Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has decided to fully deregulate the planting of genetically modified alfalfa, so why should you care?
Greening the state’s energy supply and bringing its power plant fleet into the 21st century should be a top priority for the freshly-elected New York State administration.
Lucy Postins worked tirelessly in her own kitchen to develop quality food for her puppy, Mosi, that would also support a local and sustainable food system. Eight years later, The Honest Kitchen is a burgeoning green business.
Electricity generated from tides, waves, currents and free-flowing rivers is categorized as hydrokinetic energy: the harnessing of the energy of moving water. In the right places, it could be an important part of the clean energy mix.
A coalition of environmental, energy, transportation and public policy groups recently released a package of proposals “designed to bolster economic development” while confronting critical environmental issues. Governor Cuomo, are you listening?
Kristine Uhlman, a nationally recognized hydrogeologist, helps communities in Arizona manage their water resources using groundwater age dating.
Here in New York, the community gardens and urban farms have long since packed up for the year. In fact, if I hadn’t seen them grow back last spring, I might think that they were gone for good. For now we can only dream of the longer, warmer days that will make that happen, and hope that there are[...]
For many, fish oil supplements have always been unfortunately paradoxical. The health advantages of fish oil and omega-3s are well documented, but so is the damage sustained by our ecosystem from the over fishing of some of our oceans most important fish. Luckily, there are greener omega-3s in the s[...]
The NYC Water System, which is 95% gravity fed, is comprised of three reservoir systems that include 18 reservoirs, has a storage capacity of 548 billion gallons and serves almost 10 million users a day. The NYC Water System archive, which has just been restored, has photos, drawings and documents t[...]
Almost five years ago, she co-founded the Women's Earth Alliance, an organization that works to empower women advocates around the world. Since then, Melinda has seen the organization she co-founded thrive, successfully implementing projects across three continents.
Assuming you’re not an out-of-touch 18th century monarch, you probably realize that not everyone has access to fresh, healthful food. At the most basic level, lack of access can be attributed to three factors: financial resources, the cost of food and food availability.
New York City's East River may become the site of the nation's first full-scale tidal power plant -- a potentially big step for other coastal cities looking for locally-generated renewable energy that's fish-friendly, too.
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