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New Yorkers to Vote on First Environmental Bond Act in 26 Years

New Yorkers to Vote on First Environmental Bond Act in 26 Years

On the upcoming midterm elections Tuesday, November 8, New Yorkers have a chance to invest in a greener future for their state.  If voters approve Proposition #1, the “Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022,” they would authorize New York to sell $4.2 billion worth of state bonds to finance […]

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    Compost Bugs: The Good and the Bad

    Compost Bugs: The Good and the Bad

    Do you ever peer into the compost bin after taking out your kitchen scraps? What do you see (besides your food waste creating rich, beautiful, natural fertilizer)? There are probably a lot of happy creepy-crawlers at work breaking down that green and brown matter, which is exactly what you want to see. But, there might […]

    Trash Gathered at National Parks Reveals Need to Speed Plastic Phaseout

    Trash Gathered at National Parks Reveals Need to Speed Plastic Phaseout

    From July 1 to September 30 of this year, more than 500 citizen scientists recorded the litter they encountered at national parks and federal lands across the country as part of the Plastic-Free Parks TrashBlitz. Now, the results are in and they indicate that policy makers need to speed up their timeline for getting single-use […]

    Biden Threatens Windfall Tax for Fossil Fuel ‘War Profiteers’

    Biden Threatens Windfall Tax for Fossil Fuel ‘War Profiteers’

    President Joe Biden threatened major oil companies with a windfall tax after they announced massive profits following a surge in energy prices prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  ExxonMobil, for example, announced October 28 that it had earned $19.7 billion in profits during the third quarter of 2022. That’s more than the fossil fuel company […]

    How Solar Farms in Space Might Beam Electricity to Earth

    How Solar Farms in Space Might Beam Electricity to Earth

    With the energy crisis in Europe and the worst impacts of global warming looming if the world doesn’t move away from fossil fuels quickly, an almost limitless source of renewable energy couldn’t come soon enough. There is an almost unbelievable potential solution in the form of solar energy harvested from space. A plan by the […]