As bison, lynx and other wildlife return to European forests, conservationists debate whether biodiversity-enhancing reintroductions add to carbon storage and ecosystem resilience against climate change.
Lawmakers are trying to keep the Black River power plant at Fort Drum from closing by changing the state's definition of renewable energy to include the burning of wood, known as forest biomass. This process has been scientifically proven to pollute more than coal.
ALBANY — As Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul appears to abandon her push to rewrite the state’s climate laws, she also appears to have dropped a provision in those planned rewrites