Posts on: Global Warming

Summers are getting hotter, breaking records around the country and around the globe every year. And while NYC has long required landlords to provide a certain amount of heat in […]

The Supreme Court finished their term by upending a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections, delivering a […]

In 2023, we lived through the hottest year since recordkeeping began more than a century ago, but before too long, it might be outdone as the pinnacle of extreme heat.  […]

Climate Works for All, a coalition of environmental Justice, community advocacy and labor groups, has called on the City Council to ask for new climate investments. Some of the priorities […]

Once again, record-breaking temperatures were recorded in all of the lower 48 U.S. states. Average temperatures were more than 5 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, eliminating the ice cover on the Great […]

Major cities on the U.S. Atlantic coast are sinking, in some cases as much as 5 millimeters per year – a decline at the ocean’s edge that well outpaces global […]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will compensate local and state governments for energy efficiency upgrades to school and hospital facilities in the wake of natural disasters, the agency announced […]

One of the biggest challenges humanity faces as we try to contend with the climate crisis is finding solutions that don’t lead to even bigger problems down the road. Scientists […]

We’ve seen the last of 2023, and with it some hair-raising U.S. climate milestones: $25 billion worth of natural disasters (a record), heartbreaking wildfires in Maui, a month’s worth of triple-digit […]

The COP28 Climate Summit ended on Wednesday with an historic deal to phase out fossil fuels. After a somewhat controversial start in a world that continues to try to kick […]