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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a press conference in New York City on Nov. 14. Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

As Time Runs Out on Climate Change Superfund, Hochul’s Stance on the Bill Remains Elusive

By Jake Bolster

A view of the New Croton Reservoir in New York City. Credit: Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Invasive Species Spell Trouble for New York’s Beloved Tap Water

By Lauren Dalban

A view of WNYC Transmitter Park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The neighborhood is home to the Meeker Avenue Plume Superfund site. The “Love Me, Love Me Not” mural was painted by FAILE, a Greenpoint-based street art duo, in 2016 to raise awareness of climate change. Credit: Jordan Gass-Pooré/Inside Climate News

On Meeker Avenue in Brooklyn, How Environmental Activism Plays Out in the Neighborhood

By Jordan Gass-Pooré

Blooms of cyanobacteria, like the one pictured in California’s Lake Elsinore, spiked to record levels in the Finger Lakes of New York this year, endangering swimmers, dogs, birds and public drinking water. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Toxic Blooms in New York’s Finger Lakes Set Record in 2024

By Peter Mantius

A woman drops off food scraps at a city compost collection site in Queens, New York. Credit: Lindsey Nicholson/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Curbside ‘Composting’ Is Finally Citywide in New York. Or Is It?

By Jake Bolster

Flor Olvera gives a pamphlet to resident Emma Garcia while canvassing for Rudy Salas, a Democrat running for California's 22nd Congressional District, in Wasco on Aug. 24. Credit: Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

In Competitive Purple Districts, GOP House Members Paint Themselves Green

By Marianne Lavelle, Liza Gross

A group of activists with Climate Defiance take the stage during the New York Times’ Climate Forward event on Wednesday. Credit: Ken Schles/Climate Defiance

Activists Disrupt Occidental Petroleum CEO’s Interview at New York Times Climate Event

By Keerti Gopal, Jake Bolster

Streets were flooded in South Williamsburg as Tropical Storm Ophelia hit the city on Sept. 29, 2023. Credit: Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY

How New York City Has Lost Out on $4.2 Billion in State Green Bonds

By Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY

Strikers with Fridays for Future marched from Foley Square in Manhattan to Borough Hall in Brooklyn, New York City. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

New York City Youth Strike Against Fossil Fuels and Greenwashing in Advance of NYC Climate Week

By Keerti Gopal

For years, the Goodyear chemical plant in Niagara Falls, N.Y., has been releasing large quantities of a carcinogen with the state's knowledge. Regulators say they're working on a solution, but some wonder why it's taking so long. Credit: Emyle Watkins/WBFO

A Dangerous Chemical Is Fouling Niagara Falls’ Air. New York State Hasn’t Put a Stop to It

By Jim Morris and Emyle Watkins

The steady increase in harmful algal blooms has spurred residents and officials around Owasco Lake to develop proposed enforceable rules to minimize the phosphorous and nitrogen runoff from farms in their watershed. Credit: New York Department of Environmental Conservation

Algal Blooms Ravaged New York’s Finger Lakes During Final Week of August

By Peter Mantius

A residential area is seen flooded during a winter storm in Queens, New York on Dec. 23, 2022. Credit: Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images

NYC Environmental Justice Activists Feel Ignored by the City and the Army Corps on Climate Projects

By Lauren Dalban

A view of the Greenidge Generation Bitcoin mining facility and Dresden power plant along Seneca Lake in Dresden, New York. Credit: Lauren Petracca/Earthjustice

Greenidge Sues New York State Environmental Regulators, Seeking to Continue Operating Its Dresden Power Plant

By Peter Mantius

State Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference on Feb. 16 in New York City. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

New York’s Green Amendment Would Be ‘Toothless’ if a Lawsuit Is Tossed Against the Seneca Meadows Landfill for Allegedly Emitting Noxious Odors

By Peter Mantius

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks to reporters after a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House on July 3. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Gov. Hochul Ponders a Relaxation of Goals Under New York’s Landmark Climate Law

By Peter Mantius

Since June, the Summer of Heat has organized more than 18 protests against Wall Street for its role in fueling climate change. In recent weeks, law enforcement has responded to some activists with more serious charges. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

An Activist Will Defy a Restraining Order to Play a Cello Protest at Citibank’s NYC Headquarters Thursday

By Keerti Gopal

Advocates rallied for the Green Amendment at New York State Capitol in Albany two weeks before the Rochester appeals court decision. Credit: Green Amendments For The Generations

A New York Appellate Court Rejects a Broad Application of the State’s Green Amendment

By Peter Mantius

Agata Poniatowski, Billion Oyster Project’s public outreach program manager, points out the different marine organisms on an oyster cage at WNYC Transmitter Park in Brooklyn. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

For Marine Species Across New York Harbor, the Oyster Is Their World

By Lauren Dalban

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