Offshore wind in New York once looked breezy but is now facing headwinds. Wind turbines soon to begin construction miles off the coast have the potential to deliver significant amounts of clean, electric power to the state, staving off blackouts in the future as the need for electricity increases and greening New York City’s grid, […]
Environment
Posted inNYCHA
Electric Heat Pumps Get Warm Reviews at Queens Public Housing Development
Woodside Houses residents say the eco-friendly alternatives to steam radiators have served them well through the winter.
Posted inUtilities
Con Ed Wants to Raise Your Bill — Again
A proposed $2 billion rate hike has Gov. Hochul demanding a redo, and the utility giant says rising property taxes and other costs necessitate higher charges to energy consumers.
Posted inEnvironment
Green Lawmakers Pressure Hochul to Speed up Action on Climate Act
In a replay of congestion pricing delays, the governor buys more time on long-postponed measures to roll out greenhouse gas controls.
Posted inEnvironment
Rats! Global Study Finds Rodent Boom Linked to Climate Change in NYC and Beyond
Urban ecologists looked at 16 cities from Tokyo to New Orleans and found New York City had the fourth-highest rat population increase.
Posted inTrump istration
Federal Frenzy Puts Public Housing Funding and Nonprofit Grants in Question
The viability of apartments for more than half a million low-income New Yorkers relies on federal dollars that the Trump istration has vowed to reexamine and potentially revoke.
Posted inHow to New York
Where Does NYC’s Recycling Go and How Much Really Gets Reused, Anyway?
Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.”
Posted inHow to New York
Recycling in NYC Is Easier Than You Think: A Guide for the Confused
Where do pizza boxes go? What exactly is rigid plastic? How clean do empty jars need to be? Relax, experts say.
Posted inThe Bronx
New Fridge Units Planned for Hunts Point as Congestion Pricing’s Clean Air Efforts Kick In
These are the first of the MTA promised pollution mitigation measures to make up for additional traffic neighborhoods outside of the Central Business District.
Posted inEnvironment
These Brooklyn Homeowners Couldn’t Afford to Go Green. Then Help Arrived.
EnergyFit, a collective run by three borough-based organizations, aims to repair and retrofit dozens of two- and three-family properties in the span of two years.