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Max Schulte/WXXI NewsA conservation movement that began in the United Kingdom is gaining traction among environmentalists here in the U.S.They're urging homeowners to put away their lawn mowers for a month and let the grass and weeds grow wild.WXXI was invited to the backyard of a Brighton resident who's pushing 'No Mow May.' -
ramzi hashisho/freeimages.comA Monroe County lawmaker says the gas tax holiday is a missed opportunity to shift from fossil fuelsDemocrat Sue Hughes-Smith says part of the money saved as a result of the new cap on gasoline sales tax could have been used to help transition Monroe County away from fossil fuels.
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Washington Grove sits nearby a bus route, but at the center of this 26-acre woodland you could easily forget you’re in a city.Lee Sengbusch thinks so,… -
A few dozen people representing various environmental and social justice groups gathered outside the federal building on State Street Thursday. They're…
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A new program is pairing residents with an organization that urges everyone in the region to become stewards of Canandaigua Lake through education and…
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New York state forest rangers have joined a countrywide effort to aid efforts to extinguish wildfires out West. Forest ranger Timothy Carpenter from…
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Two New York state forest rangers have been deployed to assist efforts to fight wildfires out West. Forest ranger Timothy Carpenter, from Steuben County,…
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For the first time in 50 years, a spawning female sturgeon has been found in the Genesee River.A crew led by Dawn Dittman, research ecologist at the U.S.…
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Starting Sept. 1, city of Rochester residents will get their electricity entirely from renewable sources unless they opt out of the initiative that’s…
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There will be two virtual public meetings this week about the current, low water level conditions on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.The last 12…
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Visitors to Durand-Eastman Beach may have noticed something fishy recently: small, silver, fish have washed up dead where Lake Ontario’s waters lap at the…
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On Earth Day, environmentalists are calling attention to the pollution caused by disposable face masks.The marine conservation organization Oceans Asia…
