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Snakes, spores and sewage: Life in the N.Y.C. neighborhood ‘the Hole’
The small neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens has a colorful history but an uncertain future because of climate change.
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David Wallace-Wells: The age of the urban inferno is here
Increasingly, fires emerging hotter and more intense from the natural landscape are burning human structures not as collateral but as fuel
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How New York City’s trees and shrubs help clear its air
As advocates are pushing the city to plant more trees, new research shows the role of urban greenery in absorbing carbon emissions.
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The climate impact of your neighborhood, mapped
Where and how you live shapes your household’s contribution to climate change. Explore differences across the nation.
The climate impact of your neighborhood, mapped
Where and how you live shapes your household’s contribution to climate change. Explore differences across the nation.
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With leaps and bounds, Parkour athletes turn off the lights in Paris
As an energy crisis looms, nimble young activists are using superhero-like moves to switch off wasteful lights that stores leave on all night.
How California’s bullet train went off the rails
America’s first experiment with high-speed rail has become a multi-billion-dollar nightmare. Political compromises created a project so expensive that almost no one knows how it can be built as originally envisioned.
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