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State offers $6.5M to develop insurance policies to promote clean technologies
A new state program is focused on the research and development of new insurance policies and products “that will promote the adoption of clean technologies” across New York state. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sept. 1 announced $6.5 million to support the “Insurance Innovation for Climate-Technology Solutions” program. The initiative will provide funding for products that manage […]
DEC completes spawning area projects in Black River and Lake Ontario
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently completed two projects to create new spawning habitat for native fish that are critical for
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University and its coalition of partners have won $63.7 million in federal funding for the New Energy New York project, with
New York oat production is forecast to jump more than 36 percent this year
New York farms are expected to produce 2.69 million bushels of oats this year, up 36.5 percent from 1.97 million bushels in 2021, according to an Aug. 1 forecast from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Yield per acre for oats in New York state is forecast to rise 1.5 percent to 69 bushels
Flood-resiliency project work begins in Jefferson County
Construction has started on four flood-resiliency projects in the town of Alexandria and village of Alexandria Bay in Jefferson County. Construction has also begun on a series of flood-resiliency projects in the village of Clayton in Jefferson County. Alexandria Bay area The Alexandria Bay–area projects were awarded more than $3.8 million in grant funding through
Marcy solar-energy project granted USDA loan
Green Street Power Partners, LLC (GSPP) will use more than $6 million in loan funding to provide permanent debt financing for a 6.751-megawatt, ground-mounted, solar project in Marcy, near Utica. It’s among nine projects seeking to combat climate change across rural parts of New York to which the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding
Herkimer County solar project advances toward permitting
COLUMBIA, N.Y. — The rural town of Columbia in Herkimer County could be home to one of the state’s largest solar installations in the next several years if the California company EDF Renewables obtains all the necessary permits. The Columbia Solar Energy Center, if approved, will be a $550 million, 350-megawatt facility with 20 megawatts
Northern N.Y. economic-development projects get federal funding
ALBANY, N.Y. — Several local projects are among a dozen in New York’s 28-county northern border region to receive federal grants for economic and community development. The Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) reviewed 55 applications with funding requests totaling more than $35 million before selecting the final 12 grant recipients, which received $5.8 million, according
ESF’s Teron named Nathan Public Policy Fellow by Rockefeller Institute
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Rockefeller Institute of Government announced it has named Lemir Teron, a faculty member at the SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry (ESF) in Syracuse, as a 2022-23 Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellow. He is one of six researchers and practitioners to receive the honor. Over the next year, these
C&S hires Huxley to grow sustainability practice
SALINA, N.Y. — C&S Companies recently announced it has hired Olwen Huxley as a senior principal to facilitate the growth of C&S’s sustainability practice and “support the firm in meeting its own sustainability and energy-management goals.” C&S describes Huxley as “an esteemed sustainability professional and leader.” She has more than 25 years of professional experience
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