The coronavirus pandemic is at the forefront of daily life, but Earth Day reminds us that environmental stewardship is not to be eclipsed.
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Monroe County, Rochester won’t tax paper bags
A state ban on single-use plastic bags allows local governments to impose a 5-cent tax on paper bags.
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Group asks city to lead clean-energy ‘buyers club’
Hydropower, wind, solar, and other renewables are providing more and more of New York’s energy, a trend that government officials and environmental advocates want to continue. But for that to happen, the companies building new wind and solar farms need New York residents, businesses, and governments to buy their carbon-free power. Governments and business can […]
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Shells spell distress
Much of the sand at Ontario Beach is currently covered in grey and white shells. They’re everywhere; it’s like walking on a carpet of walnuts. The shells are from dead zebra mussels, an invasive species that first appeared in Lake Ontario in the late 1980’s. (Some are also, more than likely, shells from the similar […]
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Nuclear subsidies: bailout or rescue?
Not too long ago, Upstate New York’s three nuclear power plants were on the verge of shutting down. They simply could no longer sell their electricity for enough to cover the cost of generating it. This April, however, electricity consumers in New York will begin paying to keep those plants online while New York makes […]
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Project Censored
Top 10 stories that the media missed or ignored in 2015-2016.
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Standing Rock: The fight’s not over
The Dakota Access pipeline is not dead and there’s no guarantee that it’ll even be routed away from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. And that’s why the thousands of Water Protectors encamped on the reservation haven’t budged, even though the US Army Corps of Engineers recently issued a decision that puts a […]
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You’re getting warmer
Dismissing climate change is not an option if the human race is serious about survival.
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Controversial plan for Lake Ontario approved
A bi-national agency has adopted a controversial new plan to regulate water levels in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River: 16 years after it started developing it. And one federal representative is already vowing to fight it. The International Joint Commission announced this afternoon that it approved Plan 2014, albeit an amended version. The […]
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New wind, old fights
New York leads in wind development in the Northeast, but still trails 12 other states in the country, including California, Illinois, Oregon, and Washington. Texas is eating everybody’s lunch. A burst of new wind projects could push New York higher in the rankings; emphasis on “could.” Plenty of state wind-farm proposals have died due to […]
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Webster preps solar laws
New York has experienced tremendous growth in solar power over the last several years. Between 2011 and the end of 2015, the number of solar installations — from small residential systems to larger projects — grew from 249 to 1,284 in the Finger Lakes region, according to data from the New York State Energy Research […]
