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Buffalo Tests Its Status as a Climate Refuge

Politicians tout its mild summers. Its Puerto Rican population has grown since Hurricane Maria. But can Western New York retain its insulation from the worst outcomes of climate change in the future?

By Finya Swai, Erin Drumm

A dancer practices Bomba, a traditional Puerto Rican dance, at El Batey Puerto Rican Center on July 31 in Buffalo, N.Y. El Batey has a thriving bomba community. Credit: Finya Swai
A thick haze blankets New York City as smoke from Canadian wildfires impacts air quality on August 5. Credit: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

‘It’s Never Good!’: A Street-Level Look at New York City’s Air Quality

By Lauren Dalban

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference at City Hall on June 26. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

With a Mayoral Election Coming Up, This Is Where NYC Stands on Climate Action

By Lauren Dalban

The water chestnut, an aquatic invasive species, covers a large portion of Van Cortlandt Park’s large main pond in the Bronx borough of New York City. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

Mayor Eric Adams’ Unfulfilled Promise for New York City Parks

By Lauren Dalban

Red “no swimming” flags dot Brighton Beach amid Hurricane Erin on Wednesday in New York City. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Atlantic Shore Towns Feel Hurricane Erin’s Sting Without It Ever Making Landfall

By Kiley Price

A pedestrian crosses the Grand Street Bridge over the heavily polluted Newtown Creek in New York City. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Navigating the Troubled Waters of Newtown Creek Means an Environmental Cleanup in Brooklyn and Queens That Will Cost At Least $3.3 Billion

By Jordan Gass-Pooré

Thousands of activists take to the streets of New York City for the “March to End Fossil Fuels” on Sept. 17, 2023. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

‘Make Billionaires Pay’ March Will Bring Together Climate and Social Justice Movements

By Ryan Krugman

Activists march across the Brooklyn Bridge to demand that Gov. Kathy Hochul stop the construction of the Williams pipeline in New York. Credit: Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

New York Already Denied Permits to These Gas Pipelines. Under Trump, They Could Get Greenlit

By Deep Vakil

Manning Rollerson speaks in front of a crowd of demonstrators outside Chubb Insurance’s Midtown Manhattan headquarters in New York City. Credit: Ryan Krugman/Inside Climate News

A Week of Gulf South Solidarity in New York City

By Ryan Krugman

A man tries to cool off with fire hydrant water in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of Manhattan as extreme heat blankets New York City on July 25. Credit: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

Broiled by Heat Waves, Residents of the Concrete Jungle Suffer

By Lauren Dalban

Reb Spring (left), the spokesperson for Debt for Climate, joins activists from Planet Over Profit to protest outside Wells Fargo’s corporate offices in New York City on July 23. Credit: Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images

Activists Target Wells Fargo for Dropping its Climate Commitments

By Ryan Krugman

Air conditioning units hang out the windows of a housing project during a summer heat wave in the Bronx borough of New York on July 11, 2024. Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

New York Can’t Meet Its Ambitious Climate Targets. Maybe the Plan Was Doomed From the Start

By Lauren Dalban

Two men fish in a small boat on a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in Chester, Md., on May 30, 2024. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Experts Slam Chesapeake Bay Draft Plan Over Lack of Pollution Targets and Accountability

By Aman Azhar

Zohran Mamdani, Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, speaks during a press conference with leaders and members of the city’s labor unions on July 2. Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

New York Climate Activists Are a Key Part of Zohran Mamdani’s Mayoral Campaign

By Ryan Krugman

The Delaware River flows through Pennsylvania near the New Jersey border. Credit: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Activists Pledge to Resist Any Federal Effort to Lift Fracking Ban in Delaware River Basin

By Jon Hurdle

Rodney Santiago, a compost educator coordinator, leads a team of HOPE members through Concrete Plant Park in the South Bronx. Credit: HOPE

A South Bronx Park is a Hive of Activity—for Bees and for New Yorkers Training for Green Jobs

By Naaja Flowers

Vehicles move slowly through midtown Manhattan traffic in New York City on June 6, 2024. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

As California’s Emissions Rules Faces Court Battles, States Scramble To Save Their Climate Goals

By Rambo Talabong

People vote on the New York City mayoral primary election at Louis D. Brandeis High School day in Manhattan on June 24. Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

The Heat That Seared New York City’s Primary Voters Is Just One Impact of Global Warming on Elections

By Chad Small

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, speaks to supporters during an election night gathering in Queens. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Zohran Mamdani Made Addressing Climate Change Central to His Affordability Plan for New York

By Lauren Dalban

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