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The federal government is reviewing its legal options after a court ruled that its efforts to end NYC congestion pricing are unlawful. The policy is credited with reducing traffic and air pollution.
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Judge Rejects Trump Administration’s Plan to End NYC Congestion Pricing - Inside Climate News
A federal court ruled that the Trump administration’s efforts to end the program are unlawful. The federal government is reviewing its legal options, including an appeal.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04032026/new-york-city-congestion-pricing-continues/
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Colin Kinniburgh
9 days ago
Hochul seems to be waffling on whether/how to roll back New York’s flagship climate law, the CLCPA, but her budget director strongly suggested yesterday that it is still on the agenda for the coming weeks.
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Hochul budget director hints at rolling back state’s climate law
Blake Washington, the governor’s top budget adviser, called the current energy transition benchmarks “own goals” as they place financial burdens on New Yorkers
https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/02/hochul-budget-director-hints-rolling-back-states-climate-law/411683/?oref=csny-topic-lander-top-story
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Samantha Maldonado
10 days ago
Everyone in NYC is talking about property taxes! Hardly anyone understands the system, but there's widespread agreement the outcomes are inequitable. We've got a guide to help you make sense of it all, and learn why you should care, even if you don't own property.
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Property Taxes in NYC are a Mess. Here’s Why Even Renters Should Care.
They’re the engine of the city’s budget, but unequal and outdated. Here’s your guide on how property taxes work — and how they affect everyone, not just owners.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/25/property-tax-bill-value-rate-reform-mamdani/
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Inside Climate News
11 days ago
20 percent of the fish we eat carries a secret criminal history. Is your sushi in fact toxic? Is your fresh fish actually frozen? Is your shrimp in fact vegan?
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One in Five Fish Products Tied to Fraud - Inside Climate News
From substitutions to forgery, the $195 billion seafood industry is awash with deception. Nuclear forensics might offer a lifeline.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24022026/seafood-industry-fraud-united-nations/
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Inside Climate News
12 days ago
“Nature loss translates directly into lives shortened and lost,” a new report says. Poor Americans and communities of color face the brunt of disappearing green spaces.
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Unequal Access to Nature Fuels America’s Health Crisis - Inside Climate News
Communities of color and low-income neighborhoods face the worst impacts as the U.S. loses forests, wetlands and other green spaces.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23022026/disadvantaged-communities-forest-wetlands-loss-health-impacts/
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NYC has local laws that aim to drastically reduce residents’ reliance on this fossil fuel, pushing residents to use much less natural gas by 2050. This could pose a financial problem for utilities in the area—and their remaining gas customers.
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What Happens If New York Buildings Use Less Gas? - Inside Climate News
New York’s utilities keep investing in natural gas, but this conflicts with the state’s climate goals. Experts worry that ratepayers will eventually struggle to keep up with rising costs.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23022026/new-york-city-natural-gas-reliance/
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“Climate change is such a cross-cutting issue,” Yeung said. “It really does have a daily impact on how people can feel safe, how people can feel healthy and how people can live a life with dignity.” Check out my latest for
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Mamdani’s New Chief Climate Officer Wants to Make New York a ‘Better Place to Live’ - Inside Climate News
Louise Yeung hopes to bolster NYC’s response to climate change to better address safety, health and the city’s affordability crisis.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14022026/new-york-city-chief-climate-officer/
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Wyatt Myskow
about 1 month ago
Collapse of the Colorado River system is almost inevitable at this point, and a deal to stop it looks unlikely as Arizona and Colorado ramp up talks of settling their disputes in court. My latest with
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Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack - Inside Climate News
With another federal deadline only weeks away and record-low snowfall further drying out the watershed, states have begun talking about whether they are prepared for litigation.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04022026/colorado-river-record-low-snow-litigation/
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Many composting advocates feel that more needs to be done to educate people about the importance of composting and to increase the amount of organic material composted in the city.
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Composting Fines for Buildings Are Back on in New York City - Inside Climate News
“There’s a lot more than just writing tickets that needs to be done to make this program solid and work in the long run,” one advocate says.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03022026/composting-fines-for-buildings-are-back-on-in-new-york-city/
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As Mayor Mamdani put it in his inaugural address, “every blizzard and flood we withstand, together.” The question of how well New Yorkers withstand them, and how the city responds, rests in the hands of the Mamdani administration. And it’s a heavy burden.
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‘Unbelievably Vulnerable’: The Climate Challenges Facing Mamdani’s New York City - Inside Climate News
Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned on an affordability platform, but climate issues may still define his term. %
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24012026/climate-challenges-mamdani-new-york-city/
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“We wanted to figure out how to work with water and not against it,” said Sangamithra Iyer, the chief of bluebelts and urban stormwater planning at the city Department of Environmental Protection. New from ICN:
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Why New York City Is Spending Millions on ‘Bluebelts’ - Inside Climate News
New York City is expected to experience increasing rainfall over the next few decades, especially during cloudbursts—short, intense rainfall events. When rain falls, light showers can usually be handl...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02012026/why-nyc-is-spending-millions-on-bluebelts/
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Inside Climate News
3 months ago
New York City’s forests are struggling under pressure from invasive species and limited maintenance. New state grants could help.
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New York City’s Forests Are Ailing. New Funding May Get at the Root of the Problem - Inside Climate News
With ‘Community Reforestation’ grants, the state will pay to plant trees and combat neglect and invasive species in parks across the city.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13122025/new-york-city-forest-restoration-grants/
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Peter Aldhous
3 months ago
Our
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People across the country have opposed data centers in their neighborhoods. A letter to Congress from hundreds of enviro groups states that they want to stop these developments until “adequate regulations can be enacted to fully protect our communities.”
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Environmental Groups Demand a Nationwide Freeze on Data Center Construction - Inside Climate News
In a letter to Congress, the groups said data center development raises concerns about rising energy costs, water use and climate impacts. Many communities are fighting back.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08122025/environmental-groups-demand-data-center-construction-freeze/
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3 months ago
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Inside Climate News
4 months ago
Many New York City co-op apartments may struggle to comply with a law that requires reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. City leaders are looking for ways to help.
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How City Leaders in New York Plan to Help Co-Op Buildings Reduce Emissions - Inside Climate News
NYC’s Local Law 97 requires large buildings to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, but the mandate carries a hefty price tag and technical complications for some residents.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19112025/new-york-city-co-op-apartment-electrification/
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ICN Sunday Morning is now on Spotify!
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ICN Sunday Morning: What’s Happening at COP30
https://open.spotify.com/show/1GIHC9qqlzzHZaVNx60r9w?si=abed73210f204ffe
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“I don’t believe that they are a partner of our community, I think it’s a mega-corporation—I think they’re here to extract resources from us. … They represent their best interests, which are their stakeholders and their customers.”
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A Data Center Could Be Coming to an Upstate New York Town, and Residents Are Speaking Out - Inside Climate News
The town board in Lansing is considering a temporary ban on large-scale development that could delay construction.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08112025/lansing-new-york-data-center-development/
4 months ago
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🚨Election Thread🚨 What do yesterday's elections mean for climate change, clean energy, and other environmental questions? Our partner reporters have answers. Starting with
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In a boost for offshore wind, New Jersey elects Mikie Sherrill
The pro-renewables Democrat won the gubernatorial race against a rival who vowed to ban turbine construction off the state’s coast.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/mikie-sherrill-new-jersey-governor-renewables
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It was 10 p.m. on election night. Twenty minutes prior, most news organizations had called the NYC mayoral race for state assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, a previously obscure politician who rose to power through an unrelenting campaign for affordability.
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NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani to Face Pressing Climate, Environment Issues - Inside Climate News
Zohran Mamdani will need to enforce the city’s building decarbonization law, enact his green school policy and handle the climate change-related issues residents often face—like flooding and extreme h...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05112025/new-york-city-zohran-mamdani-climate-environment-issues/
4 months ago
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Peter Aldhous
4 months ago
NEW from
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For years, residents of 12 low-lying blocks in New York City—nicknamed The Hole—dealt with flooding in their streets and homes. Now, the city finally has a long-term plan to fix that.
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New York City Unveils Plan for Flood-Prone Neighborhood Nicknamed ‘The Hole’ - Inside Climate News
A small neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens floods often. The city has finally mapped out a solution to the problem.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21102025/new-york-city-flood-prone-jewel-streets/
5 months ago
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Federal Actions Make New York’s Energy Future More Uncertain - Inside Climate News
Amid cuts to federal clean energy grants and pressure from activists to meet the state’s climate targets, Governor Kathy Hochul faces tough choices and lofty expectations.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15102025/new-york-energy-federal-cuts/
5 months ago
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‘It’s Never Good!’: A Street-Level Look at New York City’s Air Quality - Inside Climate News
While traveling through Manhattan, an NYU expert uncovers troubling air pollution levels in places you wouldn’t expect.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10092025/new-york-city-air-pollution/
6 months ago
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The city's climate issues will outlive the next mayor’s term and that of many that come after him. But where are we now on flood protection, building decarbonization, and air pollution?
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With a Mayoral Election Coming Up, This Is Where NYC Stands on Climate Action - Inside Climate News
The city’s mayoral race has justifiably been about housing and affordability. But flood protection, building decarbonization and air pollution will still be challenges for New York’s next mayor.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05092025/new-york-city-climate-action-mayoral-race/
6 months ago
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Department of Energy Announces the Selection of 11 Projects for New Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program - Inside Climate News
The agency plans to fast-track these projects through the development process. Nuclear energy experts worry about the feasibility and safety of the plan.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13082025/energy-department-announces-projects-for-nuclear-reactor-pilot-program/
7 months ago
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Environmental Voter Project
7 months ago
"The area around Newtown Creek—the small stream that separates Brooklyn and Queens—is over 8 degrees hotter than the average surface temperature across the city." —
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Broiled by Heat Waves, Residents of the Concrete Jungle Suffer - Inside Climate News
The urban heat island effect is in full force this summer. Adaptive architecture and street trees can help.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12082025/new-york-city-heat-island-effect/
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When they were signed into law in 2019, New York’s climate targets were ambitious. Now, it seems, they were also unrealistic. The people who pay the price are often the low-income New Yorkers who struggle to afford the state’s high utility bills.
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New York Can’t Meet Its Ambitious Climate Targets. Maybe the Plan Was Doomed From the Start - Inside Climate News
As progress stalls, disadvantaged communities continue to struggle with high utility bills.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05082025/new-york-fails-ambitious-climate-targets-utility-bills/
7 months ago
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Beyond Plastics
9 months ago
"It’s a rogues’ gallery of polluters that have lined up to oppose the bill," Enck says.
@speakercarlheastie.bsky.social
@nyassemblymajority.bsky.social
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New York City Has a Trash Problem. A Packaging Reduction Bill Could Help - Inside Climate News
A proposal in the state Legislature that would require a steep drop in non-recyclable packaging faces fierce opposition from businesses that would have to meet new package and recycling demands.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14062025/new-york-city-trash-problem-packaging-reduction-bill/
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NYS officials seem poised to allow the expansion and construction of gas projects that will push more gas into the city, all while local and state laws are supposed to move the region towards a renewable future. This could have far-reaching implications.
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Gas Leaks Can Have Significant Spillover Impacts on Neighboring States, Study Finds - Inside Climate News
New York is poised to see an expansion of its gas infrastructure. This could have far-reaching implications.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04062025/new-york-natural-gas-infrastructure-expansion-impact-neighboring-states/
9 months ago
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Inside Climate News
10 months ago
New York is home to four of the largest bitcoin mines in the country. Some miners are enticed by the state’s decommissioned or low-use power plants, which they buy and connect to their computers, often running those power plants all day, every day.
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New York Bitcoin Miners Are Buying Up Power Plants—and Communities Are Fighting Back - Inside Climate News
Local laws, moratoriums and lawsuits are curbing the expansion of bitcoin mines in New York. But what about the ones already operating?
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10052025/new-york-bitcoin-mines-buying-up-power-plants/
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Inside Climate News
10 months ago
As the EPA works to roll back multiple public-health protections, it announced Monday that it intends to take action to combat toxic forever chemicals. Advocates are skeptical.
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EPA Says It Will Act on PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals.’ Advocates Raise Red Flags - Inside Climate News
The announcement emphasizes research, failing to mention ongoing litigation and existing regulation.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28042025/epa-tackles-forever-chemicals-advocates-skeptical/
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Offshore wind is an important part of the state's climate goals, and NYC's vision for a green economy. Last week, the Trump administration halted a crucial offshore wind project off the coast of Long Island.
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Trump Administration Halts Construction on New York Offshore Wind Project - Inside Climate News
Empire Wind 1’s developer says it is considering its legal remedies. New York, meanwhile, needs renewable energy projects to meet its climate goals and to ensure the continued growth of green job oppo...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18042025/trump-administration-halts-new-york-offshore-wind-project/
11 months ago
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The climate-smart farming grants that I wrote about last month were officially cancelled by the Trump Administration yesterday. Many New York farmers I spoke to were excited about these grants and the changes they would be able to make to their farming practices.
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https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/04/14/usda-cancels-biden-era-climate-slush-fund-reprioritizes-existing-funding-farmers
11 months ago
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New York, NY--More diesel trucks are on the streets, and their destinations are often warehouses located in historically disadvantaged areas.
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The Online Shopping Boom Comes at a Price—and Some New Yorkers Pay More Than Their Fair Share - Inside Climate News
NEW YORK—Package deliveries in New York City are booming, bolstered by the pandemic and online shopping, with 80 percent of households in New York City receiving a package a week, according to the Off...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30032025/the-online-shopping-boom-comes-at-a-price-and-some-new-yorkers-pay-more-than-their-fair-share/
11 months ago
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Modeling by the Natural Resources Defense Council found that at least 60 percent of individual wetlands are left unprotected after the Supreme Court ruling.
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New Study Shows Extreme and Far-Reaching Impacts of Sackett Ruling on Federal Wetland Protections - Inside Climate News
Modeling by the Natural Resources Defense Council found that at least 60 percent of individual wetlands are left unprotected after the Supreme Court ruling.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25032025/supreme-court-sackett-decision-threatens-wetlands-nrdc-study-finds/
12 months ago
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Agriculture is an industry rife with risk, particularly for small, family-run farms. The new administration has frozen funds that were promised to New York farmers for infrastructure projects and the adoption of sustainable practices, leaving many in the lurch.
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Small New York Farms Suffer as Federal Funds Freeze - Inside Climate News
A federal climate-smart fund was a boon for farmers seeking to update their businesses with sustainable approaches—until the Trump administration suspended the money flow.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26032025/federal-climate-smart-fund-freeze-hurts-small-new-york-farms/
12 months ago
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Inside Climate News
12 months ago
On Friday, scientists rallied across the U.S. and beyond against the Trump administration’s “unprecedented” attacks on science. “Millions can and do die. That’s what happens when you deny science on a national scale.”
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Taking It to the Streets: Scientists Mobilize to Fight Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Anti-Science Agenda - Inside Climate News
Scientists turned out at rallies from coast to coast and in Europe to “Stand Up for Science,” revitalizing a movement to defend scientific integrity that started during Trump’s first term.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07032025/stand-up-for-science-rallies-against-trump-anti-science-agenda/
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about 1 year ago
Experts say firing NOAA experts will erode quality of hurricane forecasts and undermine projections foe dangerous climate extremes.
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Experts Say Attempted Mass Firing of NOAA Workers May be Illegal and Threatens Public Safety - Inside Climate News
Weather forecasters, climate modelers, glacier scientists and crew members on research ships received termination emails, while a federal judge simultaneously ordered the Trump administration to resci...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28022025/noaa-attempted-mass-firing-may-be-illegal-threatens-public-safety/
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What should happen when a small town is overrun by tourists? How can you safeguard the local environment and the residents of a village while accommodating these new visitors? I wrote a new story for ICN that looks at this issue in Cold Spring, NY.
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Does a Hudson Valley Village Have a Plan to Tame or Encourage Tourism in Its Parks? It Depends on Who You Ask - Inside Climate News
Tourism has been an economic boon to the region and a headache for village residents. A proposed plan for a linear park has divided Cold Spring.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05032025/cold-spring-new-york-proposed-park-tourism/
about 1 year ago
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New York—Around 44 percent of the city’s census tracts are home to EJ communities. In this urban center, the state’s adherence to its visionary Climate Act, and the power authority’s plan for developing renewable energy, has outsized importance.
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Environmental Justice Advocates in New York City Fault Statewide Plan for Renewable Energy Development - Inside Climate News
The New York Power Authority has proposed 40 new renewable energy projects, but only one is in New York City. Advocates say that could delay the closure of natural gas “peaker plants.”
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27012025/new-york-city-environmental-justice-advocates-renewable-energy/
about 1 year ago
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