Energy & Environment

Policy

Setting the Agenda 2019

With Democrats in control in Albany, here’s an in-depth rundown of what’s up for debate.

By CITY & STATE

Policy

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Trashcan with sign "Keep New York Clean" on a street of Manhattan.

Energy & Environment

Albany’s environmental agenda

Addressing water quality, offshore drilling – and plastic bags.

By REBECCA C. LEWIS

Policy

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Currently, New York only uses 3 percent wind energy.

Energy & Environment

Could New York go carbon free by 2050?

The Climate and Community Protection Act could transform New York’s energy market.

By SUSAN ARBETTER

Policy

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Julie Tighe left the DEC to run the League of Conservation Voters.

Interviews & Profiles

Julie Tighe on ditching government to save the environment

Tighe left the DEC to run the New York League of Conservation Voters.

By REBECCA C. LEWIS

Personality

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Opinion

How NYC can take a bite out of climate change

Two proposals to help minimize meat’s carbon footprint.

By ERIC ADAMS, JUSTIN BRANNAN

Opinion

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A D train entering the Smith St. station in Brooklyn with the Manhattan skyline in the background.

Commentary

New York City’s transit decay impedes achieving climate goals

To reduce emissions, mass transit must attract more riders through better service.

By ANDY DARRELL

Opinion

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Energy & Environment

How to get to ‘50 by 30’

Is New York on pace to generate half its electricity from renewables by 2030?

By KAY DERVISHI

Policy

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A bunch of solar panels collaged together

Energy & Environment

Can New York meet its own energy initiatives?

We speak with state leaders to assess the governor’s ambitious effort to shift to renewables.

By KAY DERVISHI

Policy

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo addresses the media after a tugboat rammed a fuel terminal pier near Bayonne, N.J., causing an oil spill into the Upper Bay of New York Harbor in 2016.

Energy & Environment

Cuomo banned fracking. But is he still vulnerable on natural gas pipelines?

Cynthia Nixon tries to ride the environmentalist tide that propelled Zephyr Teachout in 2014.

By JUSTIN SONDEL

Policy

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Policy

The Long Island outlook

The biggest projects and policy matters in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

By KAY DERVISHI, MAX PARROTT

Policy

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