air pollution

NYC is phasing out fuel oil in buildings. Incentives exist, but many holdouts say switching to cleaner heating alternatives comes with too much red tape.

Greenidge Generation, a cryptocurrency farm housed in a natural gas plant, has remained open while it appeals a denied air permit. It now faces questions around its water permit and its potential destruction of aquatic wildlife.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has deployed an air monitoring program that uses retrofitted cars to spit out pollution data in real time.

The annual State of the Air report once again gave failing grades to ozone levels in Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx and Suffolk County. But Staten Island managed to improve to a D.

Neighborhoods once considered ‘unfavorable’ for home loans are more polluted than average.

The site may also be eligible for federal funds, including a recent influx of $3.5 billion to the Superfund Remedial Program from the bipartisan infrastructure law, which President Biden ratified in November 2021.

Despite declining pollution levels, two recent studies published found urban air is still a health hazard for city dwellers.

COVID-19 has pushed all of us to wear face coverings to mitigate the spread of the virus. But that habit may help reduce exposure to air pollution inside NYC's train stations.

If passed, establishments using coal ovens would be required to drop thousands of dollars on air filter systems for the ovens.

The improvements have prevented 800 deaths and 2,000 emergency room visits each year.