Energy & Environment

Opinion

'Beneficial electrification' doesn’t benefit consumers or environment

To address Con Ed’s moratorium on new natural gas hookups in Westchester, the PSC wants to reduce demand with energy efficiency and electrification of heating, but the latter will increase costs and climate pollution, writes Manhattan Institute economist Jonathan Lesser.

New York City

Opinion

New York City should require green roofs

Urban farms, reduced pollution, lower energy costs, even sound-proofing – what’s not to like?

Health Care (Archived)

Policy

Setting the Agenda 2019

With Democrats in control in Albany, here’s an in-depth rundown of what’s up for debate.

Energy & Environment

Policy

Albany’s environmental agenda

Albany's environmental agenda in 2019 will focus on water quality, offshore drilling and plastic bags.

Energy & Environment

Policy

Could New York go carbon free by 2050?

The Climate and Community Protection Act could transform New York’s energy market.

Infrastructure

Personality

Julie Tighe on ditching government to save the environment

Julie Tighe left the Department of Environmental Conservation to run the New York League of Conservation Voters.

Eric Adams

Opinion

How NYC can take a bite out of climate change

New York City can fight climate change by minimizing meat’s carbon footprint.

New York City

Opinion

New York City’s transit decay impedes achieving climate goals

To reduce emissions, New York City mass transit must attract more riders through better service.

Andrew Cuomo

Policy

How to get to ‘50 by 30’

Is New York on pace to generate half its electricity from renewables by 2030?

New York State

Policy

The Long Island outlook

The biggest Long Island projects and policy matters in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Energy & Environment

Policy

The latest investigation of NYC’s private sanitation industry

Monday's story by ProPublica and Voice for America focuses on the bad behavior and political connections of Sanitation Salvage

Criminal Justice

Politics

2018 Session Countdown

Election season is heating up across the state, but there's still work to be done in Albany.

New York City

Politics

Lawmakers criticize city for water tank neglect

Mark Levine, Ritchie Torres and Corey Johnson list fixes for “broken” drinking water oversight

Andrew Cuomo

Opinion

Seismic testing threatens New York waters

Seismic testing threatens New York waters even before offshore oil and gas drilling begins.

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the leftest of them all?

Cynthia Nixon is trying to get to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s left. But is there any space there?

Politics

Health Care

A status update on Staten Island’s biggest projects and toughest challenges

Staten Island’s biggest projects and toughest challenges

Energy & Environment

Policy

Can New York keep climate change at bay?

A discussion on sustainability with New York City and state's leading environmental officials.