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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

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Nov 2015

Opinion

New Cure for Health Problems: Clean Power

As world leaders gather in Paris for crucial talks about climate change, it might be time for U.S. residents to think about the issue in my personal terms.

ByHeather Leibowitz 0Comments

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Oct 2015

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Photo Essay: After Superstorm Sandy, Inside the Buyout Zone

It’s common on the streets of New York to see new neighborhoods rising from old ones. Along the eastern shore of Staten Island, however, a very different process is now…

ByAdi Talwar 1Comment

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Oct 2015

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Some Sandy Victims Must Vacate Their Homes Again

In places like Sheepshead Bay, people who repaired their own homes after the storm but didn’t take steps to deal with new flooding risks may have to leave for as…

BySarah Aziza 0Comments

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Oct 2015

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