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The Meta Betties

Arts & Entertainment

Art and advocacy: Inside the Meta Betties’ gallery at The Oculus

Posted on April 17, 2024

Times Square Alliance

Times Square Alliance & Broadway Green Alliance to host annual Broadway Celebrates Earth Day Concert

Posted on April 17, 2024

state of the borough

QNS

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards delivers ‘State of the Borough’ address, focuses on green energy projects, hydroponics labs and affordable housing

Queens Post

Astoria students learn about drones and green energy jobs at STEM event

Why is the EPA regulating PFAS and what are these ‘forever chemicals’?

Posted on April 12, 2024

bqe rally

Brooklyn Paper

Environmental justice coalition criticizes planned BQE overhaul, demands community-led transformation

Rendering of Willets Point

Queens

The final goal: Willets Point plan for new NYCFC soccer stadium and hundreds of affordable apartments gets City Council approval

Posted on April 11, 2024

Astoria Post

Mayor’s Office launches new interactive map to tackle environmental inequity in NYC

richmond hill high school

QNS

Richmond Hill High School partners with New York Sun Works to launch Hydroponics Lab, cultivating sustainability education

EARTHQUAKE FALLOUT: 27 aftershocks following Friday quake that shook up New York City

Posted on April 6, 2024

Thousands attended the Sukura Matsura Cherry Blossom festival at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Here’s where you can see the cherry blossoms bloom in New York City this spring

Posted on March 26, 2024

City Parks Department Commissioner Sue Donoghue.

Politics

City budget talks: Council gives Mayor Adams’ team an earful on potential impact of Parks Department cutbacks

Posted on March 21, 2024

Staten Island man throws pizza slice over City Hall gate

Staten Island man flings pizza at City Hall to make point about environmental rules

Posted on March 21, 2024

climate innovation hub at Brooklyn Army Terminal

Brooklyn Paper

City begins search for contractors to develop and operate $100M Climate Innovation Hub in Sunset Park

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Bronx Times

Mayor Adams announces $77M plan to boost city’s electric school bus fleet, build nation’s first truck charging depot in Hunts Point

South Fork Wind

Dan’s Papers

South Fork Wind Whirls Into History Off Montauk

Gary Francis looking at Gowanus Canal

Brooklyn Paper

Frustrated by lack of water quality data, citizen scientist Gary Francis monitors the Gowanus Canal himself

HEAT Act rally

Brooklyn Paper

Advocates say proposed HEAT Act could reduce Brooklynites’ utility bills

135 Kent Avenue

Brooklyn Paper

‘A big relief’ for Kent Avenue tenants after DEC stops construction on Brownfield site

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EXCLUSIVE: City Council set to pass bill requiring cruise ships connect to shore power while idling – or sail away

Posted on March 6, 2024

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Dan’s Papers

Fresh Air: NY Revises Contracts to Bolster Offshore Sunrise Wind Farm Developers

Mayor Adams reveals new 'greencollar' jobs plan for city

Brooklyn Paper

Mayor Eric Adams reveals new ‘green-collar’ jobs plan

Upper West Side

The death of Flaco: How did the escaped Central Park Zoo owl that captured a city’s heart die?

Posted on February 26, 2024

Offshore wind organization celebrates Engineers Week with NYC students.

Brooklyn Paper

Offshore wind organization celebrates Engineers Week with NYC students

Weather

It’s time for Northeast to prep for floods like those that hit this winter. Climate change is why

Posted on February 16, 2024

QNS

New bill targets RV and mobile home removal from residential streets in NYC

red hook houses

Brooklyn Paper

Red Hook Houses gets $1.3M FEMA grant for Sandy-related repairs

New York City Manhattan panorama

Waterfront Alliance prepares NYC communities for climate change with Climate Informed Communities initiative

Posted on February 6, 2024

digester eggs at newtown creek wastewater treatment plant

Brooklyn Paper

National Grid’s ‘first of its kind’ fuel project at Newtown Creek treatment plant draws ire over cost, delays and malfunctions

Who freed Flaco? One year later, eagle-owl’s escape from Central Park Zoo remains a mystery

Posted on February 1, 2024

New York train station under water due to climate change

Waterfront New York train stations could be underwater even on sunny days by 2050s thanks to climate change

Posted on January 31, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

City to invest $100M in new Climate Innovation Hub at the Brooklyn Army Terminal

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Weather

NYC snowless streak hits 700 days after brief snow ‘squall’ doesn’t accumulate

Posted on January 14, 2024

New Yorkers walk amid dreary winter storm, snowless streak

SNOWLESS IN THE CITY: NYC’s nearly two-year streak continues after weekend storm proves more wet than wintry

Posted on January 7, 2024

New Yorkers fall during wet snow period in evening winter storm

WEATHER ALERT: Winter storm that could finally snap NYC’s two-year snowless streak set to arrive this afternoon

Posted on January 6, 2024

‘You are the father!’ Maury Povich declares to Denver Zoo orangutan

Posted on December 25, 2023

man chipping tree at mulchfest

Brooklyn Paper

Cedar later! Say goodbye to your old Christmas trees at Mulchfest 2023

Commuters drive the Cross Bronx Expressway on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023.

Bronx Times

Feds announce $150 million for new bus, pedestrian and cyclist lanes on the Cross Bronx

Atlas (left) and Reed (right)

Pets

Meet Governors Island’s newest working dogs who will keep geese at bay

Posted on December 19, 2023

Politics

Local Law 97: Environmentalists split as Adams admin rolls out finalized rules for landmark climate law

Posted on December 18, 2023

Flooded street during storm in Brooklyn

WEATHER ALERT: Big coastal storm set to dump lots of rain and heavy wind around NYC

Posted on December 17, 2023

trash

QNS

Queens council member warns of overflowing trash cans at city parks due to Mayor’s budget cuts

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QNS

Op-ed: The better path to environmental sustainability for co-op, condo owners

US moves to protect wolverines as climate change melts their mountain refuges, threatens extinction

Posted on November 30, 2023

lawmakers in front of amazon e-commerce warehouse in red hook

Brooklyn Paper

Lawmakers say influx of e-commerce warehouses has spiked greenhouse gas emissions in Red Hook, urge regulation

A population of hard-to-eradicate ‘super pigs’ in Canada is threatening to invade the US

Posted on November 23, 2023

UBS Arena Islanders Shoresy Fall Classic

UBS Arena unveils new sustainability agenda to enhance Long Island, Queens border for 2nd anniversary

Posted on November 21, 2023

newtown creek with bridge

Brooklyn Paper

Oil slicks and ‘black mayonnaise’: 45 years after historic oil spill, Newtown Creek is still recovering

More from around NYC

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At Home to close Bronx location at Bay Plaza after filing for bankruptcy

amtrak

Jamaica station could become Amtrak’s second NYC stop under new proposal

NY: Stop Super Speeders Act -Rally

Street safety advocates urge Assembly to pass Stop Super Speeders Act

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Jason E. Bernard, Thank You For Coming Out