Impactscommons.wikimedia.org Why is New York still building on the waterfront? There are two simple reasons. One, it makes money. And two, people just love water.
Solutions Photo by Mitch Fox on Unsplash How ‘cool roofs’ can help fight climate change Painted rooftops reflect the heat instead of absorbing it, reducing the need for air-conditioning and cutting greenhouse gases.
Solutions www.nytimes.com 7 reasons recycling isn't working in New York City New York recycles only about a fifth of its trash, lagging other major cities and slowing its quest to reduce waste and fight climate change.
www.nytimes.com Five years after Sandy, are we better prepared? While much of New York City’s battered infrastructure has been repaired and even improved, most long-term resiliency measures are still years away
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
Trump administration halts work on national climate report, dismissing hundreds of volunteer scientists
