Environment

As Wildfire Smoke Reaches NYC, What to Know About Health Risks

June 4, 2025, 3:53 p.m.June 4, 2025, 3:53 p.m.

An air quality alert is in effect for New York City from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday. Young children, elderly people, and those with respiratory diseases are advised to avoid strenuous activities.

HOPE Program participants working with NYC CoolRoofs apply a reflective paint to a Flushing residential building roof

Climate Change

Roof Painters Reflect on Their Role Fighting Climate Change

May 27, 2025, 5:00 a.m.May 27, 2025, 12:02 p.m.

If you’ve wondered why more rooftops gleam with a bright white coating, it’s part of a plan to lower building temperatures by bouncing sunlight that would otherwise get absorbed.

Environment

States Sue Trump to Lift Offshore Wind Power Blockade

May 5, 2025, 5:29 p.m.May 5, 2025, 5:29 p.m.

New York Attorney General Letitia James and 17 other Democratic attorneys general seek an injunction after a federal order halted work on Empire Wind, a massive project off the coast of Long Island.

A rendering shows plans for a wind turbine plant at the Brooklyn Marine Terminal.

Environment

Trump-Ordered Halt to Wind Power Construction Casts Shadow on Offshore Project

April 17, 2025, 5:57 p.m.April 17, 2025, 6:00 p.m.

Equinor had already started construction on Empire Wind 1 and a billion-dollar revival of a city-owned industrial waterfront.

Climate Change

Trump Climate Cuts ‘Devastating’ to Local Flood Protection Projects

April 9, 2025, 5:12 p.m.April 9, 2025, 5:12 p.m.

All five boroughs are affected by the cancellation of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, which funds more than $300 million in projects to ward off coastal and rainfall threats.

How to New York

How to Compost in NYC: A Guide

March 27, 2025, 5:00 a.m.April 23, 2025, 10:26 p.m.

The Department of Sanitation is getting serious about making sure New Yorkers sort their food scraps from their trash. Here’s what to do — and what happens to the material.

Environment

NYC EPA Workers Decry Trump Cuts at Lunchtime Walkout

March 25, 2025, 4:22 p.m.March 26, 2025, 3:58 p.m.

From air monitoring to hazardous waste disposal, wary EPA workers and former regional s described how the Trump istration’s moves to limit their agency will manifest in New York City.

Environment

Brooklyn Apartments Tap Into the Earth for Heating and Cooling

March 21, 2025, 5:00 a.m.March 25, 2025, 10:06 a.m.

Subterranean climate control systems are gaining steam across the city, promising greater efficiency and cheaper electric bills.

Trees cover a street in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Nov. 10, 2021.

Parks Department

Growing Concern: Parks Dept. Gives Multi-Million Dollar Tree-Planting Job to Contractor Facing Federal Time

March 20, 2025, 5:28 p.m.March 21, 2025, 11:56 a.m.

Griffin’s Landscaping has two active contracts with the city totaling $15 million and three contracts for $25 million. Its owner, Glenn Griffin, faces up to five years in prison on bribery and illegal dumping charges.

Environment

Wind Power Projects Slam Into Trump Permit Pause

March 13, 2025, 3:16 p.m.March 13, 2025, 3:16 p.m.

Offshore wind in New York once looked breezy but is now facing headwinds. Wind turbines soon to begin construction miles off the coast have the potential to deliver significant amounts of clean, electric power to the state, staving off blackouts in the future as the need for electricity increases and greening New York City’s grid, […]

Environment

As Wildfire Smoke Reaches NYC, What to Know About Health Risks

Roof Painters Reflect on Their Role Fighting Climate Change

States Sue Trump to Lift Offshore Wind Power Blockade

Trump-Ordered Halt to Wind Power Construction Casts Shadow on Offshore Project

Trump Climate Cuts ‘Devastating’ to Local Flood Protection Projects

How to Compost in NYC: A Guide

NYC EPA Workers Decry Trump Cuts at Lunchtime Walkout

Brooklyn Apartments Tap Into the Earth for Heating and Cooling

Growing Concern: Parks Dept. Gives Multi-Million Dollar Tree-Planting Job to Contractor Facing Federal Time

Wind Power Projects Slam Into Trump Permit Pause

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