Environment

Untreated industrial waste, sewage, and chemical runoff severely contaminated this NYS lake, causing it to become one of the most polluted in the United States.

A new law impacting New York City in July has the rest of the state wondering if and when the law will be implemented everywhere else.

If signed by New York Governor Hochul, this bill would give New Yorkers more affordable and more sustainable options for their final resting place.

Oxford is one of several communities to have been given a gift from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to plant even more trees.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan's five-day tour in mid-November highlighted low-income, mostly minority communities adversely affected by industrial pollution.

At the U.N. climate talks, former President Obama faulted China and Russia for a "dangerous lack of urgency" in cutting their climate-wrecking emissions.

The Green Jobs NY outreach team wants to let homeowners, small businesses, and non-profits know how they can get a thorough energy assessment of their home or office at no cost to the homeowner or business owner. A workshop is scheduled for tomorrow from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Edmeston Central School Auditorium, 11 North St, Edmeston.