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Along Newtown Creek and Jamaica Bay, decades of work are slowly restoring neglected waterways. Now comes a new challenge: Making sure New Yorkers can use those liquid assets in harmony…

ByGuglielmo Mattioli 2Comments

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Jun 2016

In Depth

UrbaNerd: Why Flat Roofs and Solar Power Don’t Always Mix

Many city property owners see a source of greener power in that ball of fire 93 million miles away. The risk of a fire closer to home, however, can make…

ByGuglielmo Mattioli 0Comments

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Jun 2016

Opinion

No BackSpace: Why Climate Change Divides the Labor Movement

It’s not that unions can’t get behind steps to save the planet. It’s that they can’t endorse policies that don’t also create good jobs.

ByMark Dunlea 1Comment

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Jun 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: NYS Can Strike a Blow Against Both Inequality and a Warming Earth

New York State has a huge opportunity to take on the big oil companies and take leadership in the fight to protect our planet and our communities: the New York…

ByÁngel Vera

ByJuan Camilo Osorio 1Comment

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Apr 2016

Uncategorized

Getting Real About Resilience in South Brooklyn

Maps and data show South Brooklyn to be vulnerable to storm surges and challenged by poverty, the legacy of racism and more. What maps don’t show is how residents are…

BySabine Aronowsky

ByLaurie Mazur 1Comment

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Mar 2016

Opinion

No Backspace: Yes, New York Can Shut Down Indian Point!

The state’s senior senator believes the nuclear plant should never have been built but says it can’t be shut down now because of a lack of replacement power. In fact,…

ByMark Dunlea 6Comments

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Jan 2016

Economy In Depth Investigations

Flaws Plagued Pioneering Plan to Upgrade Homes of the Poor

New York charted a new path to energy efficiency, using “on-bill financing” so low-income homeowners could get retrofits they couldn’t afford up front. But utility companies, lenders and ratings companies…

ByAnnamarya Scaccia

ByBrooke L. Williams

BySamuel Lieberman 2Comments

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Jan 2016

Opinion

No BackSpace:
Will Bill de Blasio Fulfill his Promise as a Global Climate-Change Leader?

The next installment in our new opinion series credits the mayor bold promises to reduce the risk of climate change but wonders whether his policies are keeping up.

ByMark Dunlea 1Comment

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Dec 2015

Video

An NYC Angle on the Paris Climate Talks

The ongoing climate talks in Paris are about a threat to life as we know it that’s easily as grave as the one posed by ISIS, if not as immediate.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2015

Climate and Environment

Climate Change and the City: Reading List for the Paris Conference

As President Obama and world leaders meet to try to hammer out a binding agreement to lower carbon emissions, here is the local angle on global warming.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

Cleaner Creeks and Bays, But How Will New Yorkers Access the Waters They Own?

UrbaNerd: Why Flat Roofs and Solar Power Don’t Always Mix

No BackSpace: Why Climate Change Divides the Labor Movement

CityViews: NYS Can Strike a Blow Against Both Inequality and a Warming Earth

Getting Real About Resilience in South Brooklyn

No Backspace: Yes, New York Can Shut Down Indian Point!

Flaws Plagued Pioneering Plan to Upgrade Homes of the Poor

No BackSpace:
Will Bill de Blasio Fulfill his Promise as a Global Climate-Change Leader?

An NYC Angle on the Paris Climate Talks

Climate Change and the City: Reading List for the Paris Conference

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