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Tag: climate change
Climate Change Is Impacting Local Economy
Climate scientists finding the Adirondacks are warming at double the global average. Our Jack LaDuke reports on how climate change is impacting winter sports and activities in the Adirondacks that drive the local economy. This story is part of Peril and Promise, a national initiative exploring the impact of Climate Change here in the Adirondacks…
Climate Change in the Adirondacks and the Bicknell’s Thrush
Could climate change drive the Bicknell’s Thrush, a rare, migratory songbird, from its nesting grounds in the highest elevations of the Adirondacks? Biologists say with warming temperatures, they expect to see changes in the bird’s habitat over the next several decades. This month, nearly 200 volunteers will be heading to the summits of the High…
Interview with Adirondack Council’s John Sheehan
We talk with the Adirondack Council’s John Sheehan about the effect climate change is having on the Adirondacks. And in our extended interview, we also discuss overcrowding in the High Peaks, mandatory boat inspections to protect Adirondack waterways from invasive species, and why a constitutional amendment may need to be passed by voters across New…
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Hunting Season
Volunteers have been heading out into the woods this winter hunting for signs of an invasive insect, a tiny, destructive bug that has found its way to the Adirondacks. If it spreads, the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid could threaten millions of Hemlock trees throughout the Adirondack Park. While scientists and environmentalists are working to combat it,…
Bill McKibben on Climate Fight
Author and environmental activist Bill McKibben was in Plattsburgh this week to talk to about 300 people who gathered at Plattsburgh United Methodist Church about the status of the environment and the growing urgency to reverse climate change. McKibben, who is a scholar-in-residence at Middelbury College, published his first book on climate change, “The End…
Climate Change Threat
On this Earth Week, environmental advocates talk about their efforts to raise awareness and get more people to pay attention to climate change. From extreme weather, and shorter ski seasons, to the threat of new invasive species and changes in habit for songbirds and wildlife, they say climate change is having a dramatic impact on…
Bonus Interview with W. Timothy Palmer
Watch extended interview with Tim Palmer on the push to get Congress to approve a carbon fee and whether efforts to engage members of Congress have become more difficult with the Trump Administration’s position on climate change.
Transgender Candidate Enters Race for Governor
A few weeks ago we aired a documentary on Mountain Lake PBS about Christine Hallquist, the head of an electric utility in Northern Vermont, who is a transgender woman. Hallquist announced this week that she is resigning as CEO of the Vermont Electric Co-Op to run for governor, in Vermont. If elected, Hallquist would be…
Accepting Change: This week on Mountain Lake Journal
Many believe our changing climate is pushing us closer to an environmental catastrophe, but for most people, the problem is easy to ignore. Dave Hallquist, the CEO of a Vermont electric utility, has made it his mission to take on one of the largest contributors to this global crisis — our electric grid. But when…
Forgotten Farms: Climate Change (Extra Interview)
In this clip we talk about the impact Climate Change could have on the Northeast and how it could force the region to produce more of its own food.