climate change

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park has always been more than just green space—it’s a cultural crossroads, a weekend escape, a playground for generations of New Yorkers. It was built for the World’s Fair, became a stage for the U.S. Open’s brightest stars, and has long served as an unofficial backyard for Queens’ immigrant communities. But the park is changing. Developers eye its edges, community groups clash over preservation, and a new class of visitors is arriving, phone cameras in hand, eager to transform the park’s faded glamour into TikTok gold. “There’s always been tension between keeping it a people’s park and turning

Several years ago, I attended a hike through the wild and majestic Zoar Valley, located a half hour’s drive south of Buffalo, led by forestry expert Bruce Kershner. A living legend among the local environmental community, Kershner was an acknowledged expert and the “go to” guy when it came to identifying old growth tree stands. Old growth refers to forests that are estimated to be aged 150 to 300 years and older. Kershner sadly passed away a few years later, but not before authoring several books about the local nature scene, including “Secret Places: A Guide to 25 Little

Editor’s note: Greenwashing: misleading or deceptive publicity disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally-responsible public image. For example, “the recycling bins in the cafeteria are just feeble examples of their corporate greenwash.” The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) was signed into law on July 18, 2019 to address climate change and reach net zero emissions in New York State. National Fuel has been fighting this bill tooth and nail, all the while attempting to build out natural gas (fossil fuel) infrastructure throughout Western New York in an attempt to keep the region hooked on gas. ************************************************************** National

Last week, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its 2023 report on the ongoing global warming crisis, the result of over a half-decade of work by thousands of climate scientists. According to the UN, “More than a century of burning fossil fuels as well as unequal and unsustainable energy and land use have led to global warming of 1.1°C above pre -industrial levels. This has resulted in more frequent and more intense extreme weather events that have caused increasingly dangerous impacts on nature and people in every region of the world. But there are multiple, feasible and

By J. Gary DiLaura, Retired FBI Agent   Columnist J. Gary DiLaura is a decorated Retired FBI Agent and author of the explosive new book “Action…FBI Crime Fighting the Way It Was!” From Abundance to Scarcity – Misguided Policies Decimate US Energy! WE NEED ANOTHER REMINDER OF THE FACTS…! ENERGY AND “CLIMATE CHANGE” ENERGY In 2005 the largest oil reserve IN THE WORLD was discovered…THE GREEN RIVER OIL RESERVE IN COLORADO. Pres Bush ordered 3000 test wells drilled by independent private contractors and announced, after all, results were studied, that it turns out this is the largest oil reserve ever discovered.

By John Szalasny, Executive Committee of the Niagara Group of the Sierra Club   Kelley St. John recently became the first Climate Action Manager for the City of Buffalo.  She just missed being in office to deal with the “Blizzard of the Century” in December, she may be heading for the first public test of her new office’s powers.   St. John’s position opened as part of the City’s participation New York’s Climate Smart Communities (CSC) program.  This program recognizes communities for their concrete actions to mitigate and adapt to Climate Change.  Communities that have been certified experience cost savings, being more

BY J GARY DILAURA I start this column with an explanation. I wrote a fact-based column loaded with facts regarding the fact that the left wants to do away with fossil fuels, not because we have a replacement system ready to take over for the 85% of the grid electricity that fossil fuels produce. OR that there is a better, cleaner, more reliable, cheaper way to produce electricity… a commodity that we CANNOT live without. Nor is it because they have a plan! I’ll speak to that later, but I welcomed comments to what I wrote, but asked if you would

In his “Letter from a Birminghan Jail,” the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King wrote, “Seldom, if ever, do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all of the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would be engaged in little else in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work.” In a similar vein, you’d think wasting time writing a newspaper article refuting the ridiculous claims of a climate change denier is something we’d be well past by the year 2023, with its unprecedented high average

THE RIGHT SIDE By J. GARY DILAURA Retired, FBI. IS CLIMATE CHANGE A FRAUD OR CAN WE CONTROL MOTHER NATURE? I BELIEVE WE NEED A REMINDER OF THE FACTS…THE FAIRY TALES ARE OUT OF CONTROL! ENERGY In 2005, the largest oil reserve IN THE WORLD was discovered…THE GREEN RIVER OIL RESERVE IN COLORADO.  Pres. Bush ordered 3,000 test wells drilled by independent private contractors, and announced after all the results were studied, that this is the largest oil reserve ever discovered. It is mostly on government owned property and holds more oil than the rest of the world!  Since then,