New Yorkers to vote on first environmental bond act in 26 years & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Friday, November 4, 2022 "The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth." – Chief Seattle New Yorkers to Vote on First Environmental Bond Act in 26 Years On the upcoming midterm elections Tuesday, November 8, New Yorkers have a chance to invest in a greener future for their state. If voters approve [Proposition #1]( the “Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022,” they would authorize New York to sell $4.2 billion worth of state bonds to finance projects to help the state reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, protect its environment and better prepare for the impacts of the [climate crisis](. [Read More]( Related: [New York Food Waste Recycling Law Goes Into Effect]( Solar Power Will Become 10x Cheaper Than Gas in Europe, Study Predicts Between May and August of this year, the EU set a record when it generated 12.2 percent of its electricity from [solar]( power, according to energy think tank [Ember]( reported the World Economic Forum. A new study by Oslo-based energy research company Rystad Energy said extending Europe’s solar [photovoltaic]( (PV) capacity would be 10 times less expensive than operating [gas]( power plants in the long run, Electrek reported. Especially considering natural gas prices have jumped since [Russia]( drastically reduced its gas exports following its invasion of Ukraine. [Read More]( Related: [Wind Turbine Orders Fall in EU, Putting Climate Goals at Risk]( Greenpeace Report: ‘Most Plastic Is Just Not Recyclable’ We can’t recycle our way out of the [plastic]( pollution crisis. That’s the definitive conclusion of a new [Greenpeace]( report released Monday that found that only five to six percent of plastics in the U.S. were actually recycled, a major decline from the still relatively low highs of 9.5 percent in 2014 and 8.7 percent in 2018. (For comparison, [glass]( had a recycling rate of 31.3 percent in 2018, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, while [aluminum]( had a rate of 34.9 percent.) [Read More]( Related: [Only 5% of Plastic Waste Generated in U.S. in 2021 Was Recycled, Study Finds]( Wildlife Trafficking 101: Everything You Need to Know While there is no universal treaty that defines wildlife crime, in a broad sense, wildlife trafficking is generally defined as a crime that involves the illegal trade, [poaching]( smuggling, capture, or collection of protected, [endangered]( and managed wildlife, including both animals and plants. [Read More]( Related: [Pet Trade in Colorful Songbirds Could Drive Species to Extinction]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2022 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](