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“If New York is serious about meeting its climate goals, the city must then live up to its stated priorities and give programs the resources to meaningfully follow through on…

ByEliza Klein 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Climate and Environment Government Opinion

Opinion: New York’s Falling CO2 Masks a Big Climate Problem— Rising Methane

“Emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas that is 84-87 times more potent than CO2 as a planet warmer, has actually increased. Methane now comprises 40 percent of New York’s total…

ByJoanna Underwood 0Comments

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Jan 2024

Climate and Environment Government In Depth

Environmentalists’ 2024 Albany Agenda? Making Polluters Pay

Government officials estimate it will cost nearly $44 billion to fulfill the state’s climate law, which aims to stop powering the state with polluting fossil fuels and reduce 85 percent…

ByMariana Simões 1Comment

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Dec 2023

Climate and Environment Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Hochul May Gut Major Deforestation Bill, Advocates Say

The Tropical Deforestation-Free Procurement Act would be the first in the U.S. to regulate local companies’ supply chains and require they’re free of products sourced through deforestation. But Gov. Hochul,…

ByMariana Simões 1Comment

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Nov 2023

Climate and Environment Government

Environmentalists Urge Gov. Hochul to Stop Expansion of Multi-State Fracked Gas Pipeline

Environmental groups see the expansion project as a step backward in honoring the state’s landmark 2019 climate law, which seeks to move away from fossil fuels and guarantee that 70…

ByMariana Simões 0Comments

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Nov 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

‘This is Going to be a Back Breaker’: Landmark Climate Law Poses Test for NYC’s Co-ops

Local Law 97 is one of the most ambitious—and divisive—climate measures enacted in any U.S. city. While some co-op boards see the mandate as an opportunity to make sustainable upgrades…

ByIllan Ireland 5Comments

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Oct 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

New Bill Would Require NYC Landlords to Distribute Flood Evacuation Plans

The legislation introduced in the City Council last week is geared at keeping tenants in flood-prone basement apartments out of harm’s way.

ByMariana Simões 0Comments

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Oct 2023

Climate and Environment Government Transportation

As NYC Rolls Out Mandatory Composting, Will New Yorkers Comply?

Recycling rates around longtime existing requirements—which ask residents to separate paper, plastics, metal and glass from the rest of their trash—have failed to improve over the last decade. Getting New…

ByMariana Simões 11Comments

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Oct 2023

Climate and Environment Economy Government Opinion

Opinion: Why New York State Needs a Climate Corps

“While the federal government—and a growing number of states—are taking action to confront the dual challenges of climate change and workforce development, New York has fallen short.”

ByRobert Godfried 0Comments

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Sep 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

‘Predictable Emergencies’: NYC Flash Floods Spur Renewed Calls for Basement Legalization

“I haven’t slept at all, I panic every time it pours hard rain,” one basement tenant in Brooklyn told City Limits after water began to breach her apartment early Friday…