The Radix Ecological Sustainability Center is working on a project in collaboration with UAlbany to plant trees for Albany residents for free. MORE: https://www.news10.com/news/albany-county/city-of-albany-residents-can-have-a-tree-planted-at-no-cost/ 

City of Albany residents can have a tree planted at no cost

While the Capital Region gets another shot of snow, the Radix Ecological Sustainability Center is preparing for the spring. Educational Director Scott Kellogg is working on a project in collaborati…

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On World Wildlife Day, we are excited to announce that the National Wildlife Federation has certified UAlbany as a bronze-level Plastics Reduction Partner in recognition of our efforts to reduce single-use plastics on campus.

UAlbany Earns Bronze Status for Plastics Reduction Efforts

The University at Albany was awarded the Plastics Reduction Partner Bronze level certification by the National Wildlife Federation for efforts to reduce single-use plastics on campus.

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🚨UPCOMING EVENT🚨 Join Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics, and Fred LeBrun, veteran Times Union reporter and political columnist, on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 3:00PM at The Book House in Stuyvesant Plaza to learn more about the new book, “The Problem with Plastic.”

Thrifting on campus! The State University of New York at @albany.edu has a closet named Purple Threads in its campus center, which provides three free pieces of professional clothing to current students per semester. (1/2)

Purple Threads provides free interview clothing to UAlbany students

Purple Threads at UAlbany offers professional clothing to students at no charge. The organization is continuously looking for clothing donations.

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Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, the government has taken down key environmental data. “When you start taking down this information,” says geographer Eric Nost, “really, what it is, is censorship and propaganda.”

Saving U.S. Climate and Environmental Data Before It Goes Away

Some 2,000 records went missing from government data sets after the Trump administration took office in January. Canadian geographer Eric Nost talks about the work he and colleagues are doing to archi...

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@moriahcosta.bsky.social's new piece in @greencb.bsky.social gets at how states are taking the fight against climate change into their hands with a climate-hostile federal government. NY is doing that in 2025 w/ full-scope emissions disclosure rules vital to lowering emissions across the economy 📉

NEW REPORT FROM @nrdc.org: Pyrolysis, which is a type of incineration, accounts for 80% of proposed/operating U.S. chemical recycling facilities. Yet pyrolysis actually can’t recycle much, if any, plastic.

“Chemical Recycling” Is a Toxic Trap

As public concern grows about mountains of plastic trash, the plastics industry is promoting technologies that it misleadingly calls “chemical recycling” and touts as a solution to the plastic crisis....

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Narwhals are difficult to study, partly because they live so far north in the remote Arctic. In today’s episode,  a  mysterious creature with a tooth longer than your body. Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...

Honoring the legacy of one of New York's civil rights champions. The SUNY Board of Trustees and @sunychancellor.bsky.social announced the Dr. Hazel Dukes SUNY Fellowship for the Advancement of Civil Rights. 📰: www.suny.edu/suny-news/pr...

Dr. Hazel Dukes Fellowship for the Advancement of Civil Rights Established

In recognition of Women’s History Month and in honor of one of the New York State’s treasured civil rights and public education leaders, the SUNY leadership announced the Dr. Hazel Dukes SUNY...

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By 2030, we aim to avoid or sequester 3 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually—the same as taking 650 million cars off the road every year. Nature is a powerful tool in helping us achieve this goal. So are YOU. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter: www.nature.org/en-us/what-w...