ClimateSmart Hurley

09/05/2026

Is the weather creating havoc for your neighborhood, yard or home? Let us know at https://tinyurl.com/BadWeatherSurvey

09/02/2026

This might be behind a paywall. News is that while great and necessary for Monarch butterfies, MILKWEED can be very toxic to these bugs. Everything from birds and spiders to mantises, snakes, and yellowjackets are now feasting on spotted lanternflies.. so let's double-down on creating those pollinator gardens!

Early research suggests that a backyard plant might poison the invasive species.

09/01/2026

📅 SEPTEMBER EVENTS WITH UCRRA! ♻️

Fall is right around the corner, and we’ve got plenty happening at UCRRA! Join us throughout September for community events, recycling opportunities, and more:

🍅 September 5 | UCRRA at Tomato Fest
📍 Hudson Valley Seed Co., Accord | 1–4 PM

🌱 September 12 | UCRRA at the Kingston Farmers Market
📍 285 Wall Street, Kingston | 9 AM–1 PM

📄💻 September 19 | Paper Shredding & E-Waste Recycling
📍 1061 Development Ct., Kingston | 10 AM–1 PM

🏛️ September 24 | UCRRA Regular Board Meeting
📍 999 Flatbush Road, Kingston | 6–7:30 PM

💻 FREE ELECTRONICS RECYCLING is also available every Saturday, April through November, 8 AM–2 PM at the UCRRA Main Office, 999 Flatbush Road, Kingston.

👉 Visit UCRRA.org/events-classes for more information and event details!

07/17/2026

PurpleAir's real time data map! There are several units in the area, including one at the Hurley Library

Watch: With two minute updates, The US EPA PM2.5 Air Quality Index (AQI) is a number used by US government agencies to communicate to the public how polluted the air currently is or how polluted it is forecast to become.

07/17/2026

Repair Cafes coming up this weekend!

06/21/2026

Glad to see the Hurley Library participating in this network. I wrote about the devices in the April 2024 Hurley Newsletter.https://www.townofhurleyny.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif7651/f/uploads/august_2024_-_final_for_web_1.pdf

Ulster County has partnered with Bard College to install 17 new ground-level air quality sensors at libraries, town halls and community centers throughout the county, officials announced on Wednesday.

06/21/2026

Some promising research may return

The plaintiffs argued the 11 grantees — based in New York, Oregon, Connecticut, Minnesota and Colorado — were targeted because those states voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris.

06/13/2026

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122189379716927259&set=a.122104519166927259

Spain is running dry and trying to get off fossil fuels. Solving either problem is notorious for being fiercely expensive and land-intensive. Solving both simultaneously requires an entirely different approach to engineering.

They just opened a floating solar farm on the ocean.

The top half absorbs the sun to generate clean electricity for the grid. The bottom half uses a fraction of that exact power to pull in seawater and run it through a desalination process, instantly producing fresh drinking water.

It is not simply two machines sharing a raft. They actively rely on each other. The ocean naturally cools the floating panels, increasing their electricity output far beyond what they would achieve baking on the dry Spanish mainland. The panels then use that exact boost in efficiency to power the water filtration. Two crippling survival crises treated by a single integrated system taking up absolutely zero usable land.

05/16/2026

And since we're in Hurley, though not climate-related, consider joining the celebration of 225 years of the Hurley Reformed Church