Trains, planes and livable communities: LaHood to speak on infrastructure issues
The United States is one giant pothole, said former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, and Congress does not care.
Posts Tagged 'environment'
Master gardener to talk insects for BTG
Essential to life on earth, but better out of sight and out of mind, insects have always had a complicated…
Chagnon to address solutions to harmful algal blooms in Lake Walk
Human factors often prevent progress around a particular scientific issue even when the scientific consensus is strong. For vaccines, it’s irrational fear. For human evolution, it’s religious objections. For climate change, it’s frequently misunderstanding of the concepts of climate and weather.
Tensions between county, town of Ellery erupt at Chautauqua County landfill
Many people throw away their trash without considering where “away” really is. For Chautauquans, “away” is across the lake in the town of Ellery, where all the nonhazardous solid waste produced in Chautauqua County is collected and decomposed in the Chautauqua County Landfill.
Natural Gas: A symbol of Chautauqua County or an overvalued fuel? Part II
Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a two-part series on natural gas extraction, including high-volume, horizontal hydrofracturing in western…
Natural Gas: A symbol of Chautauqua County or an overvalued fuel?
The first in a two-part series on natural gas extraction, including high-volume, horizontal hydrofracturing in western New York state.
A Trail of Two Cities: Connecting Barcelona to Chautauqua Institution
When Lisa Schmidtfrerick-Miller drives along Route 394 outside Chautauqua Institution, her sympathy goes out to the bikers and walkers along the side of the curvy road, dodging speeding cars and inhaling exhaust and particulate matter.
Composting at Chautauqua a constant endeavor for grounds department
Chris Majewski considers himself lucky. Rather than sit indoors at a desk all day, the grounds supervisor and head of heavy equipment at Chautauqua Institution has the privilege of handling dying, rotting and decomposing organic material during his workdays.
In collaboration with Institution, BTG announces monarch waystation program
Self-proclaimed “science nerd” Betsy Burgeson has always taken an interest in monarch butterflies. The supervisor of gardens and landscapes at…
Something in the air: Wind farm to be built in Chautauqua County
When it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Chautauqua County, the answer might be blowin’ in the wind.
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