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

The city redesigned much of a $1.5 billion floodwall project along the East River without any community input, shattering trust. Now, New York is pursuing similar climate resiliency projects in Manhattan that Mayor Eric Adams calls “complex, novel and unparalleled compared to any other American city.”

By Delaney Dryfoos

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
Ramses Diaz shows sensors installed in the back of the car that collects data every second. A wireless network then uploads it to the cloud to be analyzed by the scientists in California and New York's Department of Environmental Conservation. Credit: Myriam Vidal

Across New York, a Fleet of Sensor-Equipped Vehicles Tracks an Array of Key Pollutants

By Myriam Vidal

High-angle view of Prospect Park from the Mount Prospect reservoir, looking southwest over Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, New York in 1895. Credit: Geo. P. Hall & Son/The New York Historical Society/Getty Images

Rediscovered Reports From 19th-Century Environmental Volunteers Advance the Research of Today’s Citizen Scientists in New York

By Rachel Rodriguez

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

Power lines are seen as the New York City Skyline is in the background on Feb. 1, 2018 in Staten Island, New York. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images

New York Is Facing a Pandemic-Fueled Home Energy Crisis, With No End in Sight

By Quratulain Tejani

The Williamsburg Bridge is seen in front of the Brooklyn skyline as steam rises from the Con Edison power plant on Jan. 5, 2018 in New York City. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

New York’s Right to ‘a Healthful Environment’ Could Be Bad News for Fossil Fuel Interests

By Kristoffer Tigue

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

Former Vice President Al Gore joins New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as he signs the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act at Fordham Law School in the borough of Manhattan on July 18, 2019 in New York City. Credit: Scott Heins/Getty Images

What Will Kathy Hochul Do for New York Climate Policy? More Than Cuomo, Activists Hope

By Kristoffer Tigue

Yohanny Cespedes interacts with her daughter as she prepares breakfast on a gas stove on Sept. 12, 2019 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Credit: Angela Rowlings/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Which State Will Be the First to Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings?

By Dan Gearino

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

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