Conservation groups are encouraging people to speak out at a virtual hearing tomorrow on two proposed wood pellet plants. They would be among the largest in the country. A company called Golden State Natural Resources made up of county supervisors from rural counties said it wants to reduce the fuel load in national forests by removing what they call "excess biomass." Laura Haight, U.S. .
Summer in Minnesota has come with an unwelcome visitor: periods of thick, smoky air brought on by Canadian wildfires. It has propelled conversations about the health impacts and climate change links. Last week saw many parts of Minnesota under air quality alerts that limited outdoor activity due to the smoke. .
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