With only 16 legislating days left in the session, Congressional Democrats are trying to find a way forward on meaningful climate action. But even if they manage to pass any of the number of bills currently sitting in committee, there's no guarantee the governor will sign them into law. Cuomo, one of 24 governors who has committed his state to upholding the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, has also indicated that he's not interested in passing any more environmental legislation in this session. Meanwhile, critical thresholds continue their portentous advance.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a letter to MTA Chair and CEO Pat Foye today, calling for the ”timely completion” of an MTA forensic audit, a type of audit generally used to uncover illegal financial activities. In the letter, the governor also called for an Inspector General review of the integrity of the MTA's procurement and inventory control systems.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation and Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, claiming that it violated federal law when it issued a “Certificate of Completion” to General Electric Company in April for its removal of polychlorinated biphenyls from the Hudson River.

As students and others across the world came together to demand government action to address climate change on Sept. 19, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced the New York State Common Retirement Fund’s latest shareholder efforts to encourage corporations to address climate risk.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has launched the second year of the largest artificial reef expansion in state history.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo was joined by Vice President Al Gore on Thursday, as he signed into law the nation's most ambitious climate plan and announced the nation's largest offshore wind project, which is expected to power more than a million homes and generate more than $3 billion in economic development

A board of high-ranking Maryland officials on Wednesday rejected a proposed pipeline across the western part of the state that would carry natural gas produced in Pennsylvania to West Virginia.

President Donald Trump pointed to farmers Monday as winners from the administration's proposed rollback of federal protections for wetlands and waterways across the country, describing farmers crying in gratitude when he ordered the change. But under long-standing federal law and rules, farmers and farmland already are exempt from most of the regulatory hurdles on behalf of wetlands that the Trump administration is targeting. Because of that, environmental groups long have argued that builders, oil and gas drillers and other industry owners would be the big winners if the government adopts the pending rollback, making it easier to fill in bogs, creeks and streams for plowing, drilling, mining or building — and government numbers released last month support that argument.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, along with a coalition of 30 states and local governments, filed a motion to intervene in an industry lawsuit in order to defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to establish meaningful emission limits on greenhouse gases produced by power plants and other industrial sources.

Following the state's largest illegal dumping bust and subsequent grand jury report, a group of state senators from Long Island introduced legislation Wednesday to make it easier to prosecute and punish anyone suspected of illegally dumping hazardous and toxic materials.