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Former Vice President Al Gore presents the Climate TRACE global greenhouse gases emissions database during COP28 in Dubai. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

‘Pathetic, Really, and Dangerous’: Al Gore Reflects on Fraudulent Fossil Fuel Claims, Climate Voters and Clean Energy

By Kristoffer Tigue

In ‘The People vs. Citi,’ Climate Leaders Demand Citibank End Its Fossil Fuel Financing

By Keerti Gopal

People walk along the High Line, an old rail line that was converted to an elevated park and greenway in Manhattan. Credit: Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

New York City Ready to Expand Greenways Along Rivers, Railways and Parks

By Judah Duke

On Feb. 27, About 100 people marched from the New York Public Library’s flagship location in midtown Manhattan to the headquarters of three insurance companies. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

‘Insure Our Future:’ A Global Movement Says the Insurance Industry Could Be the Key to Ending Fossil Fuels

By Keerti Gopal

Food scraps in a GrowNYC collection bin await pick up by the DSNY. Credit: Jake Bolster

Why New York’s Curbside Composting Program Will Yield Hardly Any Compost

By Jake Bolster

An aerial view over Brooklyn and the Rockaways, near Jamaica Bay. The tentative U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' coastal storm surge plan calls for one storm gate to be constructed at the entrance to Jamaica Bay. Credit: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

Frustrated by a Lack of Details, Communities Await Federal Decision on Protecting New York From Coastal Storm Surges

By Delaney Dryfoos

Smoky haze from wildfires in Canada diminishes the visibility of the Empire State Building on June 7, 2023 in New York City. New York topped the list of major cities in the world with the worst air pollution on Tuesday night, June 6 as smoke from the fires blanketed the East Coast. Credit: David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

Wildfire Haze Adds To New York’s Climate Change Planning Needs

By Juanita Gordon

Activists gathered outside MoMA to protest fossil fuel donor Henry Kravis holding signs, a banner, and a model of an oil rig on June 6, 2023. Credit: Keerti Gopal

Climate Activists Protest the Museum of Modern Art’s Fossil Fuel Donors Outside Its Biggest Fundraising Gala

By Keerti Gopal

Contruction workers at the site of a flood defense project on the east side of Manhattan, New York City, on Dec. 11, 2021. After major storms highlighted New York's weaknesses in the face of climate change, the city is erecting a $1.45-billion system of walls and floodgates to protect it from rising sea levels. Credit: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

New York City Begins Its Climate Change Reckoning on the Lower East Side, the Hard Way

By Delaney Dryfoos

Plaque at the City University of New York (CUNY) Headquarters in New York City. Credit: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

When it Comes to Reducing New York City Emissions, CUNY Flunks the Test

By James Pothen

An aerial view of Jamaica Bay. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

A ‘Living Shoreline’ Takes Root in New York’s Jamaica Bay

By Hannah Loss

A delivery driver rides a bicycle through the rain on March 24, 2021 in New York City. Credit: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images

New York’s ‘Deliveristas’ Are at the Forefront of Cities’ Sustainable Transportation Shake-up

By Delger Erdenesanaa

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

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez poses with community members and environmental activists opposing the Astoria Repowering Project in Queens, New York. Courtesy of New York Public Interest Research Group

Climate Activists Target a Retrofitted ‘Peaker Plant’ in Queens, Decrying New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

By Kristoffer Tigue

A person lays on the street near Times Square during a heatwave in New York, on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Credit: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A Triple Whammy Has Left Many Inner-City Neighborhoods Highly Vulnerable to Soaring Temperatures

By James Bruggers

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

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