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Clean Air Policies Help Kids Breathe and Think Better

New research finds that reducing air pollution can reverse harms to children’s health.

By Keerti Gopal

London Mayor Sadiq Khan speaks to a group of primary school children before delivering a speech on his plans to help reduce pollution and carbon emissions on Sept. 23, 2021. Credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images
People walk around Manhattan during a power outage in New York City on July 13, 2019. Credit: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images

New York’s Power Grid Struggles to Handle the Heat

By Lauren Dalban

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani prepares to announce a thermal energy networks study in partnership with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority at the Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall/Chambers Street station on Monday. Credit: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

NYC Wants to Use Thermal Energy to Cool Subway Stations

By Lauren Dalban

Contestants race cardboard kayaks on the Hudson River from Pier 84 in Manhattan on July 23. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

As More New Yorkers Use the City’s Waterways for Recreation, Officials Fight Sewage Notification Order

By Lauren Dalban

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks after signing an executive order to create the nation’s first statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers. Credit: Susan Watts/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul

New York Becomes First State in the Nation to Pause New Hyperscale Data Centers

By Amy Green, Ajani Stella, Dan Gearino

Four Waterloo schools are located with two miles of Seneca Meadows. The landfill has applied for a state permit undertake a major expansion. Credit: Mark Pitifer

Report on Elevated Lung Cancer Fails to Quell Uproar Around New York’s Largest Landfill

By Peter Mantius

Cars and trucks move along the Cross Bronx Expressway, a notorious stretch of highway in New York City that is often choked with traffic. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

NYC Invests in Air Quality, but the Bronx Still Can’t Breathe Easy

By Lauren Dalban

A view of wetlands in a flood zone just south of the Hudson River in Greenport, N.Y. Credit: Will Waldron/Times Union via Getty Images

A Court Ruling Leaves Some of New York’s Most Important Wetlands Unprotected

By Madeline Shaw

A person wipes sweat off their head during high temperatures and an extreme heat warning in New York City on Thursday. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Heat Wave Politics: GOP Leaders Deride Calls to Conserve

By Marianne Lavelle

An aerial view of the Brookhaven landfill in New York. Credit: Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images

Troubled by Spreading Landfill Pollution, a Long Island Community Demands Action

By Lauren Dalban

Environmental advocates and lawmakers hold a rally in support of the data center moratorium legislation on May 13 at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Credit: Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images

New York State Gets One Step Closer to a Data Center Moratorium

By Lauren Dalban

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference on May 5 in Menands, N.Y. Credit: Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images

As Communities Warn of Health Risks, New York Will Weaken Its Landmark Climate Law

By Lauren Dalban

Environmental advocates join state legislators and health care professionals to urge the passage of the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act on Monday in Albany, N.Y. Credit: Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images

New York Plastics Law Advances Amid Debate Over ‘Chemical Recycling’

By Lauren Dalban

Dams along the Bronx River block the river herring’s path to its preferred spawning location, contributing to the fish’s population decline. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Dam Useless: Barriers Prevent a Migratory Fish from Reproducing

By Lauren Dalban

A man on the street wipes his face with orange fabric and another pedestrian holds an umbrella to block out the sun.

‘Heat Batteries’ Leave Some City Blocks Scorched

By Lauren Dalban

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives for a cleanup event in the Bronx’s Soundview Park to mark day 100 of his administration on Friday. Credit: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

After a Slow Start on Climate, Zohran Mamdani Faces Scrutiny Over Parks Budget and Environmental Promises

By Lauren Dalban

Rev. Kurt Gerhard stands inside Christ Church Bronxville, located just a few miles outside the Bronx in New York City. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

A Church’s Geothermal Experiment Could Pave the Way for Projects Across New York

By Lauren Dalban

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks to the media on Feb. 10 in New York City. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

New York’s Governor Pushes to Delay a Key Portion of the State’s Climate Law

By Lauren Dalban

Workers remove an old stove from a Bronx apartment as part of a full-building induction stove installation in New York City. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

New York Cooks Up a Plan to Boost Energy Efficiency in Public Housing

By Lauren Dalban

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