State Department of Environmental Conservation

Trashcan with sign "Keep New York Clean" on a street of Manhattan.
Energy & Environment
Albany’s environmental agenda
Addressing water quality, offshore drilling – and plastic bags.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
Policy
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Currently, New York only uses 3 percent wind energy.
Energy & Environment
Could New York go carbon free by 2050?
The Climate and Community Protection Act could transform New York’s energy market.
By SUSAN ARBETTER
Policy
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Julie Tighe left the DEC to run the League of Conservation Voters.
Interviews & Profiles
Julie Tighe on ditching government to save the environment
Tighe left the DEC to run the New York League of Conservation Voters.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
Personality
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo addresses the media after a tugboat rammed a fuel terminal pier near Bayonne, N.J., causing an oil spill into the Upper Bay of New York Harbor in 2016.
Energy & Environment
Cuomo banned fracking. But is he still vulnerable on natural gas pipelines?
Cynthia Nixon tries to ride the environmentalist tide that propelled Zephyr Teachout in 2014.
By JUSTIN SONDEL
Policy
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Wind turbines as far as the eye can see
Energy & Environment
Can New York keep climate change at bay?
A discussion on sustainability with the city and state's leading environmental officials.
By CITY & STATE
Policy
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Basil Seggos, Commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, and Richard Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finance for New York
Energy & Environment
How can Cuomo hit his environmental goals?
A Q&A with energy czar Richard Kauffman and DEC chief Basil Seggos
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
Policy
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