America’s largest bank is expanding its data center in Orangeburg, NY, near the New Jersey border. In exchange for $77 million in tax breaks from the state and county, the bank promises to create exactly one permanent job. My story in @nysfocus.com: nysfocus.com/2026/04/20/d...

River herring are struggling. The removal of three dams in NYC could help them reproduce! insideclimatenews.org/news/1504202...

My latest!

Every couple of weeks I feel mild panic about the state of the triple cantilever section of the BQE in Brooklyn Heights. Seriously, what are we going to do about that?!

Amazing detail caught by @danclarkreports.bsky.social on the other site:

A Daily for fellow New Yorkers! insideclimatenews.org/news/2003202...

New York is planning to pay for induction stoves to be installed in 10,000 apartments throughout New York City. The new appliances are part of an effort to improve indoor air quality and address gas outages in public housing.

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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. insideclimatenews.org/news/0403202...

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. www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/...

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. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/25/p...

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?

“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.

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. insideclimatenews.org/news/2302202...

“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 @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1402202...

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 @jakebolster.bsky.social. insideclimatenews.org/news/0402202...

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. insideclimatenews.org/news/0302202...

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. insideclimatenews.org/news/2401202...

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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: insideclimatenews.org/news/0201202...

New York City’s forests are struggling under pressure from invasive species and limited maintenance. New state grants could help.

Our @insideclimatenews.org tracker of important federal environmental court cases has been updated to reflect these two losses for the Trump administration in trial court: (w/ @mlavelle.bsky.social) insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...

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.” insideclimatenews.org/news/0812202...

Really great investigation by my colleagues at @insideclimatenews.org !

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.

ICN Sunday Morning is now on Spotify! open.spotify.com/show/1GIHC9q...

“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.” insideclimatenews.org/news/0811202...

🚨Election Thread🚨 What do yesterday's elections mean for climate change, clean energy, and other environmental questions? Our partner reporters have answers. Starting with @fieseler.bsky.social on New Jersey:

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. insideclimatenews.org/news/0511202...

NEW from @insideclimatenews.org: Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...

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. insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...

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? insideclimatenews.org/news/0509202...

"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." — @laurendalban.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1208202...

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. insideclimatenews.org/news/0508202...

"It’s a rogues’ gallery of polluters that have lined up to oppose the bill," Enck says. @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @nyassemblymajority.bsky.social: Put #NewYork over industry profits. Pass the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act. @insideclimatenews.org @laurendalban.bsky.social

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. insideclimatenews.org/news/0406202...

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.

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.

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. insideclimatenews.org/news/1804202... insideclimatenews.org/news/2204202...

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. www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

New York, NY--More diesel trucks are on the streets, and their destinations are often warehouses located in historically disadvantaged areas. insideclimatenews.org/news/3003202...

Modeling by the Natural Resources Defense Council found that at least 60 percent of individual wetlands are left unprotected after the Supreme Court ruling. insideclimatenews.org/news/2503202...

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. insideclimatenews.org/news/2603202...

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.”

Experts say firing NOAA experts will erode quality of hurricane forecasts and undermine projections foe dangerous climate extremes. insideclimatenews.org/news/2802202...

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. insideclimatenews.org/news/0503202...

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. insideclimatenews.org/news/2701202...