Energy & Environment

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

Albany’s environmental agenda

Addressing water quality, offshore drilling – and plastic bags.

By REBECCA C. LEWIS

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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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Energy & Environment

NYC failed to enforce water tank law, council health chair finds

After neglect was exposed, seven reform bills are being debated.

By FRANK G. RUNYEON

Policy

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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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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

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