Watchdog Report: Trump’s Anti-Climate Start
Donald Trump was sworn in as President on Friday. And, as of today, he’s taken or committed to the following actions against our environment:
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Protect Your Pets: Pesticides
The summer months are a prime time for you and your pets to enjoy the outdoors. However, threats to your pets’ health might be present on your own property in the form of pesticides. Pesticides are found in sprays, mulch, and birdseeds and can cause significant harm to your pets.
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5 Foods to Eat & 5 to Avoid that Help the Planet
We all contribute to climate change in direct and indirect ways. Directly, we purchase gasoline for our cars that is burned, which releases carbon into the atmosphere. Indirectly, we make incidental purchases each day that harm the environment without much thought.
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10 Unique Places to Swim (or to Avoid) in NY
The head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies recently said there is a 99% chance that 2016 will unseat 2015 as the hottest year on record. So it’s a good thing New York State is home to so many amazing swim holes.
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Keeping the Voice of Clean Water Strong in New York State
Aveda Earth Month is here and Environmental Advocates NY is excited to work with Aveda salons from Albany to Buffalo who are participating to make a difference for clean water in their communities.
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Devil is in the Details: Watchdog Report
Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo released his Executive Budget proposal for SFY2016-17.
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Watchdog Report: Fruit and veggies grown with fracking wastewater
Fracking waste is in the news as it has come to light that many fruit and vegetable crops consumed by Americans may have been irrigated with fracking wastewater – possibly even “organic” crops – as California wrestles with drought.
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But it was cold last winter: Watchdog Report
But it was cold last winterThat’s the argument new Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan of Long Island gave to the Capitol…
Ladies and gentlemen… your government: Watchdog Report
The issue of decision-making on climate policy extends well beyond Albany. When Congress makes bad decisions on our climate, it’s our public health and economy that suffer. Dirty air means sick kids.
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