Environment

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Join Clearwater for a musical performance on Sunday, November 6, 5 p.m., at the Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main Street.

Now consider the humble plastic bag. Polyethelene, of which plastic bags are made, is a kind of petrochemical byproduct of...

Easton Lane residents will once again get the opportunity to speak about their concerns over a timber harvest permit when...

Dr. John Rayburn will present a lecture on “Local and Regional Glacial History at the End of the Last Ice...

It can grow tiresome to hear governmental candidates preach at any sandwich shop, press conference or Rotary picnic about the...

We all know the images. They’re haunting and they’re real and they’re horrifying: acres of plastic waste floating in our...

The environmental cleanup of iPark87 at the former TechCity site in the Town of Ulster is moving forward. The “asbestos...

After a lengthy pandemic-fueled delay, the county’s “Smart Communities” program is now being rolled out and New Paltz village trustees...

It’s too easy to live in a place as beautiful as the Hudson Valley region and con ourselves into thinking...

Volunteers working to keep New Paltz a leading community in efforts to stem the destruction of human-caused climate change would...

A September 6 report classified the entire Hudson Valley under some form of drought ranging from “abnormally dry” to "moderate"...

The Woodstock Environmental Commission (WEC) wants some help from the town to get more people to compost and reduce the...

The small southwest corner of Hasbrouck Park in the Village of New Paltz just became a municipal gold mine. In...

The huge system run by the city’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) was a week ago at 72.0 percent of...

Owners of the company applying to build Farmers Choice Dispensary at 1 Old Route 299 in New Paltz have received...

As the drought continues despite some rainy relief, wildlife has taken unusual measures to seek food and drink, increasing conflicts...

In over 30 years writing about our wonderful corner of the Catskills, I’ve danced around this topic numerous times, sometimes...

(Updated Sep. 3 at 11am ET) The Napanoch Point fire is now 75 percent contained, according to the Ulster County...

New federal rules to protect Americans from lead in their drinking water are coming down the pipeline, and Village of...