The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is once again warning homeowners not to overdo it when it comes to salting their ...

Amidst WNY's winter, a new DEC campaign urges reduced rock salt use to protect water quality and infrastructure, offering eco ...

Winter's icy grip can turn your once-welcoming driveway and walkways into treacherous obstacle courses. Though traditional rock salt remains a go-to for many, a plethora of DIY snow melt solutions ...

DEC encourages new Yorkers to minimize the use of rock salt and a few other stories from the Almanack archive.

Key Points Salting is a key winter safety measure to prevent dangerous slips and falls.Salting your neighborhood's sidewalk ...

From deicing salts to natural alternatives, there are several options to melt ice on your walkways and driveway this winter.

Rock salt on a concrete surface with snow - Lost_in_the_Midwest/Shutterstock When winter strikes, you're sure to be on the lookout for sand or salt to melt ice for ...

Winter weather arrived in Greater Columbus this past week, and with colder temperatures, ice and snow, comes the need to control ice buildup on driveways, sidewalks and other outdoor surfaces. Before ...

For more than a decade we have been working to minimize road salt use as much as possible and the results speak for themselves,” said DOT Commissioner Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez. “Now, it’s ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is encouraging New Yorkers not to oversalt treatment surfaces this winter, given the negative health and environmental impacts that come from salt ...

With the first major snowfall of the season blanketing Long Island this past weekend, New York state officials are urging ...

As winter weather returns to the region, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is encouraging New Yorkers to be ...