Under the crown molding and charming window sills of your historic upstate New York home may sit a dark secret: lead paint. The antique aesthetics of older homes lend to their charm, but they also lend to the ever present problem that is lead poisoning. Upstate New York, in particular, …
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s establishment of New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) is changing the entire field of energy production and use. Traditional producers of electricity, such as large power plants, are transitioning from burning fossil fuels to creating renewable sources of electric generation. Private companies are becoming electricity producers, and …
By Sanaz Arjomand, M.S. in Environmental Policy 2016 During my internship with the New York field office of American Farmland Trust (AFT), a national organization whose mission is to protect farmland, promote sound farming practices, and keep farmers on the land, my main responsibility was to work on a report …
By Sanaz Arjomand, M.S. in Environmental Policy 2016 If you’ve been to a farmer’s market, you’ve seen the iconic green “No Farms, No Food” bumper stickers of the American Farmland Trust (AFT), an organization whose mission is to protect farmland, promote sound farming practices, and keep farmers on the land. …
