New York State is heavily forested, with trees covering about 18.6 million acres or 62% of its total land area. In the fourth installment of our series: Measuring the Elements of Climate Change, NYLCV explores the methods used for measuring tree canopy, how these measurements are used at different levels of government, and why restoring and adding forest cover is essential for the health of our local ecosystems, community resilience, and to reduce the effects of global warming.
Greenhouse gases are gases that trap heat from the Sun in the Earth’s atmosphere. By allowing sunlight to pass through, but absorbing the infrared heat radiating from the planet, they drive the “greenhouse” effect. The greenhouse effect is both a natural process where atmospheric gases trap heat from the Sun, keeping the Earth warm enough to support life and one driven by human activity. Human activities—like burning fossil fuels, agricultural processes and deforestation—have intensified the natural process by adding excess gases to the atmosphere. This buildup causes the atmospheric “blanket” to become thicker, trapping more heat than the planet naturally releases. This phenomenon is the direct cause of modern global warming.
Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. By Georgia Good Often, bugs don’t get the same love as bigger, furry or finned New Yorkers. But…
By Georgia Good On February 25, we partnered with Con Edison for a breakfast and panel on one of America’s most consequential municipal climate policies: New York City’s 2019 Local Law 97 (LL97). As snow fell outside, we gathered at White & Case LLP’s offices in Manhattan, to discuss the landmark law – where we…
Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. Here in Part 3, we meet New York’s black bears. By Georgia Good It’s an awesome sight: an…
Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. Here in Part 3, we meet New York’s black bears. By Georgia Good This time of year, with…
Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. Here in Part 2, we meet the whales off NYC. By Georgia Good Picture this: an immense humpback…
Meet Your Neighbors: New York’s Natural World In this series, we connect policy to nature – highlighting native New York species, what we have in common with them, and the roles they play in NYLCV’s policy agenda. From the mountains and forests of the Adirondacks to the coasts of Long Island and NYC, our state…
“There is no transition without transmission,” said Julie Tighe, president of the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (NYLCVEF), as she opened a panel discussion on the critical role of transmission and grid infrastructure in shaping New York’s clean energy future.
The event, presented by NYLCVEF and Con Edison, included energy leaders from across the state who together highlighted the overarching importance of transmission, the key stakeholders involved, as well as the process, barriers, and critical next steps for New York State.
