Environment

A tornado touched down in southern Wyoming County on Thursday morning and it caused some damage.

On Monday, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that more than $38 million is being awarded to New York’s agricultural industry to protect farmland across the state.

Members of Congress are joining with local environmentalists to lobby the EPA, in the hope it will protect the St. Lawrence River and other bodies of water from invasive species.

Projects include upgrading wastewater and sewer systems, reducing water pollution and protecting drinking water from contaminants.

The legislation sets new goals for reducing statewide greenhouse gas emissions to 60% of 1990 levels in 2030 and an additional 15% by 2050, and also for achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions across New York State’s economy.

A landmark agreement between the Onondaga Nation, New York state and the federal government returns more than 1,000 acres of forested land in southern Onondaga County back to the Onondaga.

Committee members are developing a strategy that they hope will give the lake a strong future, by focusing on the surrounding land.

Almost 35 acres of land along Otisco lake will be used as a public park.

The New York Climate Action Council is in the midst of a series of hearings across the state to get comments on a document that will guide the state toward its climate goals of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 85% by 2050.

Scientists say a spider species native to Japan that can get as big as the palm of your hand has the potential to migrate to upstate New York. It's already inhabiting parts of the southeastern United States.