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FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk attends a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center

Elon Musk puts up $100 million for global carbon reduction competition

Posted on February 8, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg’s Super Tuesday night rally in West Palm Beach

Politics

U.N. chief names Michael Bloomberg climate envoy to rally action

Posted on February 5, 2021

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Midtown Manhattan

Science is Back, now it’s time for executive powers to declare climate emergency says Schumer

Posted on January 31, 2021

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Vaccinations postponed, Open Restaurants cancelled as city braces for major snowstorm

Posted on January 31, 2021

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Brooklyn

Barge ship meant to clean up Gowanus Canal sinks off Brooklyn shore

Posted on January 27, 2021

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De Blasio’s $1 million flood plan shelved and hidden from high-risk East Harlem

Posted on January 26, 2021

A depot used to store pipes for Transcanada Corp’s planned Keystone XL oil pipeline is seen in Gascoyne

Politics

Biden may cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit as soon as his first day in office: source

Posted on January 18, 2021

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Cuomo announces $26B public-private plan to kickstart 100 green energy projects

Posted on January 13, 2021

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Environmental suicide: Greta Thunberg in conversation with the Dalai Lama

Posted on January 13, 2021

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Lower Manhattan

Lucerne Hotel residents allowed to remain on Upper West Side for now, court rules

Posted on January 5, 2021

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Greenwich Village

It’s mulching time at NYC Parks as New Yorkers toss their Christmas trees to the curb

Posted on December 30, 2020

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Politics

Schumer joins city pols to call for a wind turbine plant in Brooklyn

Posted on December 28, 2020

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Queens

NYC parks and DSNY give six month extension for Big Reuse compost site at Queensbridge Park

Posted on December 20, 2020

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‘Save our compost’: New Yorkers to testify at City Council oversight hearing

Posted on December 17, 2020

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn environmentalist blasts alleged ‘falsehoods’ in paperwork for Coney Island Ferry

Posted on December 16, 2020

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Queens

Urban Park Rangers rescue illegally dumped domestic ducks from Flushing’s Bowne Park pond

Posted on December 14, 2020

A worker delivers donated food at the Queensbridge Houses, a NYCHA public housing complex, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Queens, New York

Health

NYCHA violated lead paint abatement rules for five years, city investigators ruled

Posted on December 10, 2020

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Queens

Cuomo again vetoes Queens lawmakers’ bill to protect Jamaica Bay

Posted on December 9, 2020

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Panel urges MTA to adopt zero emission plan to switch bus fleet to 100% electric

Posted on December 2, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers pre-Thanksgiving speech at transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware

Business

Biden plan to end U.S. fossil fuel subsidies faces big challenges

Posted on December 1, 2020

Metal monolith is discovered in Red Rock Country in Utah

Space oddity? Monolith in Utah desert mystifies helicopter crew

Posted on November 28, 2020

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Brooklyn

What to expect during the Gowanus Canal cleanup

Posted on November 18, 2020

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Op-Ed | Green spaces are necessary for New York City’s recovery from COVID-19

Posted on November 16, 2020

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Brooklyn

Feds launch long-awaited dredging of Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal

Posted on November 16, 2020

Lower East Side

Nearly $10 million renovation gives Lower East Side residents a greener park

Posted on November 11, 2020

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City Planning Commission approves highly controversial Special Flushing Waterfront District Proposal

Posted on November 5, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Biden walks past solar panels in Plymouth

Politics

Analysis: Sustainable investing advocates hope for friendlier U.S. rules if Biden wins

Posted on November 2, 2020

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Queens

Work to revitalize Queens’ Hallets Cove waterfront set to begin this winter

Posted on October 26, 2020

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Elected officials say ‘frack that’ to gas pipeline in Brooklyn

Posted on October 19, 2020

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Brooklyn

Anti-fracking activists break into Brooklyn pipeline construction site once again

Posted on October 16, 2020

Brooklyn

Four chained demonstrators arrested in Brooklyn anti-gas pipeline protest

Posted on October 15, 2020

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City agency claims outreach ongoing to vagrant vendors at East Village junk market

Posted on October 15, 2020

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn residents say that torn up turf field in Williamsburg is ‘downright dangerous’

Posted on October 15, 2020

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‘Art Attack’ offered fleeting protest of controversial East River Park resiliency project

Posted on October 14, 2020

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Queens

Lawmakers in Queens call for new environmental review of Rockaway development

Posted on October 13, 2020

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Hudson River Park adds three more food scrap composting sites to the park

Posted on October 6, 2020

Flames appear on a hillside during the Elkhorn Fire near Red Bluff

Showers bring relief to fire-ravaged Oregon as death toll rises in California

Posted on September 19, 2020

Smoke from wildfires shrouds Seattle

Search for survivors is on as wildfires torch millions of acres in U.S. West

Posted on September 13, 2020

FILE PHOTO: 2019 World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos

Politics

Former VP Gore says Trump is putting ‘knee on the neck of democracy’

Posted on August 25, 2020

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You can make your case for or against proposed LaGuardia Airport AirTrain

Posted on August 22, 2020

More from around NYC

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Mayoral candidate Michael Blake qualifies for $2M in matching funds just days before primary

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Mother and baby sprayed with unknown substance during M train assault in Long Island City: NYPD

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‘Undeniably Jonathan’: Arts Gowanus celebrates artist Jonathan Blum’s 60th birthday with retrospective art show

Mayor Eric Adams on NYC Pride, his LGBTQ record, gender-affirming care, and more