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At the turn of the 20th century, environmental protection meant preserving wilderness so future generations might know nature as the great environmentalists Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir knew it — bountiful and largely pristine. Some 120 years later . . . more
President-elect Joseph Biden recently committed to re-entering the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit carbon dioxide emissions worldwide, which President Trump pulled the U.S. out of in June 2017. more
With passage in both houses of the State Legislature, and a promise last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act into law, New York state is poised to … more
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 29-year-old Democrat from the Bronx, is surely the most dangerous elected official now in office. You know she is because . . . more
Among the most urgent issues of 2018 was, undoubtedly, the climate — as in the Earth’s temperature over time. It has slowly but steadily been rising for decades, in direct proportion to . . . more
Nearly five years have passed since Hurricane Sandy devastated the East Coast, flooding thousands of homes and businesses and causing . . . more
Hurricane Sandy was special –– in a wicked sort of way. Like no other storm since the Long Island Express of 1938 . . . more
There’s a wonderful story about St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century champion of the poor, after whom the Roman Catholic Church’s current pope is named. St. Francis, it is said, would stop in his tracks if he . . . more
In 1970, Americans finally awoke to the horrifying toll they were taking on our fragile environment. That year, Congress passed the Clean Air Act . . . more
President Obama’s National Climate Assessment, released May 6, brought memories of August 2011’s great flood racing back to me. more
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