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If you’re getting ready to file the first annual report on your building’s greenhouse gas emissions this spring, these useful tools can help you sift through the paperwork before the…

ByMariana Simões 1Comment

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Aug 2024

Government

Planting Certain Trees Can Make NYC’s Polluted Air Worse, New Study Finds

Species like oaks and sweetgums, which make up a large share of the city’s treescape, emit a chemical that generates a toxic gas when it comes into contact with fossil…

ByMariana Simões 2Comments

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Jul 2024

Climate and Environment Government In Depth Investigations Transportation

What’s at Stake for the Environment in Hochul’s Decision to Halt Congestion Pricing

The MTA says losing the revenue generated from congestion pricing could create a domino effect that impacts a series of climate resiliency projects, like fortifying the subway system from flooding…

ByMariana Simões 5Comments

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Jun 2024

Climate and Environment Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: New York’s So-Called ‘Clean Fuel Standard’ Is Anything But

“If New York follows California’s lead on this, we risk running into one of the biggest concerns arising from the program—an oversupply of credits from renewable diesel and dairy biogas…

ByStephan Edel 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: New York City Must Invest in Implementing Local Law 97

“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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Nov 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

Could Thermal Energy Be New York’s Best Shot at Reaching its Climate Goals?

As wind and solar renewable projects across the state hit hurdles, environmental advocates say investing in an underground network of heat pumps is the Big Apple’s best bet at reducing…

ByMariana Simões 0Comments

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Sep 2023

Climate and Environment

Can We Dig Our Way Out of the Waste Crisis?

“Waste has always been inflicted upon the margins,” said Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of the new book “Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future.”…

ByDanielle Renwick, Nexus Media News 0Comments

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May 2023

Climate and Environment Government

Opinion: New York Utilities Must Align With State’s Climate Goals

“New York State laid out the strategy for equitably addressing the climate crisis. Now we must pass the NY HEAT Act to ensure we can deliver on that promise and…

ByKarines Reyes

BySonal Jessel 0Comments

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