As part of the state’s ambitious climate law that was passed last month, by 2030, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act states, 70 percent of New York’s electricity has to come from renewable sources, and, by 2040, all electricity in the state is to be generated from 100-percent carbon-free sources. Currently, New York is far from its 2030 goal and has just over a decade to try to almost double the number of renewable energy sources in the state. 

Under a new policy of the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese, no one can access personnel records alone, said spokeswoman Mary DeTurris Poust. Only the diocesan chancellor and archivist now have access to personnel files, and only if they are together. 

New Yorkers can choose the state’s next license-plate design by voting for one of five candidates at the Governor's website.

Leslie M. Apple, Norma G. Meacham, and Daniel A. Ruzow, partners at Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, have been selected by a nationwide peer review as a “Lawyer of the Year” in The Best Lawyers in America.

Ji Ung Lee, a professor of nanoscale engineering at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, has been awarded $6.25 million in federal funding from the Naval Research Laboratory to fabricate advanced electronic devices for more functionalities to future computer chips.

The Upper Hudson Library System received a little over $1 million in state funding, which was distributed to libraries such as those in Voorheesville, Guilderland, Westerlo, and Rensselaerville.

These local students were named to the 2019 Dean’s List at Union College, comprised annually of students with a grade-point average of 3.5 for the entire academic year:

— Madeleine Aitken, of Slingerlands, a member of the Class of 2020, majoring in neuroscience;

These local students have recently earned diplomas:

— Christopher Shea of Altamont earned a bachelor’s degree in mechatronics technology from the State University of New York at Delhi;