new york city, Tag

...they are unnecessarily alarming people by not looking at real world timelines of actual sea level rise such as The Battery tide gauge right there at the tip of Manhattan Island.

Put short, policymakers ignore the importance of the gas pipeline system at our extreme peril.

As far as I can tell this legislation only provides street cred for politician target constituencies and does nothing but get in the way of the people who are trying to get things done. 

...many extreme weather events hinge on random factors, with climate change's effects relatively small compared to the random variations inherent in our complex atmospheric system.

You're in New York City, standing among tall buildings reaching for the sky. You see steel and concrete, brick and asphalt. Pavement, metal and people everywhere. But one building is stretching up above you positively covered...

I remember looking for vegan food in Las Vegas 20 years ago and being reduced to eating a Subway salad. Things have come a long way since then. Vegas vegan Diana Edelman can take some of the credit for recent improvements...

Further, if hundreds of NYC buildings were to suddenly depend on electric heat, I have no faith in the city grid to rise to that level of demand.

Charlotte of the Upper West Side sounds like a fabulous new play by that trendy new writer, but actually, the real Charlotte is even more interesting. This is the first condo in all of New York City to be certified by the...

New York City-based vegan cheese brand RIND announced that its fine vegan cheese will be entering dairy cases at Whole Foods Market in New York City. This announcement marks tremendous growth not only for RIND, but for vegan...

Queens, New York will soon have the country’s largest composting program. Starting October 3, 2.2 million New Yorkers will automatically have weekly pickup service for yard debris, food scraps and food-soiled paper products.[...]

Queens, New York will soon have the country’s largest composting program. Starting October 3, 2.2 million New Yorkers will automatically have weekly pickup service for yard debris, food scraps and food-soiled paper products.[...]

A cartoon pig being slaughtered on an assembly line. Quotes from philosophers about the suffering of critters. These aren’t your usual big-money New York billboard campaigns. But these artists aim to raise awareness of...

The tenth annual NYCxDESIGN Festival will run May 10-20 this year, attracting thousands of creative folks to New York City. Expect design fairs, group exhibitions, and consulates organizing events to celebrate the innovations...

A team of professionals, including architects, designers and construction contractors, have been selected by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development to redesign and develop the East Harlem Multi-Service...

Property-owners prepare to comply with ambitious laws to cut carbon as compliance dates loom.