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Top Go Green Story
Lowering your electric bill with "The Green Switch"(WKTV/NBC) - Even after you throw the switch on many of your appliances, they're still using electricity. Read more » More Go Green Stories
Sculpture symbolizes efforts to go green in Downtown Utica
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - An effort to beautify downtown Utica began Thursday afternoon. A piece of artwork created by Mohawk Valley Community College students was put on display in plain sight for those traveling through Genesee Street. Read more » 
Oriskany business awarded for efforts in energy efficiency
ORISKANY, N.Y. (WKTV) - A local business is awarded for going green before it was the "in thing" to do. Read more » 
Green effort in Ava will turn gas into electricity
AVA, N.Y. (WKTV) -Three years after opening a landfill in Ava, the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority has announced plans to convert something everyone generates - waste - into something everyone uses - electricity. Read more » 
Tour of Fiberdyne Labs boasts new products
FRANKFORT, N.Y. (WKTV) - The going green pattern continues in Frankfort at Fiberdyne Labs. Read more » 
Going Green at the Oneida County Office Building
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - Flowers were planted Monday along the grounds of the Oneida County Office Building, as The Utica Green Corps and Cornell Cooperative Extension team up for a new "going green" initiative. Read more » 
Switchgrass to be used as energy and as food
VERONA, N.Y. (WKTV) - VVS and Cornell University are teaming up again to go green. Cornell used willow trees to create bio-energy at Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School earlier this year, and on Wednesday they were planting switch grass. Read more » 
Bike to Work Day goes green while saving green
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (WKTV) - Otsego County wants you to think of alternative ways to get to work - that's why Wednesday is Bike to Work Day! Read more » 
New Hartford receives national recognition for being a Tree City USA
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. (WKTV) - The Village of New Hartford received national recognition Tuesday as being a Tree City USA for the past 27 years. Read more » 
Grants to area organizations hope to improve public recycling(WKTV) - 80 collection bins are headed to the Mohawk Valley to help improve public recycling. Oneida County Sports Authority, Boonville-Oneida County Fair, Boilermaker Road Race Committee, and the Herkimer County Fair are all recipients of the bins. Read more » 
Envirothon teaches students about all things green
HERKIMER, N.Y. (WKTV) - Herkimer area high school students take part in a statewide competition aimed at all things green. Read more » 
Green week and Earth Day celebrated with Utica city-wide clean up
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - Many local organizations went green this week in Celebration of Earth Day, which was held last Wednesday. In Utica, hundreds of area residents volunteered to clean up our city. Read more » 
Environmentally-friendly golf carts make their way to Valley View Golf Course
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - On Friday, the City of Utica unveiled 50 new environmentally-friendly golf carts at the city's Valley View course. Read more » 
Boilermaker Road Race looks to "Go Green"
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - Volunteers are heading to the start of the Boilermaker Road Race to start cleaning up the course. Read more » 
DEC conducting traffic stops for emissions checks
(WKTV) - The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation was out in force Wednesday conducting emission checks in the spirit of Earth Day. Read more » 
Solid Waste Authority hosts waste collection for important documents and medications
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - The Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority is hosting a week of activities in honor of Green is Universal Week. The two biggest events are a confidential paper shredding and a medication collection and disposal. Read more » 
Apple Tree planted in honor of Earth Day
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - Planet Earth got a little help Wednesday from Utica College students. The college is among 20 partners that planted a Dwarf Crispin Apple Tree Wednesday in honor of Earth Day and in recognition of the Green Apple Festival. Read more »
Utica College and Mohawk Valley EDGE participating in regional tree-planting for Earth Day
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - Utica College and Mohawk Valley EDGE are just two local of the twenty regional sites that will be planting an apple tree in celebration of Earth Day. The tree planting will take place at 3:00 p.m. simultaneously at all of the locations in an effort to raise awareness and efforts for going green. Read more » 
'Green' Window initiative looks to reduce lead, save energy in Cornhill homes
UTICA, N.Y. - A window replacement project that will partner the county’s Lead Primary Prevention Pilot Program and Utica-based GroWest, Inc., targeting designated areas of Cornhill and West Utica that are at ‘high risk’ for lead poisoning. Read more » 
Utica company says new absorbent is speedier and eco-friendly
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - A Utica company is using a new product to cleanup spills that's seven times more absorbent than other products on the market and its environmentally friendly. Read more » 
Energy efficiency help available for smaller and mid-sized businesses
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - If you're a business owner, there are ways to make your business more energy efficient with help from New York State. But the problem is - a lot of smaller- to mid-sized business owners don't know the help is available, or how to get it. Read more » 
Gauthier Sheet Metal goes green and expands its businessUTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - Gauthier Sheet Metal of Broad Street in Utica installed a new plasma cutting system with improved software as a means of greening its process. Read more »
Ilion "Goes Green" With Street LightsILION, N.Y. (WKTV) - The Village of Ilion is taking the first steps, in a multi-year transition, to convert all the street lights to L.E.D. bulbs. To start, just 30 lights will be changed over, but plans to covert all 800 plus lights are in the works. Read more »
Westmoreland manufacturer makes better product while going green
WESTMORELAND, N.Y. (WKTV) - Another local manufacturer is making efforts to help the environment and make a better product at the same time. Read more »
Report: Green economy will create jobs in NY
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A new report says almost 132,000 new jobs could be created in New York state, and more than 2 million nationwide, by making investments that aim to reduce dependence on oil. Read more » 
Oriskany Company goes green with new motorcycle saddle bag design
ORISKANY, N.Y. (WKTV) - A local company is making a green transition. Sumax, in Oriskany, has many noteworthy achievements - making fixtures for the Disney Store, fabricating the NBC Nightly News set, and the company was featured on American Chopper. Now, Sumax is adding going green to its resume. Read more » 
Clean Air Green Tour bus makes stop in Little Falls to promote going green
LITTLE FALLS - A cross-country tour to promote energy efficiency and "green thinking" rolled into town Friday! The "green bus" is being used as a teaching tool in communities close to home and across America. Read more » 
Fiberdyne Labs launches renewable energy product division with Fiberdyne Energy
FRANKFORT, N.Y. (WKTV) - One local company is celebrating Earth Day by announcing the formation of a new division that will help clients, and in about six months, the general public - save energy and money. Read more » 
Recycling makes a big difference with endless possibilites
(WKTV) - Recycling is great. I think we would all agree that it's making a big difference. But what if we didn't have the waste in the first place?! Read more »
A little can go a long way when making your home more energy efficient(WKTV) - Cornell Cooperative Extension says a little can go a long way when making your home more energy efficient. Read more »
Hybrid Cars will be car of the future as more purchases expectedHybrid cars and SUV's are becoming more popular with each passing year and as the gas prices continue to climb. But is it worth the extra money here in Central New York? Read more » 
Utica F.X. Matt Brewing Company "going green"
UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - One of Utica's oldest companies has decided to follow a fairly recent trend that has a lot to do with the environment. Utica's F.X. Matt Brewing Company has been undergoing major renovations in its effort to "Go Green." Read more » 
Recycling Styrofoam and other materials easy at Yorkville siteYORKVILLE, N.Y. (WKTV) - Going green. Cutting your carbon emission. All hot topics when it comes to the environment. Meyda Lighting in Yorkville is one business that's trying to do their part. And with today being National Recycling Day, they want to let the public know that you too at home can do your part. Read more » 
Meyda Tiffany using styrofoam recycling center
YORKVILLE, N.Y. (WKTV) - Got Styrofoam? A local manufacturing company wants to take it off your hands. Meyda Tiffany encourages all schools, businesses and residents to drop off unwanted packaging materials to the first of-its-kind styrofoam recycling center. Read more » |
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