climate change

NPR holds Climate Solutions Week, May 18-24 with stories on various NPR programs aired on WAER Syracuse Public Media. The stories from other communities mirror environmental content about our region.

New York State has one of the strongest climate protection laws in the country, the CLCPA. But emissions reduction targets & renewable energy goals are being weakened amid budget concerns.

All Saints Church parishioners created a task force to reduce carbon footprint, following Pope Francis' encyclical on earth stewardship. The group ran a successful solar power campaign.

The Environmental Defense Fund is fighting in court the Trump administration's repeal of the endangerment finding, a court ruling to consider dangers to health and environment when making regulations.

Community members can submit feedback on the draft plan through April 21 before leaders revise it and send it to the Common Council.

They say a Hochul administration memo incorrectly states the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, or CLCPA, could cause energy bills to rise even more.

A coalition of 300 civic groups says plastic pollution disproportionately affects people of color. They released a map showing waste facilities are mostly near disadvantaged communities.

Clean water policies and climate change prevention have suffered regulatory rollbacks & funding streams cut in Washington. Environmental Advocates of New York lobbies for state policies that can help.

The report Trash in America describes the amount of US trash, where it goes & better ways to deal with it. Environment America's Celeste Meiffren-Swango & MASSPIRG's Janet Domenitz join us.

Cornell School of Agriculture and Life Sciences Professor Joseph McFadden explains how cows for beef or dairy production create climate harming methane. Feed changes and manure management might help.