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Vaughn Golden/WSKGNew York’s environmental agency is deploying drones to detect and ultimately plug abandoned gas wells that are contributing to greenhouse gas emissions around the state. -
Michael Mroziak/WBFO NewsWhile the Hochul Administration is touting increased financial commitments to clean energy and climate preservation in the new state budget, at least one environmental advocacy group says the spending plan offers mixed results. Among the disappointments, legislation that would phase out fossil fuel heating sources in new construction was left out.
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The Army Corps of Engineers is slowing down the Niagara River, or at least a tiny section of it, all to help a tiny species of fish. -
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said its annual ban prohibiting residential brush burning will be in effect statewide March 16-May 14.
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The South Buffalo Democrat said the bill would secure legal rights for the entire ecosystem, and give people and nature a role in the decision-making process regarding current and future Great Lakes projects.
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The City of Buffalo and Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy have begun a two-month long public survey to determine the future use of the ring roads in Delaware Park and South Park.
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The Build Back Fossil Free Coalition made several specific demands of the Biden administration leading up to Tuesday night’s speech. Those include a ban on fracking, the declaration of a climate emergency, a stop to the approval of new fossil fuel projects on the federal level, and a commitment to phase out fossil fuels entirely.
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March 2 marks the observation of Great Lakes Day, a virtual event that brings together a binational coalition of regional agencies, legislators, local communities, tribes and business, maritime and environmental groups.
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There's a lot less property in the northtowns contaminated by Tonawanda Coke than expected, according to a new study conducted by University at Buffalo and SUNY Fredonia chemists.
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After that long test project in Erie County, a University at Buffalo lab that has been studying local COVID rates by testing sewer wastewater is expanding into Niagara, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany counties.
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Teams from more than a dozen U.S. and Canadian universities and government agencies will venture onto the frozen surfaces of all five lakes this month.
