permit fewer carbon emissions from power plants in 2014. RGGI, as the initiative is commonly known, is made of Northeastern states that banded together to impose stricter regulations on power sector greenhouse gas emissions. The […]
