New Yorkers by a wide margin are concerned about air and water pollution as well as climate change, according to a poll released by the Siena College Research Institute.
When it comes to climate change, the time for screwing around has long passed, says Roger Hallam. He actually didn't say "screwing around," choosing a less-printable verb, but you get the message.
Researchers are gathering in Saratoga Springs this week for a meeting of the North American Invasive Species Management Association. Researchers, academics, foresters and environmental agency employees from Maine to Utah to Canada and Europe participated and one of the hot topics this year was climate change and how it may speed the spread of some invasives.
New York's recently signed Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, designed to eventually eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from the state's economy, has been hailed by environmentalists as a milestone in the fight against climate change.
Advocates hoping the end of session agenda in Albany will include strict environmental protections made sure state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo could hear their pleas in the Capitol on Tuesday.
