Posts on: New York City

Wildfires in the western United States have always been frequent seasonal occurrences, and in the past couple of years, fires have also erupted in the Pacific Northwest and in eastern […]

New York, with its vast acreage of rooftops and millions of renters, is the top community solar market in the country. On Thursday, Governor Hochul and NYSERDA President and CEO […]

New York set some very ambitious climate goals, and some are proving harder to attain than others. But one area where we’re overachieving is in adopting solar energy. As outlined […]

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 […]

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 […]

New York City first added a recycling law to the books way back in 1989, but recycling rates have remained stubbornly low: about 20% for households and 25% for businesses. […]

On Sunday, September 17, 2023, an estimated 75,000 protestors marched in New York City to demand immediate action to end the use of fossil fuels. As leaders from around the […]

Canada is burning, and this week so much smoke drifted down across the border that most of the eastern half of the country was affected. Levels of particulate matter rose […]

For years, the problem of what to do about Manhattan traffic has plagued New York City. Despite a seeming respite during the height of the pandemic, traffic continues to snarl […]

In the years since it was transformed into public space, Governors Island has been a popular destination for people looking for a more bucolic NYC experience. From the Jazz Age […]