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Brooklyn Paper

EPA extends comment period as Meeker Avenue Plumes are considered for Superfund

FILE PHOTO: Wildfire on Evia island

Health

Explainer | What’s the difference between 1.5°C and 2°C of global warming?

Posted on November 7, 2021

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns for Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee and former governor Terry McAuliffe in Norfolk

Vice President Harris visits NYC to boost federal green energy initiatives

Posted on November 1, 2021

Chuck Schumer

Op-Ed | Schumer must halt subsidies to fossil fuels

Posted on November 1, 2021

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Politics

Activists tell a scary Halloween story in their fight against East Side Coastal Resiliency Project

Posted on November 1, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Construction starts on long-awaited Fresh Creek storm resiliency project

FILE PHOTO: The World Premiere of “No Time To Die” in London

Speak up to save our planet, Billie Eilish urges ahead of COP26

Posted on October 28, 2021

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QNS

DEC denies permits for NRG’s proposed Gas Turbine Power Plant in Astoria

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Politics

City pumping $110M into climate change resiliency project for Seaport District

Posted on October 27, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Did National Grid pipeline project violate the law? Feds to investigate

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Climate protesters block FDR Drive and West Side Highway in rush hour demonstrations, 33 arrests made

Posted on October 25, 2021

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Climate activists in Brooklyn invoke name of Schumer’s grandson in protest outside Senate leader’s home

Posted on October 24, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Traffic is seen on a highway ahead of the July 4th holiday, in New York

U.S. highway expansions increase traffic and pollution, environmental groups say

Posted on October 21, 2021

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NYC public pension funds will commit $50 billion in renewable energy by 2035, de Blasio says

Posted on October 21, 2021

The Manhattan skyline stands in the background above solar arrays on the roof of a co-op on West 138th Street in Harlem Wednesday.

Close to 50 New York City public schools will get rooftop solar panels next year under initiative to reduce state’s carbon footprint

Posted on October 20, 2021

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Politics

DDC and NYC Parks Department showcases East River Park resiliency construction

Posted on October 19, 2021

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New York Family

Where to see fall foliage in NYC 2021

Blue Origin’s NS-18 suborbital flight mission

‘Profound experience’: Star Trek’s William Shatner becomes world’s oldest space traveler

Posted on October 13, 2021

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QNS

Queens climate activists protest outside the White House against proposed Astoria power plant

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Brooklyn

Local electeds urge Hochul to deny Gowanus Repowering Project

Posted on October 11, 2021

William Shatner tours the launch tower with Blue Origin’s Sarah Knights at Launch Site One

Winds delay William Shatner’s real-life ‘Star Trek’ launch

Posted on October 11, 2021

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News

Curbside enthusiasm: Report finds NYC food scraps pickup must get buy-in to work financially

Posted on October 4, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A passenger plane passes in front of the moon as it makes its final landing approach to Heathrow Airport in London

Business

U.S. aerospace firms commit to net zero emissions by 2050: sources

Posted on October 4, 2021

Pope Francis COVID vaccines

‘You are making the future today’, Pope Francis tells youth climate activists

Posted on September 29, 2021

Brown bear 151 stands in a river hunting for salmon in Alaska

Ahead of winter hibernation, Alaska celebrates Fat Bear Week

Posted on September 29, 2021

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‘Unacceptable’: Hearing-impaired and disabled tenants rail against deplorable conditions in Lower East Side residence

Posted on September 28, 2021

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News

Governors Island to remain open year round: City Hall

Posted on September 28, 2021

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Tree-hugging activists chain themselves at City Hall to protest East River coastal resiliency project

Posted on September 28, 2021

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Nolita residents rally behind Elizabeth Street Garden amidst lease termination

Posted on September 26, 2021

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Queens

Plugged in: De Blasio touts electric conversion for NYC vehicle fleet as part of ‘Climate Week’ investments

Posted on September 22, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Activists protest National Grid’s sponsorship of Climate Week NYC

FILE PHOTO: Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul in Albany, New York

Juicing up NYC: Hochul unveils renewable energy projects for Climate Week

Posted on September 20, 2021

Arts & Entertainment

Photoville on the Brooklyn waterfront showcases powerful art and great views of skyline

Posted on September 20, 2021

FILE PHOTO: US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform focused on the cost of prescription drugs in Washington

U.S. House panel to probe oil companies over climate disinformation

Posted on September 16, 2021

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De Blasio exempts illegal basement apartments from fines during hurricane recovery

Posted on September 8, 2021

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Politics

De Blasio signs emergency order for post-Ida building repairs

Posted on September 7, 2021

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Health

AOC, de Blasio and Schumer survey Hurricane Ida’s flood damage in Queens

Posted on September 6, 2021

New NYC flood maps

President Biden approves federal aid for New York’s Ida flood damage

Posted on September 6, 2021

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Health

Street of broken hearts: Queens residents face the aftermath of Hurricane Ida

Posted on September 3, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Activists say Nat Grid’s pipeline violates Civil Rights Act

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Parks and Renovation: City Cleanup Corps spruce up NYC green spaces

Posted on August 11, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

IPCC climate change report forecasts grim future for Brooklyn

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Health

East River Park Action protests Mayor’s plan to steamroll through ESCR plan

Posted on August 10, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Smoke and steam billows from Belchatow Power Station, Europe’s largest coal-fired power plant operated by PGE Group, near Belchatow

U.N. sounds ‘deafening’ warning on climate change

Posted on August 9, 2021

General view shows the Atlantic ocean near the road between Saint-Jean-De-Luz and Hendaye, in Socoa, France

Atlantic Ocean currents weaken, signalling big weather changes – study

Posted on August 5, 2021

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QNS

Queens councilman introduces bill to create Downed Tree Task Force

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Politics

Stringer declines signing East Coast Resiliency Project contract — for now

Posted on July 29, 2021

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Health

Battle over East River Park resiliency project reaches Stringer’s office with protest

Posted on July 27, 2021

More from around NYC

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Rescued red fox stowaway finds temporary home at the Bronx Zoo

Council Member Phil Wong poses with ACE officials. Photo via office of Council Member Phil Wong.

CM Phil Wong welcomes ‘early success’ of partnership with ACE cleaning services in District 30

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Clean-up, construction inch forward at Gowanus Green amid concerns from residents, pols

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Seattle.

Ninth Circuit panel affirms injunction against Montana anti-drag law