As President Obama and world leaders meet to try to hammer out a binding agreement to lower carbon emissions, here is the local angle on global warming.
As world leaders gather in Paris for crucial talks about climate change, it might be time for U.S. residents to think about the issue in my personal terms.
It’s common on the streets of New York to see new neighborhoods rising from old ones. Along the eastern shore of Staten Island, however, a very different process is now underway.
In places like Sheepshead Bay, people who repaired their own homes after the storm but didn’t take steps to deal with new flooding risks may have to leave for as long as six months so the structures can be elevated.
The city is pursuing a “no regrets” policy. But some think a plan to retreat is needed.
WNYC and City Limits teamed up last month for a series of radio stories and investigative articles on the city’s water system. Now, like a great summer beach-read that’s been turned into a blockbuster movie, the entire project has been produced as an hour-long special.
There’s no need to wait for the United Nations conference later this year to take real steps to stave off climate change. The City Council is considering a set of meaningful proposals.
A school goes veggie, New York gets hotter and Google becomes an even bigger part of our lives—all that and more in our weekly roundup of ICYMI reads.
Snapshot of the week 12/2/14
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Community organizations stepped in where government failed after the 2012 storm. Now, the authors write, the de Blasio administration should partner with local groups to develop plans for the next weather emergency.
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