Schumer, scientists want EPA to reopen air-quality stations
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and area scientists call on EPA to reopen air-quality monitoring stations.
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EPA suspends some air-quality monitoring in Adirondacks
Adirondack groups push back against the decision
ASK A SCIENTIST: Adirondack lakes survey
Syracuse University Professor Charles Driscoll looks back on landmark study, ahead to renewed efforts to fund another
Adirondack lakes turning browner … but in a good way
By Ry Rivard
When Paul Bukaveckas returned to Silver Lake after decades away, the lake was not so clear as he had remembered. And that was a good thing.
As Trump administration winds down, Adirondack environmentalists breathe easier
By Ry Rivard
“There will be some impacts from the federal government’s abdication of responsibilities."
State pauses brook trout stocking to study acid rain recovery
With water quality improving, suspending stocking is good news for the current fish that live in these ponds.
Reversing acid rain’s dirty work
By Ry Rivard
Coal’s future aside, the recent past has been good news: Thanks to existing regulations, rain is far less acidic than it used to be.
Trump environmental record worries Adirondack advocates
Conservationists complain of a federal government now more welcoming of pollutants, including carbon dioxide, as the Adirondack region’s forests and snowy winters are changing with a warmer climate.
Lakes recovering from acid rain
By James Odato
Adirondack water bodies ravaged by acidic precipitation for years are springing back to life, and fish and wildlife are returning.