The combination of a pandemic and extreme heat this summer is a perfect storm, as major economic losses and high unemployment rates make it hard to afford energy bills for cooling and high-risk groups face additional health concerns.
A broad coalition is calling for aggressive moves—from the ballot box to city maps—to defend the region against sea-level rise and coastal storms.
‘Protecting Black and brown communities calls for an overarching approach that addresses everything from economics, health care and education to law enforcement and even the very air we breathe.’
Budget cuts and delays in the planning process or construction on work threaten to bog down plans that critics thought were too limited to begin with.
City Limits is teaming up with newsrooms around the country to survey the mental-health impacts New Yorkers have felt from climate disasters like Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Maria and more.
‘The terrible COVID-19 epidemic shows that unlikely catastrophic events occur if we wait long enough and do not take proactive measures to reduce the risks of such events.’
The report, prepared for an environmental group, comes as National Grid begins a series of public meetings about its strategy for meeting what it says will be significant growth in natural-gas demand.
‘Rather than waiting for the next disaster to happen, we must shift our focus from conducting emergency repairs to proactively building resilient infrastructure.’
A changing climate could mean challenges for the global food supply. It could also bring storms that impact major distribution centers, or your corner supermarket.
Stakeholders in big real estate, landlords and environmental advocates remain unsure how long it will take for take for the city to release recommendations on how to slash carbon emissions by 40 percent before 2030.
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