Climate Change

Albany Lawmakers Plot Climate Priorities and Ways to Find Green

Jan. 19, 2023, 9:49 p.m.Jan. 19, 2023, 9:49 p.m.

Finally armed with a roap for how to achieve the environmental mandates outlined by a sweeping new state law, it’s now up to legislators to advance those policies.

Climate Change

Rising Groundwater Threatens New York City — Researchers to Study How Much

Jan. 18, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 18, 2023, 4:01 p.m.

Water tables that rise with sea levels can inundate basements, ruin underground infrastructure and render anti-flooding strategies ineffective. After a nearly decade-long hiatus, the feds are starting up monitoring again.

How to New York

The Future of Gas Stoves in New York: What to Know Ahead of a Ban

Jan. 13, 2023, 11:14 p.m.June 11, 2024, 3:51 p.m.

If you’re concerned about health or climate and considering ditching the gas in your kitchen, we explain the options, whether you rent or own.

Department of Sanitation

Pause in Queens Compost Pilot Leaves Participants in the Dumps

Jan. 6, 2023, 6:38 p.m.Jan. 7, 2023, 11:19 a.m.

Concerns about breaking good habits and overflowing landfills are clouding otherwise sunny outcomes for popular program that’s gone on a winter break after just starting last fall.

Climate Change

Sea Level Rise Adds Salt to Region’s Water Supply Forecast

Jan. 6, 2023, 5:10 a.m.Jan. 5, 2023, 9:51 p.m.

A combination of climate change and drought risk could turn Philadelphia’s drinking water salty — and New York’s fresh water supply may be needed to help head off a crisis.

Climate Change

State Climate Council Picks Path to Lofty Green-Economy Goals

Dec. 19, 2022, 8:18 p.m.Dec. 21, 2022, 1:58 p.m.

The blueprint to slash carbon emissions and usher New York into a less fossil fuel dependent future gives Albany policymakers strategies for hitting targets decades away.

Climate Change

Wagner Park Safe From Bulldozers for Now as Suit Filed to Stop Waterfront Revamp

Dec. 14, 2022, 6:13 p.m.Dec. 15, 2022, 4:26 p.m.

A group of Battery Park City residents went to court to stop the coastal protection project that would raze then raise Wagner Park. The state agency in charge agreed to hold off its construction.

Climate Change

MTA’s On-Street Bus Chargers Need More Flood Protection, Study Warns

Dec. 6, 2022, 5:00 a.m.April 27, 2023, 11:19 a.m.

Without flood-protected chargers, the study says the MTA could lose $945,000 per day from loss of service on the B32 bus and another $10.4 million per day from the M42 bus crossing Manhattan from West 42nd to East 41st Street.

Climate Change

City Building Owners Looking to Get Ahead of 2024 Environmental Regulations

Dec. 1, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 1, 2022, 1:29 p.m.

Local Law 97 puts carbon caps on buildings bigger than 25,000 square feet — the city’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. With the rules still in draft form, landlords are trying to figure out what they need to do now.

Environment

The Rinse of Tides: Neighborhood Plagued by Monthly Flooding Sees Hope in Sea Gates

Nov. 18, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Nov. 18, 2022, 9:31 a.m.

The Army Corps of Engineers’ planned gates, meant to protect against future Sandy-like storms could help reduce moon-cycle deluges in oceanside neighborhoods. But some worry that they are not meant for such tidal use.

Climate Change

Albany Lawmakers Plot Climate Priorities and Ways to Find Green

Rising Groundwater Threatens New York City — Researchers to Study How Much

The Future of Gas Stoves in New York: What to Know Ahead of a Ban

Pause in Queens Compost Pilot Leaves Participants in the Dumps

Sea Level Rise Adds Salt to Region’s Water Supply Forecast

State Climate Council Picks Path to Lofty Green-Economy Goals

Wagner Park Safe From Bulldozers for Now as Suit Filed to Stop Waterfront Revamp

MTA’s On-Street Bus Chargers Need More Flood Protection, Study Warns

City Building Owners Looking to Get Ahead of 2024 Environmental Regulations

The Rinse of Tides: Neighborhood Plagued by Monthly Flooding Sees Hope in Sea Gates

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