The holiday season gives us one last chance to gather, give, dine, and indulge before the year ends. But with...

Composting is an eco-friendly way to return banana peels, veggie scraps, coffee grounds, grass clippings, and beyond back to the...

As intense rain falls more frequently in the Hudson Valley and beyond, excessive water can flood backyards, public spaces, and...

The coffee and tea aisle of Mother Earth’s Storehouse in Kingston holds a brew that doesn’t quite fit in either...

Working in a school, I witness food waste daily. Students are given a lunch tray with a balanced meal. Many...

One of the most significant choices people can make toward reducing their environmental impact is changing how to get around....

As easy as it can feel to be buried in bad news about the changing climate, some surprising green shoots...

In November 2022, home oil prices reached the highest they’ve been since the U.S. Energy Information Administration has been keeping...

Take a quick look around the space you’re in right now, and one material stands out among the rest: plastic....

The statistics are impressive: by 2030, more than 24 million new jobs could be created globally by shifting to a...

The statistics are impressive: by 2030, more than 24 million new jobs could be created globally by shifting to a...

The statistics are impressive: by 2030, more than 24 million new jobs could be created globally by shifting to a...

Climate change has been a topic of national conversation since the ’80s — twice as long as members of Generation...

The statistics are impressive: by 2030, more than 24 million new jobs could be created globally by shifting to a...

The $370 billion Inflation Reduction Act passed in 2022 marked the largest clean-energy investment in U.S. history. Through the IRA,...

Is this the year electric vehicles hit their tipping point? New York dug into a $750 million EV-infrastructure expansion. States...

Set above highly urbanized and tech-forward New York City, the Hudson Valley offers nature reserves and varying topography that help...

In 2019, two days before Halloween, some of America’s leading beverage companies — including the makers of Coca Cola, Pepsi,...

You’ve already brought reusable mugs, purchased locally in bulk and maybe even started composting. Now New York sustainability and travel...

Environmental changes can move at a snail’s pace, making them costly to record and hard for the average person —...

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have focused more on feathering our nests — and making them more...

Ken Greene said he saw it happen once before, but not like this. A decade ago, the Great Recession inspired...

Joel Kovel was laid to rest directly in the Hudson Valley ground, his body in a wicker casket pulled on...

Under a bright midmorning early-fall sun, Jared Buono points to a stand of apple trees beneath a flowing mesh shade...

About 10 miles north of Albany, the small city of Cohoes sits at the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk...

The passage in 2019 of New York’s landmark Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act established some of the nation’s most...

California’s Death Valley may seem like the best place on Earth for solar arrays — the sun beats down daily....

The second word in “solar farm” can sound like a misnomer. Often solar panels sit on former agricultural land, but...

Tucked in a corner of a medium-security state prison site is a little-known, rarely seen 19th-century mansion that has fascinated...

One of the biggest drawbacks to embracing solar energy in valley communities: Many residents find the panels unattractive. But they...

Underhill solar farm in Poughkeepsie, which went on line in 2019, was one of New York’s first solar arrays developed...

For those who celebrate one of the year-end holiday biggies, the time of year has come back around to ponder...

Building campfires and settling in to unwind before the crackling flames is a uniquely human pleasure, one with deep evolutionary...

All that bad news is really partly good news — but it still feels bad sometimes. The news coverage of...

Late in summer 2018, a Swedish teen plopped down on a sidewalk by the seat of her nation’s government, bearing...

1949 is often cited as the end of the commercial sailing era, when a ship called Pamir rounded Cape Horn...

When Harry Lipstein decided to cover the roof of his black-box theater with plants instead of a more typical cover...

In the shift to green energy, debates often crop up over possible uses for land, whether solar-panel installations or other...

A high-design Cornell project shows how quirky but desirable ash wood can be reclaimed for construction.

To understand the challenges at the root of municipal recycling programs, check out a video clip from the TV satire...

It’s easy to be overwhelmed by all the negative news out there about the state of the planet’s climate. But,...

It’s easy to be overwhelmed by all the negative news out there about the state of the planet. But the...

It’s easy to be overwhelmed by all the negative news out there about the state of the planet. But the...

Climate solutions and adaptation are critical to our survival, and to keep it up, celebrating wins along the way means...

In this year’s ranking of bike-friendly states conducted annually by the League of American Bicyclists, New York placed 13th. (FYI, Massachusetts, Oregon,...

People might be forgiven for thinking that the dredging of Hudson River PCB toxins completed by General Electric in 2016...

Half. That’s the percentage of glass containers manufactured in the United States that ends up in landfills every year. Despite...