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Tag: environment
Downtown Plattsburgh Installs Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Plattsburgh has installed the first of several electric vehicle charging stations planned for the city. The first charging station is right in front of City Hall. Mayor Colin Read says it’s one of many proposals in the city’s new energy conservation plan to help Plattsburgh reduce its carbon footprint, and qualify to become a New…
Climate Change in the Adirondacks | Extended Forum
What effect is it having on our forests, wildlife and our health? And could it be helping invasive species spread further into the Adirondacks? This week, we bring together a panel of scientists and experts to discuss the impact climate change is having on the Adirondacks.
Climate Change in the Adirondacks | MLJ Forum
Climate Scientists at SUNY Plattsburgh say weather records, dating back more than a century, show the Adirondacks are warming, nearly twice the global average. It’s already forcing ski resorts in the Adirondacks to adapt to shorter, warmer winters. What effect is it having on our forests, wildlife and our health? And could it be helping…
Gov Cuomo Bans Plastic Bags
Governor Cuomo chooses Earth Day to sign New York’s new ban on single-use plastic bags into law. The ban will begin in March of 2020. Watch Governor Cuomo sign the bill into law and hear his comments.
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…
State of the Lake
A new report card grades the health of Lake Champlain and on-going efforts to keep invasive species out as well as reducing the amount of phosphorous polluting the lake. The Director of the Lake Champlain Basin Program, which puts out the State of the Lake Report every three years, joins us to talk about the…
Pollution Sensor
Jack LaDuke profiles a Clarkson University Professor who has developed a state-of-the-art sensor capable of detecting tiny pollution particles in the air.
Denial
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…
Bonus Interview with Christine Hallquist
Watch bonus clip of Christine Hallquist, Derek Hallquist, and Aaron Woolf talking about whether progress is being made in modernizing the grid to reduce the need for fossil fuels and to better accommodate renewable energy sources
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid: The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid has been discovered in the Adirondacks for the first time. A small infestation was found on two Hemlock trees on forest preserve lands near Prospect Mountain in the Town of Lake George. The Department of Environmental Conservation is asking hikers and campers in the Adirondacks to report any…