carbon emissions

Draft rules proposed by the Adams administration include loopholes that could allow wealthy building owners to pay their way out of making the necessary retrofits for energy efficiency.

"It puts more of a burden on New York — puts more of a burden on 49 other states."

Greenidge Generation, the natural gas-fueled facility, is supposed to close under the decision. But its owners plan to keep operating, as they fight for an appeal.

New York’s natural gas provider says it is transitioning to “biogas” naturally released from landfills, wastewater or cow farms. But would the project reduce carbon emissions, or is it full of manure?

The New York City Comptroller’s office has released a climate dashboard to help residents and decision-makers track the metro area’s progress on global warming mitigation efforts and extreme weather preparedness.

Big buildings across the city will have to reduce emissions 40 percent by 2030.

City agencies purchase at least 1.1 million pounds of single-use plastic foodware every year.

'This should not be a partisan issue, this is about our constituents and all of our lives,' Representative Ocasio-Cortez said.

Spoiler: It already is.

"We are now exceeding by an order of magnitude the rate of carbon release during one of the most remarkable global warming events in Earth's history."