By: John Bradley The L.A. wildfires reignited my wonder about extreme weather on the west coast. Some scientists consider land use change...

By: John Bradley This past summer, the Climate Smart committee received notice from NYSERDA that we   qualified for three Conservation...

By Katy Flammia The Columbia County Climate Carnival took place on September 14th at the Columbia County Fairgrounds in Chatham. There...

By John Bradley Forests bring rain. They sustain the atmospheric moisture that is needed for precipitation in a local region and in...

Climate Smart Claverack (CSC) commissioned an energy audit for the Town Garage. The completed report was submitted to the town on June...

Managing invasives is important to the health of our ecosystem. Non-native, aggressive plants can crowd out native plants that support a...

By John Bradley In July, the Claverack Town Board extended the moratorium on considering the proposal for a battery farm near the Town...

By John Bradley At the Columbia County Climate Smart Task Force meeting on August 1, a Clean Energy Communities update from the Capital...

By John Bradley We all know that trees do great things for our environment. Trees and all their plant neighbors use the sun's energy for...

By Victoria Masters & Sarah Katan The cornerstone of Climate Smart NY is connecting people with local sustainable solutions that make the...

By: Sarah Katan On May 7, Partners for Climate Action (PCA) launched their new resource: pollinatehv.org. This well thought out website...

By: John Bradley In our climate smart newsletter we have carried an ongoing conversation about Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience...

By: John Bradley Claverack has started to update its comprehensive plan which was adopted in 2008. The core planning committee, led by...

By: John Bradley The Town of Claverack and its Climate Smart Committee have been approved by NYSERDA to participate in the Electric...

with Reta Meisner A few months ago I toured the EcoRich Aerobic Food Scrap Digester with Wendy Madsen, Director of Solid Waste for...

By Brenda Shufelt On Saturday, June 1 at the Claverack Free Library, the library teamed up with the Claverack and Taghkanic Climate Smart...

By: John Bradley The Claverack Climate Smart Committee (CSC) participates in the Capital Region’s Clean Heating and Cooling Campaign to...

CLAVERACK, DO WE LIKE TO EAT NUTRITIOUS FOOD? Yes, we certainly do!  We ate farm to table before it had a label and we know all the best...

By John Bradley The Town of Claverack has been awarded a $5,000 decarbonization grant from The Partnership for Climate Action (PCA). The...

By John Bradley and Tom Helling The local impacts of climate change are evident on a monthly if not daily basis. It serves us to discuss...