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Hochul vetoes bill that aimed to improve habitat connectivity for wildlife

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High levels of lead found in soil

Citizen Science Community Resources (CSCR), Open Buffalo and, Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) discussed results of soil testing at a community meeting.
Environment

Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after largest dam removal project in US history

Less than a month after the largest dam removal in the U.S. concludes, salmon are once more returning to spawn in cool creeks of the Klamath River.
Nation World

A US state is sixth in the world for pollution, according to climate scientists

This “represents the single biggest health threat facing humanity,” former Vice President Al Gore said at the conference.
Environment

City of North Tonawanda receives $1.5 million grant to improve Oliver Street

The City of North Tonawanda says it has been awarded $1.5 million in funding thanks to the Green Resiliency Grant Program.
Environment

Lockport hiker rescued by helicopter in the Adirondacks

The call concerned a 45-year-old hiker from Lockport with a lower leg injury on Mount Marcy in Keene, N.Y.
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Restraining order extended in Kensington Expressway project fight

The lawsuit focuses on whether the state DOT properly studied the impacts of the $1 billion cap and tunnel plan for the Kensington Expressway.
Environment

Gov. Hochul announces new funding for more zero-emission homes

The Building Better Homes program will incentivize the design, construction, and marketing of clean new builds.
Local News

Extremely low Mississippi River levels just reemerged a 'once in a lifetime' tourist destination in Missouri for the third year in a row

Human-driven climate change, through the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas, has made the once-rare event all too common.
Weather

The tiny fall bug with a big bite

Minute Pirate Bugs are coming out in full force for October. Here's where these bugs come from and what, if anything, you can do to avoid them.
Nation World

The world's rivers faced the driest year in three decades in 2023, the UN weather agency says

Part of the reason for the dry spell comes from the fact that glaciers that feed rivers in many countries suffered the largest loss of mass in the last five decades.
Nation World

Nibi the 'diva' beaver to stay at rescue center, Massachusetts governor decides

The state issued a permit to Newhouse Wildlife Rescue for Nibi to remain at the rehabilitation facility and serve as an educational animal.