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Several factors are the reason that New York State won't reach its 2030 clean-energy target, according to new report.
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Hundreds of first-year and transfer students are moving into residence halls this week. They're among the lucky ones to get accepted.
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In addition to the record-breaking heat waves across much of the world, here in the Northeast, excessive rainfall and the resultant flooding killed one New Yorker. Then there have been days of unhealthy air warnings due to toxic smoke from Canadian wildfires.
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New York wants new cars to be zero-emission by 2035. The EPA released plans to boost sales by 2032, but a Central New York professor and state climate council member says the charging infrastructure needs to catch up.
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The City of Syracuse wants to partner with a Finger Lakes company to provide affordable high-speed internet, an update on the region's first collaborative school focused on science and the arts, and more in the WAER News Round-Up.
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A new bill from the New York State Legislature will hold companies responsible for deforestation.
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New York State invested more than $500 million in offshore wind energy this year. in an effort to reach its climate goals.
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The Climate Action Council approved an ambitious plan to combat climate change earlier this week. It includes a cap-and-trade program for energy producers, the eventual electrification of home heating systems and cars, and building out the power grid to include more renewable sources like wind and solar.
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Cornell Global Development Professor Rachel Bezner Kerr presented at the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties climate conference, known as CoP27, held in Egypt.
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The bond act aims to invest in fighting the impact of climate change in the community. The funding would be used to restore and preserve the infrastructure in New York State.