ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state is banning natural gas stoves and furnaces in most new buildings, a policy that's part of a national movement aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Shortly after a federal appeals court ruling threatened to hamstring Berkeley’s ban on new natural gas hookups, New York state has passed a budget barring gas appliances in new buildings.. New ...

New York made climate history last week, becoming the first state in the nation to pass a law banning natural gas in most new buildings. But here in Los Angeles, we admit feeling a tinge of ...

New York City had a horse problem in the last 19th-century. Its streets and alleyways were jammed with an estimated 150,000 of the animals—each one producing more than 35 pounds of waste every day.