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Volunteers Sarah Slack (left) and Satpal Kaur (right) prepare to drive around Northern Manhattan with a temperature and humidity sensor on July 24, 2021, as part of a campaign to map disparities in the urban heat island effect between New York City neighborhoods. Credit: Delger Erdenesanaa

Charting a Course to Shrink the Heat Gap Between New York City Neighborhoods

By Delger Erdenesanaa

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, New York City's likely next mayor after apparently winning the June primary election, attends a ticker tape parade on July 07 for healthcare workers, first responders and essential workers. Credit: Taylor Hill/Getty Images

Eric Adams Said Next to Nothing About Climate Change During New York’s Recent Mayoral Primary

By Delger Erdenesanaa

A detour sign is seen at East 20th Street and Avenue C in Lower Manhattan as the first phase of major construction is underway. Credit: Brahmjot Kaur/Inside Climate News

New York Embarks on a Massive Climate Resiliency Project to Protect Manhattan’s Lower East Side From Sea Level Rise

By Brahmjot Kaur

Before mayoral candidates debate at NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center supporters gather outside to show support for their candidates. Credit: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

New York City Has Ambitious Climate Goals. The Next Mayor Will Determine Whether the City Follows Through

By Delger Erdenesanaa

A Just Transition? On Brooklyn’s Waterfront, Oil Companies and Community Activists Join Together to Create an Offshore Wind Project—and Jobs

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The Indian Point nuclear power plant is seen March 18, 2011 in Buchanan, New York. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Indian Point Nuclear Plant Reaches a Contentious End

By Dan Gearino

Traffic moves on 2nd Avenue in the morning hours on March 15, 2019 in New York City. Credit: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images

Is Trump Holding Congestion Pricing in New York City Hostage?

By Ilana Cohen

Waste grain is left in harvested fields on Staten Island in the California Delta as forage for greater sandhill cranes, a state listed endangered species. Credit: Liza Gross

California Farmers Work to Create a Climate Change Buffer for Migratory Water Birds

By Liza Gross

Duane Hanson and Sally Kwan live deep within Maine's North Woods and fear that construction of transmission lines for a project called New England Clean Energy Connect will destroy their idyllic existence. Credit: Sally Kwan

New York and New England Need More Clean Energy. Is Hydropower From Canada the Best Way to Get it?

By Ilana Cohen

The sun rises behind the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in a haze created by smoke from west coast wildfires in New York City on September 17, 2020.

Smoke From Western Wildfires Darkens the Skies of the East Coast and Europe

By Ilana Cohen

A group of volunteer designers and staff from community organizations built benches with shades in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York to provide cool places for people to rest during heat waves. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey/InsideClimate News

Video: As Covid-19 Hinders City Efforts to Protect Residents From the Heat, Community Groups Step In

By Anna Belle Peevey, Maddie Kornfeld

New Yorkers enjoy the outdoors near the pier in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on July 20, 2020 in New York, New York. Credit: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

New York's Heat-Vulnerable Neighborhoods Need to Go Green to Cool Off

By Ilana Cohen

A firefighter stands among the remains of homes burned down in the Rockaway neighborhood of Queens during Hurricane Sandy on October 31, 2012

Covid Killed New York’s Coastal Resilience Bill. People of Color Could Bear Much of the Cost

By Kristoffer Tigue

People wearing masks are seen crowded together on a subway platform at the Fulton Street Subway Station on July 8, 2020 in New York City. Credit: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images

A Plunge in Mass Transit Ridership Deals a Huge Blow to Climate Change Mitigation

By Kristoffer Tigue

A policeman carries blankets for people affected by Superstorm Sandy on November 8, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

With Climate Change Intensifying, Can At-Risk Minority Communities Rely on the Police to Keep Them Safe?

By Ilana Cohen

A home demolition in Oakwood Beach, Staten Island in 2015. Image Credit: Still image from "Managed Retreat" by Nathan Kensinger

In New York City, ‘Managed Retreat’ Has Become a Grim Reality

By Ilana Cohen

Maleta "Queen" Kimmons stands at the North Minneapolis O'Reilly Auto Parts store on Broadway Ave. The store was destroyed during a recent demonstration for George Floyd. Credit: Katie G. Nelson

Across America, Five Communities in Search of Environmental Justice

By David Hasemyer, Ilana Cohen, Judy Fahys, Kristoffer Tigue, Nicholas Kusnetz

Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) has served 16 terms for New York's 16th congressional district. Credit: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

In New York, a Progressive Challenge to the Democratic Establishment Splits Climate Groups

By Ilana Cohen

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