Deeper Shade of Green

The Trump administration has plans to rescind the Endangerment Finding, basis for climate & other regulations. Environmental Rhea Jezer and Syracuse Auditor Alexander Marion on what could be lost.

Plastic is everywhere, used widely in manufacturing and packaging. The waste is found all over the environment, even in our bodies. There are ideas to reduce and reuse plastic to lessen the impacts.

The Sustainable Syracuse Initiative is a city-level strategy to combat climate change and up sustainability. Mayor Ben Walsh and the DEC's Dereth Glance explain progress, goals, and possible impacts.

Weather extremes, particularly high temperatures, can increasingly be linked to climate change through data. The work of Climate Central helps meteorologists and the public understand the science.

Battery development can help renewable energy use, while also having economic growth potential and a role in easing the need to expand the electric grid. It can also help New York with climate goals.

Numerous environmental policies, agencies and staff are being slashed by the Trump Administration. Harvard's Environmental & Energy Law Program researches the issues, impacts of cuts and legal challenges.

The Finger Lakes Climate Fund takes carbon offset donations to help low- and moderate-income households afford energy upgrades for long-lasting carbon emissions reductions, run by Sustainable Finger Lakes.

More people are driving and buying electric vehicles, EVs. But threats to federal support for EV manufacturers and their batteries could keep the US behind other countries such as China in the market.

Food producers at the Central New York Regional Market share reactions on climate change effects to their crops & products. We hear from a maple producer, produce & flowers farmers, and a beekeeper.

Landfills ooze leachate that can foul water, methane that spurs climate change, and other impacts. New York's Seneca Meadows seeks expansion & permit extension, against the wishes of several groups.