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Really great investigation by my colleagues at @insideclimatenews.org !
Texas has no regulations to protect workers from the state’s blistering heat and overturned city ordinances that required rest breaks. What does that mean for workers in one of the hottest parts of the country? @keertigopal.bsky.social and I spent months investigating for @insideclimatenews.org (1)
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Really great investigation by my colleagues at @insideclimatenews.org !
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Many New York City co-op apartments may struggle to comply with a law that requires reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. City leaders are looking for ways to help.
How City Leaders in New York Plan to Help Co-Op Buildings Reduce Emissions - Inside Climate News
NYC’s Local Law 97 requires large buildings to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, but the mandate carries a hefty price tag and technical complications for some residents.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Many New York City co-op apartments may struggle to comply with a law that requires reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. City leaders are looking for ways to help.
ICN Sunday Morning is now on Spotify! open.spotify.com/show/1GIHC9q...
ICN Sunday Morning: What’s Happening at COP30
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November 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
ICN Sunday Morning is now on Spotify! open.spotify.com/show/1GIHC9q...
“I don’t believe that they are a partner of our community, I think it’s a mega-corporation—I think they’re here to extract resources from us. … They represent their best interests, which are their stakeholders and their customers.”
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A Data Center Could Be Coming to an Upstate New York Town, and Residents Are Speaking Out - Inside Climate News
The town board in Lansing is considering a temporary ban on large-scale development that could delay construction.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“I don’t believe that they are a partner of our community, I think it’s a mega-corporation—I think they’re here to extract resources from us. … They represent their best interests, which are their stakeholders and their customers.”
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🚨Election Thread🚨
What do yesterday's elections mean for climate change, clean energy, and other environmental questions? Our partner reporters have answers.
Starting with @fieseler.bsky.social on New Jersey:
What do yesterday's elections mean for climate change, clean energy, and other environmental questions? Our partner reporters have answers.
Starting with @fieseler.bsky.social on New Jersey:
In a boost for offshore wind, New Jersey elects Mikie Sherrill
The pro-renewables Democrat won the gubernatorial race against a rival who vowed to ban turbine construction off the state’s coast.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🚨Election Thread🚨
What do yesterday's elections mean for climate change, clean energy, and other environmental questions? Our partner reporters have answers.
Starting with @fieseler.bsky.social on New Jersey:
What do yesterday's elections mean for climate change, clean energy, and other environmental questions? Our partner reporters have answers.
Starting with @fieseler.bsky.social on New Jersey:
It was 10 p.m. on election night. Twenty minutes prior, most news organizations had called the NYC mayoral race for state assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, a previously obscure politician who rose to power through an unrelenting campaign for affordability.
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NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani to Face Pressing Climate, Environment Issues - Inside Climate News
Zohran Mamdani will need to enforce the city’s building decarbonization law, enact his green school policy and handle the climate change-related issues residents often face—like flooding and extreme h...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It was 10 p.m. on election night. Twenty minutes prior, most news organizations had called the NYC mayoral race for state assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, a previously obscure politician who rose to power through an unrelenting campaign for affordability.
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NEW from @insideclimatenews.org:
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
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Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
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November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
NEW from @insideclimatenews.org:
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
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Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
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For years, residents of 12 low-lying blocks in New York City—nicknamed The Hole—dealt with flooding in their streets and homes. Now, the city finally has a long-term plan to fix that. insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...
New York City Unveils Plan for Flood-Prone Neighborhood Nicknamed ‘The Hole’ - Inside Climate News
A small neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens floods often. The city has finally mapped out a solution to the problem.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
For years, residents of 12 low-lying blocks in New York City—nicknamed The Hole—dealt with flooding in their streets and homes. Now, the city finally has a long-term plan to fix that. insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...
The city's climate issues will outlive the next mayor’s term and that of many that come after him. But where are we now on flood protection, building decarbonization, and air pollution?
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With a Mayoral Election Coming Up, This Is Where NYC Stands on Climate Action - Inside Climate News
The city’s mayoral race has justifiably been about housing and affordability. But flood protection, building decarbonization and air pollution will still be challenges for New York’s next mayor.
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September 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The city's climate issues will outlive the next mayor’s term and that of many that come after him. But where are we now on flood protection, building decarbonization, and air pollution?
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"The area around Newtown Creek—the small stream that separates Brooklyn and Queens—is over 8 degrees hotter than the average surface temperature across the city." — @laurendalban.bsky.social
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Broiled by Heat Waves, Residents of the Concrete Jungle Suffer - Inside Climate News
The urban heat island effect is in full force this summer. Adaptive architecture and street trees can help.
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August 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"The area around Newtown Creek—the small stream that separates Brooklyn and Queens—is over 8 degrees hotter than the average surface temperature across the city." — @laurendalban.bsky.social
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When they were signed into law in 2019, New York’s climate targets were ambitious. Now, it seems, they were also unrealistic. The people who pay the price are often the low-income New Yorkers who struggle to afford the state’s high utility bills.
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New York Can’t Meet Its Ambitious Climate Targets. Maybe the Plan Was Doomed From the Start - Inside Climate News
As progress stalls, disadvantaged communities continue to struggle with high utility bills.
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August 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When they were signed into law in 2019, New York’s climate targets were ambitious. Now, it seems, they were also unrealistic. The people who pay the price are often the low-income New Yorkers who struggle to afford the state’s high utility bills.
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"It’s a rogues’ gallery of polluters that have lined up to oppose the bill," Enck says. @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @nyassemblymajority.bsky.social: Put #NewYork over industry profits. Pass the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act. @insideclimatenews.org @laurendalban.bsky.social
New York City Has a Trash Problem. A Packaging Reduction Bill Could Help - Inside Climate News
A proposal in the state Legislature that would require a steep drop in non-recyclable packaging faces fierce opposition from businesses that would have to meet new package and recycling demands.
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June 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"It’s a rogues’ gallery of polluters that have lined up to oppose the bill," Enck says. @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @nyassemblymajority.bsky.social: Put #NewYork over industry profits. Pass the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act. @insideclimatenews.org @laurendalban.bsky.social
NYS officials seem poised to allow the expansion and construction of gas projects that will push more gas into the city, all while local and state laws are supposed to move the region towards a renewable future.
This could have far-reaching implications.
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This could have far-reaching implications.
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Gas Leaks Can Have Significant Spillover Impacts on Neighboring States, Study Finds - Inside Climate News
New York is poised to see an expansion of its gas infrastructure. This could have far-reaching implications.
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June 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
NYS officials seem poised to allow the expansion and construction of gas projects that will push more gas into the city, all while local and state laws are supposed to move the region towards a renewable future.
This could have far-reaching implications.
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This could have far-reaching implications.
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New York is home to four of the largest bitcoin mines in the country. Some miners are enticed by the state’s decommissioned or low-use power plants, which they buy and connect to their computers, often running those power plants all day, every day.
New York Bitcoin Miners Are Buying Up Power Plants—and Communities Are Fighting Back - Inside Climate News
Local laws, moratoriums and lawsuits are curbing the expansion of bitcoin mines in New York. But what about the ones already operating?
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May 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
New York is home to four of the largest bitcoin mines in the country. Some miners are enticed by the state’s decommissioned or low-use power plants, which they buy and connect to their computers, often running those power plants all day, every day.
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As the EPA works to roll back multiple public-health protections, it announced Monday that it intends to take action to combat toxic forever chemicals. Advocates are skeptical.
EPA Says It Will Act on PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals.’ Advocates Raise Red Flags - Inside Climate News
The announcement emphasizes research, failing to mention ongoing litigation and existing regulation.
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April 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
As the EPA works to roll back multiple public-health protections, it announced Monday that it intends to take action to combat toxic forever chemicals. Advocates are skeptical.
Offshore wind is an important part of the state's climate goals, and NYC's vision for a green economy. Last week, the Trump administration halted a crucial offshore wind project off the coast of Long Island.
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Trump Administration Halts Construction on New York Offshore Wind Project - Inside Climate News
Empire Wind 1’s developer says it is considering its legal remedies. New York, meanwhile, needs renewable energy projects to meet its climate goals and to ensure the continued growth of green job oppo...
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April 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Offshore wind is an important part of the state's climate goals, and NYC's vision for a green economy. Last week, the Trump administration halted a crucial offshore wind project off the coast of Long Island.
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The climate-smart farming grants that I wrote about last month were officially cancelled by the Trump Administration yesterday. Many New York farmers I spoke to were excited about these grants and the changes they would be able to make to their farming practices.
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April 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The climate-smart farming grants that I wrote about last month were officially cancelled by the Trump Administration yesterday. Many New York farmers I spoke to were excited about these grants and the changes they would be able to make to their farming practices.
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New York, NY--More diesel trucks are on the streets, and their destinations are often warehouses located in historically disadvantaged areas.
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The Online Shopping Boom Comes at a Price—and Some New Yorkers Pay More Than Their Fair Share - Inside Climate News
NEW YORK—Package deliveries in New York City are booming, bolstered by the pandemic and online shopping, with 80 percent of households in New York City receiving a package a week, according to the Off...
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March 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
New York, NY--More diesel trucks are on the streets, and their destinations are often warehouses located in historically disadvantaged areas.
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Modeling by the Natural Resources Defense Council found that at least 60 percent of individual wetlands are left unprotected after the Supreme Court ruling.
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New Study Shows Extreme and Far-Reaching Impacts of Sackett Ruling on Federal Wetland Protections - Inside Climate News
Modeling by the Natural Resources Defense Council found that at least 60 percent of individual wetlands are left unprotected after the Supreme Court ruling.
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March 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Modeling by the Natural Resources Defense Council found that at least 60 percent of individual wetlands are left unprotected after the Supreme Court ruling.
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Agriculture is an industry rife with risk, particularly for small, family-run farms. The new administration has frozen funds that were promised to New York farmers for infrastructure projects and the adoption of sustainable practices, leaving many in the lurch.
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Small New York Farms Suffer as Federal Funds Freeze - Inside Climate News
A federal climate-smart fund was a boon for farmers seeking to update their businesses with sustainable approaches—until the Trump administration suspended the money flow.
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March 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Agriculture is an industry rife with risk, particularly for small, family-run farms. The new administration has frozen funds that were promised to New York farmers for infrastructure projects and the adoption of sustainable practices, leaving many in the lurch.
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On Friday, scientists rallied across the U.S. and beyond against the Trump administration’s “unprecedented” attacks on science. “Millions can and do die. That’s what happens when you deny science on a national scale.”
Taking It to the Streets: Scientists Mobilize to Fight Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Anti-Science Agenda - Inside Climate News
Scientists turned out at rallies from coast to coast and in Europe to “Stand Up for Science,” revitalizing a movement to defend scientific integrity that started during Trump’s first term.
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March 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
On Friday, scientists rallied across the U.S. and beyond against the Trump administration’s “unprecedented” attacks on science. “Millions can and do die. That’s what happens when you deny science on a national scale.”
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Experts say firing NOAA experts will erode quality of hurricane forecasts and undermine projections foe dangerous climate extremes. insideclimatenews.org/news/2802202...
Experts Say Attempted Mass Firing of NOAA Workers May be Illegal and Threatens Public Safety - Inside Climate News
Weather forecasters, climate modelers, glacier scientists and crew members on research ships received termination emails, while a federal judge simultaneously ordered the Trump administration to resci...
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March 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Experts say firing NOAA experts will erode quality of hurricane forecasts and undermine projections foe dangerous climate extremes. insideclimatenews.org/news/2802202...