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Two key environmental measures involving deforestation and the health of the state’s honeybee population have been sent to the governor and she has 10 days to decide whether to accept or reject them. Hochul has until the end of the year to sign or veto over 100 others.

A company that wants to use carbon dioxide to drill for natural gas in the Southern Tier has been met with pushback from environmental activists who argue the company is exploiting a loophole in New York’s ban on fracking.

The Trump administration wants to defang the National Environmental Policy Act. At a public hearing in Denver, the law's defenders faced off with federal officials and business interests.

The records from the current director of the Adirondack Council’s Forever Adirondacks Campaign will be added to a new environmental justice manuscript collection at the Library of Congress.

The decision comes as other anti-climate change initiatives are floundering at the tail end of the legislative session.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has put on hold the start of New York City’s congestion pricing plan, which was due to begin at the end of the month. The decision comes as other anti-climate change initiatives are floundering as the legislative session draws to a close.

There's optimism that an expanded bottle bill may get a vote, as well as a measure that aims to reduce plastic packaging.

The Environmental Protection Agency and state Department of Ecology have moved in to monitor water pollution and hazardous materials. Residents living in the area have expressed concerns.

Environmentalists are celebrating a rare win of keeping a mining operation from opening up next to a National Wildlife refuge in South Georgia.

County Executive Ryan McMahon doesn't want to call the Nov. 2025 groundbreaking a "delay" because intensive work is ongoing. It was originally set for this June, and then next spring.