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Sewer capacity is a vital concern for residents and stakeholders in Gowanus, where the city is proposing a neighborhood rezoning. The new rule helps but doesn’t go far enough, some…

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

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Aug 2020

Climate and Environment

Opinion: After Feds’ Failure, NYS Must Crack Down on Air Pollution

‘Recent research shows that long-term exposure to particulate-matter air pollution increases the likelihood of severe COVID-19 outcomes. And people of color are disproportionately affected.’

ByRuthie Lazenby

BySarah DeSouza 0Comments

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Jun 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Carbon Pricing and Racial Justice in New York

‘Protecting Black and brown communities calls for an overarching approach that addresses everything from economics, health care and education to law enforcement and even the very air we breathe.’

ByReginald Bachus 1Comment

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Aug 2018

Uncategorized

City’s Pumping Air Into Polluted Newtown Creek has Critics Worried

The aim of the aeration system is to oxygenate the creek to support aquatic life. But some advocates worry the bubbles are doing more harm than good.

ByBianca Fortis 0Comments

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Jul 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Achieving Water Quality in the Bronx Means Looking Upstream

‘Bronx communities can no longer shoulder the burden of upstream negligence.’

ByTracy Brown

ByRaji Kalra 1Comment

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Jul 2018

Uncategorized

Will City’s Water Board Explore a New Stormwater Fee?

After years of pressure from advocates, the Water Board indicated this spring a new interest in rejiggering water fees to account for the cost of stormwater. Will that be part…

ByJarrett Murphy 4Comments

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Jan 2018

Uncategorized

Audio: How to Stop Illicit Pipes & Illegal Dumping from Fouling NYC Waters

The city’s 600 miles of coastline and centuries of underground infrastructure are a lot to police for the murky problems of illicit sewage connections and illegal dumping. Here’s how New…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2018

In Depth Investigations

Through Illegal Pipes and Improper Dumping, Homes and Businesses Pollute NYC Waterways

As the decades-long work to clean up the city’s rivers and creeks, canals and bays rolls on, it’s unclear just how big a problem unauthorized sewage connections and illegal industrial…

ByJarrett Murphy 5Comments

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May 2017

Opinion

CityViews: City’s Public Solar Initiatives Must Favor Low-Income Areas

The city has committed to installing 100 megawatts of solar by 2025. It should prioritize communities that have been most impacted by pollution and climate change.

ByVirginia Ribot 0Comments

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Aug 2016

Uncategorized

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

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

City Says New Stormwater Rule Will Help Alleviate Sewage Overflow into Gowanus Canal

Opinion: After Feds’ Failure, NYS Must Crack Down on Air Pollution

Opinion: Carbon Pricing and Racial Justice in New York

City’s Pumping Air Into Polluted Newtown Creek has Critics Worried

CityViews: Achieving Water Quality in the Bronx Means Looking Upstream

Will City’s Water Board Explore a New Stormwater Fee?

Audio: How to Stop Illicit Pipes & Illegal Dumping from Fouling NYC Waters

Through Illegal Pipes and Improper Dumping, Homes and Businesses Pollute NYC Waterways

CityViews: City’s Public Solar Initiatives Must Favor Low-Income Areas

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

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