A selection of news items about New York’s Climate Smart Communities program.
- 04/17/2024. Hamilton College 2024 Annual Carbon Neutrality Progress.
- 02/02/2024. Governor Hochul Announces Release of Technical Chapters of New York State Climate Impacts Assessment.
- 08/07/2023.
New Documentary Series Announced Showcasing New York’s Abundant Clean Energy Innovation and Green Jobs
The actual videos: trailer plus four episodes. - 05/16/2023. Governor Hochul Announces $8 Million Now Available for New Climate Smart Community Projects.
- 04/21/2023. Governor Hochul Announces 19 New Certified Climae Smart Communities.
- 03/12/2023. City of Kingston uses Climate Smart Communities grant to fund pedestrian, bicycle plan. From Daily Freeman.
- 03/02/2023. Governor Hochul Announces Kirkland and Clinton as the $10 Million Mohawk Valley Winner of Sixth-Round Downtown Revitalization Initiative. See also the web page of the Clinton Kirkland Improvement Corporation (CKIC).
- 12/31/2022. Governor Hochul Announces More Than $11.6 Million Awarded to Municipalities for Climate Smart Communities Projects
- 12/01/2022. WKTV: Otsego County Community Solar program.
- 09/29/2022. Governor Hochul Drives Forward New York’s Transition to Clean Transportation.
- 09/20/2022. Governor Hochul Announces New York State Awarded $60 Million in Federal Funds to Advance Smart Climate Practices for New York Farms and Forests and see this article from the Cornell Chronicle.
- 09/19/2022. Governor Hochul Announces State Surpasses 100 Certified ‘Climate Smart’ Communities
- 08/16/2022. Adirondack Explorer: Communities getting ‘smart’ on climate change. Nice overview of the CSC program with an emphasis on the North Country.
- 07/28/2022. Oneida Daily Dispatch: Picente announces EV charging station dashboard. The actual dashboard is here.
- 06/30/2022. Norwich working to become a Climate Smart Community.
- 06/06/2022. Cornell Chronicle: Students help New Lebanon grow green economy.
- 06/02/2022. Rome Sentinel: Info session announced for Clinton/Kirkland Clean Energy Campaign
- 05/18/2022. Oneida Daily Dispatch: Picente releases electric vehicle station plan for Oneida, Herkimer counties. The actual plan is here.
- 05/12/2022. Governor Hochul Announces Record $14 Million for New Climate Smart Community Projects
- 04/11/2022. On Earth Day, DEC Commissioner Seggos Announces New Climate Smart Communities Initiative to Coordinate Local Climate Action
- 04/13/2022. Governor Hochul Announces New York State Electric Vehicle Programs’ Progress
- 04/12/2022. Organizers set to launch Clinton/Kirkland Clean Energy Campaign
- 03/25/2022. DEC Announces New Certified Climate Smart Communities.
- 03/17/2022. The Ithaca Voice: Sidewalk reconstruction funded by Climate Smart Community Grant.
- 03/16/2022. Hudson Valley One: New Paltz Climate-Smart Task Force shares its updated inventory of greenhouse gas emissions.
- 03/16/2022. CNY News: Energy Smart Hartwick Kicks Off Its Electric Vehicle Community Campaign.
- 03/03/2022. Commission formed to address Oriskany Creek flooding concerns.
- 03/01/2020. New York Farm Bureau’s National Priorities includes a section on Climate Smart Farming.
- 01/25/2022. Climate Smart Community task force grant funds highway garage heat pump (New Lebanon).
- 01/04/2022. DEC Announces $11 Million for Climate Smart Community Projects.
- 12/07/2021. City of Oneida (Madison County) awarded $10 million for Downtown Revitalization Initiative.
- 10/15/2021 Potsdam achieves Climae Smart Community bronze level.
- 09/25/2021 Governor Hochul Announces 11 New Certified Climate Smart Communities
- 09/16/2021 Saranac Lake Community Choice Aggregation proposal supported by local Climate Smart Community Task Force
- 09/14/2021 Village of Kinderhook’s partnership enables residents to go solar for free
- 09/03/2021 Albany Times Union: The governor wants to tackle climate change. At what cost?
- 09/01/2021 Gov. Hochul co-signs letter to Pelosi and Schumer calling for agresive legislation to combat climate change
- 06/04/2021 Rome Sentinel Clinton Cruise-In to include electric, hybrid vehicles
- 05/28/2021 NY DEC: DEC Announces Six New Certified Climate Smart Communities
- 05/21/2021 New York Governor: $3.5 Million to Support Local Climate Action
- 05/18/2021 The Waterville Times: CCS Student Club Helps the Environment (subscription required for full article)
- 05/10/2021 A thoughtful analysis by Cordelia Schiller of the River: A Guide to the New York State Climate Policy Landscape.
- 04/28/2021 CSC Tusten, NY now first community with anaerobic digester powered by municipal solar energy
- 04/24/2021 Governor Cuomo Announces $2.8 Million Available For Municipal Charging Stations and Zero-Emission Vehicles
- 04/05/2021 Clarkson Workshops on Food Waste Management
- 03/09/2021 Daily Star: Chenango County adopts Climate Smart Communities pledge, but bails on fossil fuels.
- 02/08/2021 NYPA “Climate Smart” training program started with Clarkson, Cornell, others
- 02/02/2021 Kirkland praised for clean energy efforts, Utica Observer-Dispatch.
- 01/27/2021 Governor Cuomo announces $17 million in funding for Clean Energy Communities.
- 1/13/2021 Article from Newsday describing the new renewable energy plan.
- 1/13/2021 Governor Cuomo announces plan to increase renewable energy in NYS.
- 12/13/2020 Editorial: Lewis County seeks Climate Smart Community designation.
- 12/03/2020 Clarkson and Potsdam CSC Task Force win grant to develop food waste management program.
- 11/25/2020 A detailed article in the Clinton Record about the Nov. 19 meeting.
- 11/24/2020 Article in the Waterville Times about the CSC Vulnerability Assessment presentation.
- 10/22/2020 Article about the CSC Community Meeting in the Clinton Record.
- 10/20/2020 Article about the local 10/13 CSC Community Meeting in The Waterville Times.
- 10/19/2020 Wild Center partnership nets $449K to grow youth climate program
- 10/05/2020 Young people play important role in Climate Smart Community achievements from the Adirondack Almanack. Includes the link to a 7-minute video about how young people are catalyzing climate action in two Adirondack communities.
- 9/28/2020 The Village of Cazenovia has achieved bronze certification.
- 9/24/2020 Counties Continue to Lead Local Climate Action from the New York State Association of Counties