By Michael Gold Putnam County has created a climate smart task force and plans to partner with the environmental nonprofit organization Sustainable Putnam to develop “a collaborative approach to educate and engage the public on the ways to adapt to

By Michael Gold Noam Bramson wants to make your home as energy efficient as possible. Not incidentally, this will help lower your energy costs and help reduce the amount of greenhouse gases your home generates for heating, cooling and electricity.

By Michael Gold New York State may have banned fracking, but is still using fracked gas, transported from Pennsylvania. Natural gas is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) generated by the state, explained Professor Michael Gerrard, a Columbia

By Michael Gold A young idiot threw a firework at Officer Jeffrey Muendel’s head on July 4, 2022, and it changed Muendel’s life forever. The explosion caused significant skeletal, sensory and neurological damage. “It was some sort of mortar,” Muendel, now

Frank Hrotko and Jeffrey Muendel present two very different sides of what it’s like to be a local police officer in Westchester County. In this column, we’ll look at Hrotko’s experiences. Two weeks from now, we’ll learn about Muendel’s. By

By Michael Gold Helping people find affordable housing is one of the biggest challenges New York State faces. “How do we create more housing and housing that is more affordable?” is the key question Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins asked

By Michael Gold Gov. Kathy Hochul’s new budget proposal to cut the state’s funding for clean water infrastructure in half, from $500 million to $250 million, could potentially create funding delays for key sewage and water treatment and drinking water

By Michael Gold Did you ever want to go for a swim in the Hudson River on a sweltering hot summer day, surrounded by the green hills and mountains on shore? That kind of cool relief could become a reality

By Michael Gold  Mary Burke saw four inches of water in her basement laundry room twice, in September 2021, then in July 2023. Her backyard was flooded by rain on Sept. 29, edging up to her statue of the Virgin

By Michael Gold There’s a lot of hate out there in America right now. Three college students of Palestinian descent were shot in Vermont, in November, just walking around Burlington. A six-year-old Muslim boy was killed by his white landlord