It’s really happening. New York State’s Climate Action Plan became less of a plan and more of a reality when a draft roadmap was released early this year.
If we can calculate what makes a tipping point, it may be just as difficult to calculate how close we are to reaching such a tipping point or, worse, if we have already passed it.
Tonawanda Coke's toxic legacy – the subject of lawsuits, criminal prosecutions and a large-scale corporate bankruptcy – is not limited to the brownfields site a local developer wants to transform into a campus for data centers.
Our old friend Tom Toles captured the essence of a dilemma in the Washington Post a year ago, as seen here. It's what Michael Mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric science at Penn State, calls "doomism."
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced New York State would embark on a "Green New Deal" to eliminate the state's carbon footprint by 2040 by shifting to 100 percent renewable energy by that date.
