Environment News | amNewYork

FsKLfn-XoAIPmM9-e1679933063117

Curbside composting resumes in Queens following winter pause, citywide rollout to follow

03182023_PF_Raising_Backyard_Hens_086-1200×800-1

Queens County Farm Museum hosts class on how to raise backyard hens

KBEnergyCenter-1200×726-1

State agency says National Grid’s proposed gas vaporizers ‘not needed,’ final DEC decision looms

A sloth hanging upside down at the Bronx Zoo. This year, you can run to raise money for sloth preservation during Run for the Wild.

Run for sloths this spring at annual ‘Run for the Wild’ 5K at the Bronx Zoo

Posted on March 15, 2023

A protester holding an orange sign that reads "End Police Terror, Stop Cop City."

New York activists join national day of outcry over Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’

Posted on March 10, 2023

Coney_Island_Boardwalk_1-1-1200×520-1

Coney Islanders frustrated by delayed repairs to Riegelmann Boardwalk, lack of transparency by city

Central Park in spring

New interactive map shows where to find peak cherry blossoms at Central Park

Posted on March 8, 2023

NY: Fridays For Future Global Climate Strike

Save the planet – New York City’s youth demands swifter actions

Posted on March 4, 2023

Bishopt-Mitchell-Taylor-1200×800-1

Op-Ed: Queens can stop the climate crisis with climate action

bn-coney-island-flood-preparedness-2019-11-01-bk03BCPRINT_WEB-scaled-1-1600×597-1-1200×448-1

‘We must get it right’: Northern Brooklyn examines the Army Corps plan for post-Sandy resiliency

Godzilla the alligator found in Brooklyn

‘Too weak to eat’: Alligator rescued from Brooklyn pond on feeding tube, has bath stopper lodged in stomach

Posted on February 23, 2023

Alligator rescues more common than you might think in NYC

Posted on February 20, 2023

LATER, GATOR! Alligator found in, rescued from Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Lake

Posted on February 19, 2023

FoxVcQvXwAAl0Z9

Freedom for Flaco! Central Park Zoo suspends attempted capture of escaped owl

Posted on February 19, 2023

PXL_20220525_225854112-1200×675-1

Construction begins on long-awaited $2.5M state project for Bronx firehouse

A dead whale washed ashore at a Far Rockaway beach.

Another one: Body of deceased whale washes ashore at Far Rockaway beach

Posted on February 17, 2023

Three Protesters from Extinction Rebellion stand with a broken heart statue, pouring a black substance over it.

Extinction Rebellion tells Citigroup to show a heart for Mother Earth on V-Day in Tribeca protest

Posted on February 14, 2023

NYCHA_chasmee-1200×800-1

Brutal cold spells test Bronx public housing residents’ resilience, patience for stalled NYCHA repairs

AP23031654417818

Vessel strike blamed for humpback whale’s death on Long Island

1471-Watson-Avenue-960×540-1

Soundview’s 1471 Watson Ave., NYCHA’s first all-electric building conversion in 2023

unnamed-1-1024×768-1

Lido Beach humpback whale is third to die on Long Island since December

yorkstudios_entrance-1200×800-1

Dept. of Buildings accused of allowing unpermitted gas work at four Bronx buildings: lawsuit

Screen-Shot-2023-01-27-at-5.11.41-PM

Testing, testing: EPA working to assess size, risks of the Meeker Avenue Plume, Brooklyn’s newest Superfund

Female hand opening a refrigerator door for find the food and ingredient preparing to cooking in their home.

A fridge too far? Living sustainably in New York City by unplugging

Posted on January 27, 2023

Mayor Adams stands with city officials to announce the Queens organics composting program

State of the City | Curbside composting will expand citywide by end of next year, Adams says

Posted on January 26, 2023

Screen-Shot-2022-11-18-at-7.20.41-PM-1200×710-1

NYC’s first public observatory in Jerome Park Reservoir hopes to bring out the stars in the Bronx

Climate Change Misinformation

Climate change misinformation festers on Musk’s Twitter

Posted on January 19, 2023

GettyImages-1202427661-1200×800-1

With $11.2M land acquisition, Adams announces major step in Tibbetts Brook watershed improvement project

Greenland Glaciers On the Edge

New ice core analysis shows sharp Greenland warming spike

Posted on January 18, 2023

Renovations slated for northern section of High Line

Posted on January 17, 2023

Woolly mammoths in the East River?

Treasure hunters swear the East River contains prehistoric woolly mammoth bones

Posted on January 14, 2023

DSCF2317

Op-Ed | NYC is charging forward

Posted on January 11, 2023

52619623581_eaa16d9fb8_k

Hochul calls for ban on fossil fuels in new construction within five years

Posted on January 11, 2023

20210923_114449-1536×1152

Danger in the air: Subway stations near rivers have poorest air quality, study finds

Posted on January 10, 2023

Chris Marte is ready for chipping action.

Mulchfest 2023 — a time to repurpose our holiday trees

Posted on January 5, 2023

Adams

Mayor says 925 electric vehicles will replace gas guzzlers in city fleet, backed by $10.1M federal grant

Posted on January 4, 2023

Brooklyn_Weeksville_Tehuti-Maat-After-in-progress-1200×900-1

Nearly a dozen of Brooklyn’s community gardens were renovated and expanded this year: Parks

20200101_18_Erica-Price-1200×900-1

Coney Island to welcome thousands for annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge

DA5_5803_010822-Mulchfest-Prospect-1200×800-1

Say ‘fir-well’ to your Christmas tree at Mulchfest 2022

52272388876_2ef11b5574_o-1200×800-1

Hoping to reduce waste and emissions, Restler proposes citywide public composting bins

051122_wagner_park_1

Battery Park City

Wagner Park Safe From Bulldozers for Now as Suit Filed to Stop Waterfront Revamp

Posted on December 21, 2022

unnamed-2

Adams announces multimillion-dollar grant to improve Cross Bronx Expressway

KBEnergyCenteagainr-1-1200×726-1

Op-ed: We can’t afford to further delay with critical energy infrastructure

An overhead rendering of the new Pier 26 Science Play Area at Hudson River Park.

Ground breaks on new science-themed playground at Hudson River Park

Posted on December 14, 2022

Mark Weprin

Former Queens legislator Mark Weprin gets new role with Invenergy

Posted on December 12, 2022

46-trees-2016-11-11-bx01_z

Fixing tree equity, access in NYC’s greenest borough at the root of a green transition

Storm survivors want red tape cut

Many questions on $52B storm protection plan for New York and New Jersey

Posted on December 8, 2022

Sam Kass

Former White House Chef Sam Kass teams up with Knorr to host Tribeca event advocating for regenerative farming

Posted on December 5, 2022

More from around NYC

ClarkCohengraphic

Clark, Cohen vie for borough’s most complex job, Bronx DA, in Dem primary

Glendale Kiwanis

Glendale Kiwanis to host charity basketball game between FDNY, NYPD

People check out Pratt’s new 20,000 square-foot facility at the Navy Yard.

Pratt opens new research facility at Brooklyn Navy Yard

Elisa Crespo, seen here at the 2021 Gay City News Impact Awards, is again advocating for the community during budget season in New York State.

New Pride Agenda looks to highlight priorities during April 1 rally