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Haze from fires covers New York

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Western wildfire smoke causes cross-country air pollution

Posted on July 21, 2021

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Upper East Side park to receive major facelift backed by nearly $8.9 million in funding

Posted on July 19, 2021

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They’re baaaack: Goats return to Riverside Park

Posted on July 15, 2021

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NYC building owners push back on environmental grades

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QNS

NAACP-NYCHA leader endorses plan to turn Big Allis into renewable energy hub

Billionaire Richard Branson smiles on board Virgin Galactic’s passenger rocket plane VSS Unity

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson soars to space aboard rocket plane

Posted on July 11, 2021

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QNS

Cuomo administration opens public comment period for Astoria NRG proposal

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Politics

Investing in the future: de Blasio, Schumer announce climate change facility competition on Governors Island

Posted on June 28, 2021

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Natural Areas Conservatory announces plan to formalize trails in New York City parks

Posted on June 18, 2021

The city is vaccinating raccoons to help control the spread of rabies.

City will vaccinate raccoons against rabies at two Manhattan parks

Posted on June 15, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden visits St. Ives in Cornwall

Biden administration proposes offshore wind energy sale near NY, NJ

Posted on June 11, 2021

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News

Forest for All NYC calls for plan to preserve New York City’s urban forest with release of new agenda

Posted on June 9, 2021

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StuyTown residents, pols tell apartment complex to pull the plug on planned fuel plants

Posted on June 6, 2021

Female engineer at wind farm with plans

Op-Ed | The time is now for green jobs

Posted on June 2, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Activists withhold gas bill payment to protest National Grid pipeline

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QNS

Congressman requests Biden administration fund storm risk study in Howard Beach

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Brooklyn

Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in Brooklyn will again have a live crowd this year

Posted on May 29, 2021

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Musicians to come together for World Environment Day virtual festival

Posted on May 28, 2021

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Eight New York City beaches to officially open for swimming this weekend

Posted on May 28, 2021

Mosquitos carrying the West Nile virus were found in Staten Island, according to the Department of Health.

Bronx

Health Department to kick off mosquito season by spraying marshlands in the outer boroughs

Posted on May 26, 2021

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Politics

Kathryn Garcia secures endorsement from statewide environmental organization

Posted on May 25, 2021

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Op-Ed | To reach green goals, New York needs peakers that run on gas

Posted on May 24, 2021

People visit Little Island Park, a new public park space which sits on stilts over the Hudson River during opening day in New York

Little Island, a park built by a billionaire, further transforms Manhattan’s West Side

Posted on May 22, 2021

A natural gas flare on an oil well pad burns as the sun sets outside Watford City, North Dakota

Business

Oil drillers and Bitcoin miners bond over natural gas

Posted on May 22, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Parked cars are partially submerged in flood waters in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York

To protect a community from climate change, New York is elevating a park

Posted on May 21, 2021

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QNS

Western Queens community leaders support plan to turn Big Allis into renewable energy hub

FILE PHOTO: Sylvester searches through remains of his house which was flooded and then burned to the ground during Hurricane Sandy for corpses of his five cats in Midland Beach neighborhood in Staten Island

Climate change boosted Hurricane Sandy economic losses by billions: study

Posted on May 18, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Holding tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at Colonial Pipeline’s Dorsey Junction Station

Colonial Pipeline paid hackers nearly $5 million in ransom: Bloomberg News

Posted on May 13, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

New song pays homage to Gowanus Canal’s toxic ‘Black Mayo’

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New York

New York City set to dip deeper into homeowner’s pockets with 2.7% water rate hike

Posted on May 10, 2021

A man and woman walk up the stairs to St. Clair Place in Riverside Park. (Jan. 6, 2014)

Politics

Overbuild in Riverside Park to get a $348 million facelift, says de Blasio

Posted on May 4, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

NYC faces $60K per day in fines for Gowanus tank delays: EPA

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‘Secrets of Whales’ shows just how bound to we are to nature

Posted on April 25, 2021

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News

New Yorkers not ready for mandatory compost recycling: de Blasio

Posted on April 23, 2021

FILE PHOTO: An Exxon sign is seen at a gas station in the Chicago suburb of Norridge

New York state pension fund backs activist nominees in Exxon proxy fight

Posted on April 23, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Construction starts on long-awaited 50 Kent Park on Brooklyn waterfront

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PoliticsNY

Eric Adams’ environmental agenda: A greener city, a brighter future

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De Blasio’s busy Earth Day agenda: Oil industry lawsuits, composting return and electric autos

Posted on April 22, 2021

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Earth Day action: Elizabeth Street Garden joins coalition to fight for NYC green spaces

Posted on April 22, 2021

Lizard Island off the coast of Queensland, Australia

Special Report-This Hot Lister advises Bill Gates on climate change

Posted on April 22, 2021

Local rides a motorbike on a road near geothermal power station unit owned by PT. Geo Dipa Energi (Persero) at Dieng mountain area in Banjarnegara

Politics

It’s Geo-dude: De Blasio wants to expand geothermal heating and cooling in NYC

Posted on April 21, 2021

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Earth Day: Our/New York Distillery and ReThink Food launch sustainable basil-infused vodka

Posted on April 21, 2021

House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing titled “Protecting the Timely Delivery of Mail, Medicine, and Mail-in Ballots,

PoliticsNY

AOC reintroduces Green New Deal resolution to Congress

Tulips in bloom at Jefferson Market Garden naturally attract children.

New York City parks beckon, emerging during the pandemic spring

Posted on April 20, 2021

The Carroll Street Community Solar Farm in Gowanus will generate enough energy to power more than 20 New York City households, and is awaiting Con Edison approval before launching.

Politics

Water works: De Blasio doubles down on renewable energy for NYC by 2025

Posted on April 20, 2021

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Keeping Governors Island in ‘sheep’ shape with the help of woolly creatures

Posted on April 19, 2021

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.

QNS

Mayor comes out against Astoria peaker plant proposal, says it will ‘take us backwards’

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City officially launches $1.45 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency project

Posted on April 15, 2021

More from around NYC

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Bronx leaders rally against Medicaid cuts that could leave thousands uninsured

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz urged homeowners to protect against deed theft during a meeting in Astoria on Wednesday, March 18.

DA Katz urges Queens homeowners to protect against deed theft during Astoria public safety meeting

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Pier 2 Roller Rink returns music and motion to Brooklyn, starting March 27

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

Ninth Circuit panel affirms injunction against Montana anti-drag law