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New York Is Running Out of Room for Its Trash

Much of New York City’s waste ends up in sprawling landfills far from the city. Upstate communities say they’ve had enough of being dumped on.

By Lauren Dalban

Seneca Meadows in New York’s Finger Lakes region is the state’s largest landfill. Credit: Courtesy of Mark Pitifer
The EPA finalized its repeal of most greenhouse gas emissions standards for coal- and natural gas-fired power plants in September. Credit: Jon Cherry/Getty Images

21 States Sue EPA to Reinstate Climate Pollution Rules for Power Plants

By Lisa Sorg

A boat sails on the Hudson River in front of the Indian Point nuclear power plant on April 30, 2021. Credit: Kena Betancur/Getty Images

Indian Point Energy Center’s Uncertain Future

By Leana Carbonez

Rockland County residents demonstrate outside the Orangetown Town Hall to protest a proposed data center in the area. Credit: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

In a Hard-Fought New York House Race, the Environment Is on the Ballot

By Leana Carbonez

In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

The Dust Settled. The Health Effects of 9/11 Didn’t.

By Alissa de Chassey

Police and firefighters run away from a toxic dust cloud caused by the World Trade Center’s Tower One collapse in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. Credit: Jose Jimenez/Primera Hora/Getty Images

25 Years After 9/11, the Health Toll Is Still Unfolding

By Lauren Dalban

New Yorkers shop for air conditioners during a heat wave in Brooklyn on July 28, 2023. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

For Many New Yorkers, Home Is No Escape From the Heat

By Lauren Dalban

Cars sit abandoned on the flooded Major Deegan Expressway following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida in New York City on Sept. 2, 2021. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Federal Judge Strikes Down New York’s Climate Change Superfund Law

By Lauren Dalban

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

Clean Air Policies Help Kids Breathe and Think Better

By Keerti Gopal

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

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