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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

Video: Residents Fight to Keep Composting From Getting Trashed in NYC’s Covid-19 Budget Cuts

By Anna Belle Peevey, Ilana Cohen

Protesters call for a stop to the Williams natural gas pipeline ) during a demonstration in New York City. Credit: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

New York’s Use of Landmark Climate Law Could Resound in Other States

By Kristoffer Tigue

Youth climate strikers gather at New York City's Foley Square on Sept. 20, 2019, to participate in what's believed to be the largest global climate protest ever organized. Credit: Kristoffer Tigue/InsideClimate News

Could New York’s Youth Finally Convince the State to Divest Its Pension of Fossil Fuels?

By Kristoffer Tigue

The Fearless Girl statue in New York City wears a face mask amid the coronavirus pandemic. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey/InsideClimate News

Video: In New York’s Empty Streets, Lessons for Climate Change in the Response to Covid-19

By Anna Belle Peevey

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his 2020 State of the State address in Albany. Credit: J. Conrad Williams

Cuomo’s New Climate Change Plan is Ambitious but Short on Money

By Kristoffer Tigue

Protesters in Brooklyn, New York, hold a banner saying no pipeline during a demonstration against a natural gas pipeline proposed by the utility National Grid. Credit: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

A Seven-Mile Gas Pipeline Outside Albany Has Activists up in Arms

By Kristoffer Tigue

NYC Mayor's Neglect of Climate Policy

By Katherine Bagley

Climate Change Law Bridges Partisan Divide

By Katherine Bagley

Workers installing solar panels on a roof near Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Could Clean Energy Fuel New York by 2050?

By Lisa Song

Mass. Governor Deval Patrick signs an energy law

In RGGI States, Critical Revenues Seen Doubling

By Maria Gallucci

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