The proposed bill comes in response to a Texas-based company's plan to extract gas in the Southern Tier by injecting carbon dioxide into the ground.

A company that wants to use carbon dioxide to drill for natural gas in the Southern Tier has been met with pushback from environmental activists who argue the company is exploiting a loophole in New York’s ban on fracking.

New York's Environmental Conservation Department denied renewal of Greenidge Generation’s air pollution permits last year. The judge upheld that the company's cryptocurrency operation is inconsistent with the state’s climate law. Now, an administrative law judge is allowing Greenidge’s appeal to move forward, but is narrowing the arguments the company can make.

The new headquarters will feature straw insulation, heat pumps and solar panel arrays meant to achieve net-zero energy usage on the premises.

In September 2022, the EPA notified Weitsman that it determined his shredder in Owego releases volatile organic compounds into the air, making it subject to federal clean air regulations and permitting requirements most recently updated in 2021.

Environmental groups are urging New York to embrace a proposed federal standard for drinking water.

NYSEG’s proposal would increase electric rates by more than 22%, spread out over a three-year period.

Rainfall has slowed across central Pennsylvania, leading the Department of Environmental Protection to declare a drought watch.

With the dry, warm weather this week, state environmental officials are reminding New Yorkers that fire conditions are higher than normal and the state’s burn ban is in place.

DC-based green group sues Jefferson County dairy farm