Climate science is clear: Floodwaters are a growing risk for many American cities, threatening to displace not only people and housing but also the land-based pollution left behind by earlier industrial activities.
Saying the dawn of robust renewable energy production can happen in Sunset Park, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer pushed a multi-million dollar investment to upgrade port infrastructure to support offshore wind development.
Climate change activists around the city, including the leader of a Sunset Park group, are praising a decision by the de Blasio administration to divest $5 billion in pension holdings from companies dealing in fossil fuel.
