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#SolarNow: Why New York Needs the New SITED Act

The passage in 2019 of New York’s landmark Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act established some of the nation’s most ambitious clean energy goals. The law aims to have 70% of the state’s electricity generated by renewable energy by 2030...
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#FlightWatch: How Robins Signal Spring

The robin is the oneThat interrupts the mornWith hurried, few, express reportsWhen March is scarcely on. Emily Dickinson, “The Robin” Virtually nobody signals the arrival of spring with more brio than the robin. In fact, their call has been translated into English...
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How to Decorate for Winter by Bringing Nature In

The holiday decorations are down, the lights aren’t twinkling, and the nights feel long and dark. But there’s a surprisingly easy, free way to give yourself a lift: by foraging a bit to bring the outdoors inside. Foraging is defined...
Legacy

From Freedom to “Twelve Years a Slave” to Liberation

Editor’s Note: This article contains mentions of slavery that, while not graphic, may be disturbing. Few could describe the horrors of enslavement more vividly than Solomon Northup, author of Twelve Years a Slave. Published in 1853, the year Northup secured...
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The Hudson Valley’s Biggest-Ever Blizzard

Nobody saw it coming. After all, it was your typical mid-March — cool temperatures, but with a hint of spring in the air. Trees were showing signs of budding, and river ice was fast disappearing, raising expectations that steamboats soon...