If concrete production were a country, it would be the world’s third largest carbon emitter. New York legislators want to clean it up.
New York is seen as a model - but it also shows the challenges of green public-private partnerships
And that’s still vastly short of what’s needed.
Farms in New York have used a form of legal arbitrage to shield their manure management practices from scrutiny.
DSA organized against a fracked-gas plant in Astoria. Now Schumer is getting involved.
Elected with real estate industry support, soon-to-be Mayor Adams faces a critical choice on New York’s landmark buildings emissions law.
A top energy executive, whose firm is designing pro-gas talking points, has a seat at the table charting the state’s path to decarbonization.
Only big, strong, mean grassroots campaigns can turn this around
Founded by a major Cuomo donor, Renaissance Technologies is set to become a stakeholder in upstate mining operation that touched off backlash against Bitcoin.
Chemical industry lobbyists are aggressively fighting a bill that would ban the use of toxic flame retardants—including by placing stories in local news outlets with quotes from a tenant organizer who says she didn’t speak to them.
New York’s profit-driven power system leads to higher costs, more blackouts, and more fossil fuels, activists say.
Governor Cuomo just approved the largest budget in New York history — and it has virtually no new funding to help meet the goals in New York’s landmark climate law.
Can New York meet its emissions goals if it green-lights more fossil fuel infrastructure? A proposal to rebuild a fracked-gas plant will set the precedent.
A Finger Lakes power plant plans to ramp up energy-intensive Bitcoin mining. If the state allows it to proceed, environmentalists warn dozens of fossil-fueled plants could follow.
The major provisions of New York’s 2021 budget.
Buildings may be New York’s top source of emissions. The state should follow the city’s lead in cleaning them up.
Advocates are pushing the legislature to extend and strengthen a moratorium on water shutoffs set to expire at the end of the month.
Under New York’s climate law, the Climate Action Council is tasked with devising a plan to zero out emissions. Environmentalists on the Council say it’s not on track.
A new analysis finds that the governor’s proposal would “completely undermine” New York City’s climate law, setting the stage for a clash with the newly emboldened legislature.
A planned transmission line from Canada is meant to reduce NYC’s fossil fuel dependence. But First Nations say the project ignores them.