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Crews are expected to being working Saturday to repair a leak in a pipeline that released some raw sewage into the southern part of Onondaga Lake last…

Syracuse Common Councilors jumped aboard a larger national movement that would levy a carbon fee on fossil fuels and return that money to households. The…

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry biology students are researching this year’s most compelling breakthroughs in evolutionary research, such as:…

Governor Cuomo unveiled a number of environmental priorities this week in his state of the state address, including one that’s been a bit more…

Syracuse, New York has one of the highest rates of childhood lead poisoning in the country. According to 2021 Onondaga County Health Department data, 10% of children in the city had elevated levels of lead in their blood.

Syracuse Common Councilors lent their voice Tuesday to a proposal to make a renewable energy technology more affordable. WAER's Chris Bolt reports…

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with host Jacki Lyden about Vice President Al Gore's recent visit to Silent Spring author Rachel Carson's estate. Gore, a long-time crusader for a clean environment, spent time at the author's estate, and said her book helped to get him interested in environmentalism.

NPR's Christopher Joyce reports on a White House announcement that President Bush will not implement the climate treaty negotiated in Kyoto, Japan. Democratic leaders in Congress and environmental groups promised to fight Mr. Bush on the Kyoto climate treaty and other recent policy reversals they call setbacks to the environment.

While Republicans televise their agenda in San Diego, President Clinton is vacationing in Wyoming. But Clinton is taking a cue from his surroundings at Yellowstone to draw attention to the environment, making a speech today about threats to natural resources, especially a proposed mine adjacent to the national park. NPR's Howard Berkes reports on the speech and on the political leverage environmental issues provide to the President.

People standing on either side of the debate on Hydrofracking are speaking out about the State D-E-C’s final report that bans the natural gas drilling…