It’s early in the process, and a lot of voices still must be heard, but so far the proposal to rezone the Queens community appears to have received a more positive reaction than any previous de Blasio planning initiative.
Along Newtown Creek and Jamaica Bay, decades of work are slowly restoring neglected waterways. Now comes a new challenge: Making sure New Yorkers can use those liquid assets in harmony with industry and nature.
Many city property owners see a source of greener power in that ball of fire 93 million miles away. The risk of a fire closer to home, however, can make it problematic to erect solar panels on many buildings.
It’s not that unions can’t get behind steps to save the planet. It’s that they can’t endorse policies that don’t also create good jobs.
New York State has a huge opportunity to take on the big oil companies and take leadership in the fight to protect our planet and our communities: the New York State Climate and Community Protection Act.
Maps and data show South Brooklyn to be vulnerable to storm surges and challenged by poverty, the legacy of racism and more. What maps don’t show is how residents are organizing to protect themselves and the planet.
The state’s senior senator believes the nuclear plant should never have been built but says it can’t be shut down now because of a lack of replacement power. In fact, an environmental advocate writes, cleaner energy is out there.
New York charted a new path to energy efficiency, using “on-bill financing” so low-income homeowners could get retrofits they couldn’t afford up front. But utility companies, lenders and ratings companies all made demands and decisions that made the approach a poor fit for households of limited means.
The next installment in our new opinion series credits the mayor bold promises to reduce the risk of climate change but wonders whether his policies are keeping up.
The ongoing climate talks in Paris are about a threat to life as we know it that’s easily as grave as the one posed by ISIS, if not as immediate.
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