Emissions

What we eat has a profound impact on the planet. According to a new study led by scientists from the University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota, our dietary choices - and where we make them - strongly influence our contribution to climate change. The study, which was recently published in the journal Nature Climate Change, found meat consumption in the U.S. generates a massive and often overlooked source of greenhouse gas emissions.

At the end of September, the $7,500 federal tax credit for purchases of new electric cars and the $3,000 credit for used electric cars were discontinued, as a result of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act that has undone multiple clean energy policies. Because of this, forecasts for EV sales over the next several years have been cut in half compared to what they were a year ago.

(Airs 11/29/24 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs Melanie’s Law, researchers in New York are studying how to reduce cow and other livestock emissions, and we’ll speak with the New York Power Authority’s Vice President for the state’s strategic renewable energy plan.

In "The Future We Choose," Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac, who led negotiations for the United Nations during the historic Paris Agreement of…

A state senator has introduced a bill to help New York meet its climate goals by reducing truck and bus emissions.Democratic state Senator Jen Metzger is…

A vote expected tonight on a local law regarding air pollution in the Town of Coeymans has been postponed. Tonight, the Coeymans town board is expected to…

The fallout from the Volkswagen scandal is still unclear.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Paul Tonko tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock…

President Obama’s plan for national standards to curb power plant emissions is based in part on a cap and trade-type program already existence in New…

The Supreme Court ruled Monday against Environmental Protection Agency rules that limit power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air…

Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain and Political Consultant Libby Post.Topics include:Iraq…