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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Energy & Environment

New York OceanGrid

Offshore Wind Transmission Infrastructure to Lower Costs and Build an Industry

By KEVIN KNOBLOCH, PRESIDENT OF NEW YORK OCEANGRID®

Policy

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Vicki Fuller of the New York State Comptroller's office, in 2013.

Energy & Environment

Former state pension fund manager takes fossil fuel post

Vicki Fuller now works for a company the fund invested in.

By REBECCA C. LEWIS

Policy

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Black bags of trash on sidewalk in New York City street waiting for service trash truck.

Energy & Environment

The latest investigation of NYC’s private sanitation industry

ProPublica and Voice for America report on the bad behavior and political connections of Sanitation Salvage.

By JEFF COLTIN

Policy

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Energy & Environment

Is Exxon Mobil the next Philip Morris?

NYC is suing oil companies for damage caused by climate change. Will it work?

By JOHN LIGHT

Policy

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The drinking water supply for offices of the New York City Department of Sanitation doesn’t even have a roof – just a tattered tarp.

Energy & Environment

Lax oversight, dubious testing in water tanks pose health risks

Cockroaches. Pigeons. Rats. They could be in your water – and NYC wouldn’t know.

By FRANK G. RUNYEON

Policy

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Energy & Environment

Could sports betting fund clean water investments?

Kaminsky: Critical infrastructure projects need a creative solution.

By FRANK G. RUNYEON

Policy

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Energy & Environment

Long Island Republicans might support Cuomo’s offshore drilling ban

Protecting the oceans is popular in the region that may determine the future of the state Senate.

By GRACE SEGERS

Policy

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