Good News Governors Island to be site of $700 million climate campus A “living laboratory” for climate solutions will rise on the idyllic 172-acre island off Lower Manhattan, led by Stony Brook University.
Impactscommons.wikimedia.org Katharine Mach, Galen Treuer: We need to rethink how to adapt to the climate crisis What we’re doing now is not early enough.
Impacts www.nytimes.com Michael Kimmelman: A climate center on Governors Island is just what New York needs A rezoning proposal that has been floating around is finally up for city review. This kind of development is just what New York needs now.
Resilience www.nytimes.com New York City wants to put a climate change 'laboratory on Governors Island The island, which has an unusual history and considerable real estate potential, could host a complex devoted to climate policy under the plan, which is in its early stages.
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
