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Climate Change
getting around
Jan. 25, 2023
An EV in Every Driveway Is an Environmental Disaster
We can’t lithium mine our way out of climate crisis.
By
Alissa Walker
urban fauna
Jan. 20, 2023
There Are Dolphins in the Bronx River
Maybe you don’t want to swim there, but the Parks Department says it’s good news.
By
Zach Schiffman
energy
Jan. 17, 2023
Get Ready to Be Propanefluenced
It’s more than HGTV hosts. Meet the #vanlife, #cottagecore, and #milkmaid influencers boosting liquefied petroleum gas.
By
Zach Schiffman
public art watch
Dec. 6, 2022
Mashed Potatoes Meet Monet
Climate activists have been celebrated for defacing great paintings. Why?
By
Jerry Saltz
jackson water crisis
Sept. 9, 2022
‘I Remember This Happening As a Little Girl and We’re Still Dealing With It’
Living through Jackson’s perpetual water crisis.
As told to
Alissa Walker
getting around
July 19, 2022
We’ve Surrendered the Subway to the Flood
The water is winning.
By
Clio Chang
private jets
Mar. 2, 2022
Russian-Oligarch Jet Tracker — Now Featuring Emissions!
A Florida teen understands the connection between kleptocracy and climate catastrophe better than most.
By
Alissa Walker
climate change
Jan. 15, 2022
New York’s Storm Chasers Don’t Have to Go to Kansas Anymore
A small community of weather enthusiasts has plenty to document close to home.
By
Clara McMichael
flooding
Oct. 29, 2021
New York Needs to Become a City That Floods Now and Then
Climate-justice scholar Kian Goh on New York’s challenges nine years after Sandy.
By
Alissa Walker
environment
Oct. 28, 2021
The Single Sentence That Could Upend the Environmental Fight in New York
The constitutional amendment on the ballot could protect the state’s air and water. Eventually.
By
Caroline Spivack
housing
Oct. 27, 2021
There Are 30,000 Basement Apartments the City Doesn’t Know About
More than 5,000 are in East New York.
By
Caroline Spivack
hurricane ida
Oct. 14, 2021
New York Doesn’t Need Its Own Forecast. It Needs a Forecast Communicator.
“It’s very clear that the blatant breakdown of communication is what needs to be adjusted.”
By
Alissa Walker
climate change
Sept. 20, 2021
‘That’s What Hurt the Most: The Things You Can’t Replace’
Five East Elmhurst residents on what they lost to Hurricane Ida.
By
Valeria Ricciulli
infrastructure
Sept. 17, 2021
Climate Change Is Putting More Poop in New York’s Waters
A crappy side effect of all this rain.
By
Lauren Vespoli
streets
Sept. 14, 2021
We’re Falling Short on Even the Simplest Fix for Storm Flooding
Plugged-up drains should be the most straightforward problem to solve, and the city can’t keep up.
By
Diana Budds
hurricane ida
Sept. 10, 2021
What Went Wrong With NYC’s Emergency Alerts, and How Can We Do Better?
Contextual warnings, explicit directions, and better outreach before the storm could all help.
By
Alissa Walker
climate change
Sept. 2, 2021
Scenes from Ida’s Chaotic, Tragic Night in New York City
The bus driver stuck in raw sewage, a delivery worker who biked through a foot of water, and other stories from the flood.
getting around
Sept. 2, 2021
How Does An Elevated Highway in New York City Even Flood?
It’s a road that’s above ground. Shouldn’t it drain?
By
Alissa Walker
housing
Sept. 2, 2021
Those Flooded Basement Apartments are a Deadly Part of the Housing Crisis
The most dangerous place to be last night was on the ground floor.
By
Kim Velsey
street view
Sept. 2, 2021
To Stop Flooding, New York Needs Spongy Streets
The city does the equivalent of mopping up an overflowing toilet with a rock. We have alternatives, and should use them.
By
Justin Davidson
climate change
Sept. 2, 2021
New Orleans’s Levees Held Up This Time — But That’s Not Enough
No matter how tall you build a wall, a flood can go higher.
By
Jake Bittle
congestion pricing
Aug. 26, 2021
What It Will Take for Kathy Hochul to Get New York’s Congestion Pricing Right
Looking to other cities for good ideas and potential pitfalls.
By
Alissa Walker
makeovers
Aug. 12, 2021
How I Greened My Prewar Co-op Building (It Wasn’t Easy)
A climate economist overhauls his own leaky, 200-year-old co-op.
By
Gernot Wagner
parks and recreation
Aug. 11, 2021
I Tackled My Climate Anxiety by Becoming a Parks Department Super Steward
One weed at a time.
By
Stephanie Foo
engineering
Aug. 9, 2021
Collapsed Surfside Towers Actually Broke Building Code From the Very Beginning
“Flawed from day one,” reads the Miami Herald report.
By
Alissa Walker
department of education
July 23, 2021
The Green New Deal for Public Schools Goes Way Beyond Classrooms
Including fruit trees, solar panels, lead-free pipes, and community-resiliency centers.
By
Diana Budds
climate change
July 9, 2021
Subway Flooding Is Here to Stay
During intense rainfall in the city, water can end up just about anywhere.
By
Willy Blackmore
miami building collapse
June 29, 2021
Why Did the Surfside Condo Towers Collapse? Here Are All the Theories.
The best guesses about what brought down the building.
By
Alissa Walker
maga in miami
June 8, 2021
In Sinking Miami, the GOP Tries to Admit It Has a Climate Problem
The MAGA base remains unconvinced.
By
Bill Kearney
power
May 28, 2021
Can Millions of New Ford F-150 Trucks Become a Clean-Energy Storage Grid?
When there’s a big battery in every garage, solar power can flow all night.
By
Alissa Walker
climate change
May 21, 2021
The Straightforward Way to Make California’s Wildfires Less Deadly
State senator Henry Stern proposes a simple plan: Don’t build houses where they’ll burn.
By
Alissa Walker
our climate
May 21, 2021
Is This Concrete’s Breakthrough Moment?
New technology could turn it from a climate problem into part of the climate solution.
By
Paola Rosa-Aquino
our climate
May 17, 2021
What If New York Stopped Knocking Down Buildings?
A vast amount of captured carbon would stay where it is.
By
Justin Davidson
cityscape
May 11, 2021
New York’s First Climate Adaptation Battle Is Here
The city wants to bury East River Park to save it.
By
Keith Gessen
developments
Apr. 20, 2021
Climate-Change-Related Lawsuit Nixes Huge California Development
Not in my backyard, says Planet Earth, backed by a judge.
By
Alissa Walker
perseverance
Feb. 19, 2021
Landing a Rover on Mars Proves We Have the Smarts to Fix Earth
If we can master interplanetary, zero-emission transportation, are high-speed trains and EVs really too hard?
By
Alissa Walker
climate change
Dec. 23, 2020
Biden’s Climate Team Is a Bigger Deal for Cities Than Any Cabinet Appointment
A little help for mayors who said they could reduce emissions themselves.
By
Alissa Walker
street view
Dec. 16, 2020
‘You’re Walking Backwards’: The $6 Billion Venice Floodgates May Not Be Enough
Proposed decades ago, they were not built for the coming sea rise.
By
Justin Davidson
climate change
Nov. 9, 2020
California’s Gas-Car Ban Could Go Nationwide — But Still Doesn’t Go Far Enough
It’ll take more leverage than even one huge state can apply, and it has to happen much faster than 2035.
By
Alissa Walker
whut
Oct. 22, 2020
Trump Keeps Talking About ‘Tiny Windows,’ And No One Knows What He Means
Make fenestration great again?
By
Alissa Walker