Hudson Valley Eco News Feed
Disease, stress threaten bees.
Research of colony collapse disorder at this stage is taking a multipronged approach, looking into a number of causes: pathogens, pa-rasites, pesticides, stress and malnutrition.
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Disease, stress threaten bees.
Dennis Remsburger makes his living from bees and honey. Advertisement But he's a little nervous about whether that will be viable in the future.
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Leaf-blower laws irk landscapers.
As environmental groups successfully lobby to ban leaf blowers and urge organic gardening practices, landscapers are pushing back.
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River View: Once again, the Hudson is at a turning point.
The Hudson may be at its cleanest and most desirable since federal clean-water laws were enacted nearly 40 years ago, state officials and environmentalists said, but its future health is still uncertain.
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Let the sunshine in.
The goal is to figure out how much the sun's free power can offset my home's hot-water and other energy needs.
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This woman isn't idle about car pollution.
Elisa Zazzera has a perfectly nice talk with the driver of a BMW, explaining to the young woman that idling her car by the Hastings-on-Hudson train station wastes gas and pollutes the air.
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Stony Point seeks to halt Mirant's soil dumping.
The town is seeking a preliminary injunction to bar Mirant from allegedly dumping untested soil at its Lovett generating station in Tomkins Cove.
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Do you want to drink Hudson River water?
New proposal to supply Rockland County with drinking water from the Hudson River leaves many with a bad taste in their mouths and concerns about the quality of our drinking water and how the plant will affect the ecosystem of the river.
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In the short haul, gas prices help.
Rising gas prices could prove a boon for two distressed parts of the upstate economy: manufacturing and agriculture.
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Trying everything against geese.
As growing numbers of Canada geese foul ponds and land throughout the region, officials and property owners have tried stopping them any way they can.
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