

City Of Oswego Commits To Community Solar
Image via oswegony.org Several new electric car charging stations have been officially unveiled as the City of Oswego makes a major commitment to community solar and renewable energy. Mayor Billy Barlow along with members of the Oswego Common Council, Omni Renewables, National Grid and Livingston Energy Group celebrated the opening of these stations at Breitbeck Park on April 5. This comes after Barlow’s 2022 State of the City Address in January where he originally announced
New Climate Smart Communities Initiative to Coordinate Local Climate Action
Coordinators to Provides Technical Assistance to Help Municipalities Plan and Implement Initiatives Community-Led Actions Advance New York's Nation-Leading Climate Goals On Earth Day, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced the launch of a new initiative designed to accelerate local action on climate change by providing technical assistance to municipalities working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to curre

Electric school buses are coming to New York within five years
Students catch a bus in Auburn in 2019. Kevin Rivoli, The Citizen One of the transportation initiatives in the state budget approved by state legislators Saturday will change the way kids get to school in five years. While superintendents are looking at record state aid in the budget, they also are taking in a new mandate: New York State will require all new school buses to have zero emissions by 2027. The switchover from diesel to electric, or zero emission, will take place