Image The federal government recently release its fifth annual National Climate Assessment (NCA5), the U.S.’ preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks and responses. The congressionally mandated report draws on the expertise of hundreds of the nation’s top scientists, thinkers and experts—including UMass Amherst’s own Ezra Markowitz, professor of environmental conservation. “I was deeply honored…

Shooting at Mid-Hudson Sporting Clays. Property owners of Mid-Hudson Sporting Clays were before the Town of New Paltz Planning Board in mid-November to discuss a potential violation of the town’s wetlands and watercourse law during an expansion project.  According to the planning board, roughly 3,000 feet of drivable pathways were established with fill material on…

Shooting at Mid-Hudson Sporting Clays. Property owners of Mid-Hudson Sporting Clays were before the Town of New Paltz Planning Board in mid-November to discuss a potential violation of the town’s wetlands and watercourse law during an expansion project.  According to the planning board, roughly 3,000 feet of drivable pathways were established with fill material on…

As a year that brought the highest global temperatures ever recorded winds down, world leaders will gather in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai later this week for the latest United Nations negotiations on climate change, a nearly two-week event called COP28. The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dates to 1992 and…

Frank and Pam Eighmey stands in their yard, behind the black plastic fence is the neighbor’s “fill” that has slid onto the Eighmey’s property. (Photos by Dion Ogust) The election in Woodstock may be over, but the environmental issues at Reynolds Lane in the hamlet of Shady remain unresolved. The issues are not likely to…

Frank and Pam Eighmey stands in their yard, behind the black plastic fence is the neighbor’s “fill” that has slid onto the Eighmey’s property. (Photos by Dion Ogust) The election in Woodstock may be over, but the environmental issues at Reynolds Lane in the hamlet of Shady remain unresolved. The issues are not likely to…

A male Sumatran rhino calf was born Nov. 25 at Indonesia’s Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park, marking the second birth at the facility in as many months. Independent estimates put the species’ wild population at no more than 47 individuals, so each new birth increases hopes the species can be saved from…

A male Sumatran rhino calf was born Nov. 25 at Indonesia’s Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park, marking the second birth at the facility in as many months. Independent estimates put the species’ wild population at no more than 47 individuals, so each new birth increases hopes the species can be saved from…

Sustainability is a major concern in many industries worldwide, including the travel and tourism sectors. The cruise industry is no different from other industries, and there was a time when sustainability had become a big concern for this industry. However, with the passage of time and increased adoption of sustainability, the cruise industry and cruise…

Sustainability is a major concern in many industries worldwide, including the travel and tourism sectors. The cruise industry is no different from other industries, and there was a time when sustainability had become a big concern for this industry. However, with the passage of time and increased adoption of sustainability, the cruise industry and cruise…