Environment

More Than 90 Percent of NYC Restaurants Could Not Pay Full Rent in December, Survey Says
Posted on 21 February 2021As New York City approaches the one-year anniversary of its first reported case of coronavirus, ...

What’s Joe Biden going to do on climate change? Look at his record under Obama.
Posted on 08 June 2019Former Vice President Joe Biden is on the verge of announcing a climate proposal he hopes will set ...

NYC Shores Flooded With Whales And Experts Think They Know Why
Posted on 08 June 2019The number of whales spotted in the waters off New York City has increased by 540 percent in the ...

Trump’s Latest Attack on Federal Climate Science May Backfire
Posted on 08 June 2019This story originally appeared on HuffPost and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As pl ...

Newtown Creek Nature Walk To Double In Size, City Says
Posted on 08 June 2019GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN — A nature walk along Newtown Creek will double in size over the next few ...

11 ways the Trump administration has gutted environmental and public land protections
Posted on 08 June 2019Last week, The New York Times reported that the Trump administration is ramping up its efforts to de ...

Daily on Energy: Trump’s ‘win-win’ for ethanol leaves refiners out in the cold
Posted on 08 June 2019TRUMP’S ‘WIN-WIN’ FOR ETHANOL LEAVES REFINERS OUT IN THE COLD: The Environmental Protection ...

Trump Thwarts GOP Plot to Pretend His Climate Agenda Isn’t Idiotic
Posted on 08 June 2019The American people believe climate change is real, and they want their government to do somethi ...

New York State Pollution Prevention Institute to host June 4 event on managing food waste
Posted on 08 June 2019The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I) is hosting a daylong program at Rochester ...

Noise Is New York City's Biggest Civic Complaint. Researchers Are Trying To Help Turn It Down
Posted on 08 June 2019New York's biggest civic complaint is noise. And though the city's sounds are part of what mak ...

Loophole Allows NYC Uber and Lyft Cars to Pollute More Than Yellow Cabs
Posted on 08 June 2019New York City’s yellow cabs are iconic of the city itself, though many locals like myself pr ...

The Concrete Jungle Has 578 Miles of Shoreline at Risk
Posted on 07 June 2019In New York City, it’s often easy to think that ocean conservation is an issue for someplace e ...