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February 29, 2024
New Bill to Reduce Single Use Plastic Set to Pass in Albany
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. […]
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November 16, 2023
World’s Biggest Polluters Agree to Ramp Up Renewables
The United States and China will back a new global renewables target and work together on methane and plastic pollution, they said in a joint statement on Wednesday after a […]
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June 8, 2023
Wildfire Smoke Blankets the East Coast
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 […]
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May 10, 2023
Is Congestion Pricing Finally Coming to Manhattan
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 […]
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November 22, 2022
Key Takeaways from COP27
The United Nations held its annual Climate Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt over the past few weeks, and while it wasn’t easy, in the end 200 countries signed on to […]
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August 24, 2022
States Are Using Green Amendments for Climate Protection
At the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal Environmental Protection Agency did not have the authority to mandate emissions from power plants in West Virginia […]
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May 4, 2022
Demystifying Plastics Recycling
Hard, soft, colored, clear, film, food safe, medical and on and on- the variety of plastic products in our lives is extensive to the point of being overwhelming. Plastic particles have been […]
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January 26, 2022
The End Is Near for Gas Power in New Buildings in NYC
In December, NYC became the largest city in the country to agree to phase out the use of fossil fuels in all new buildings. The New York City Council has […]
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January 13, 2022
2021 Was the Fifth Hottest Year Ever Recorded
It’s easy to forget how unusually hot parts of the country got over the summer- we’re looking at you, Pacific Northwest- now that it’s January and temperatures have been dropping […]