During full and new moons, when tides get higher than normal, water from the basins that surround the neighborhoods of Old Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach flood into the streets and the homes of the residential area in South Queens. The flooding now happens at least twice a month.
Read More“This is the blueprint, it's the beginning. Those who fail to plan, plan to fail – we've seen the impacts of climate change from Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Ida and basically the report is Queens’ response.”
Read MoreAs part of the massive NY and NJ Harbor & Tributaries Focus Area Feasibility Study, the Army Corp of Engineers is considering a possible storm surge gate in the area around Newtown Creek in Western Queens. But some local groups believe the project may cause adverse issues.
Read MoreA Queens lawmaker is calling on the city to bring back its widely successful composting program in the World’s Borough after the pilot program was put on pause for the winter last month.
Read MoreShould a rotting rail line snaking through Central and South Queens be resurrected as a park or a new subway line? Queens has its answer – for now.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams both celebrated the dedication of Queens residents who they said stepped up, showcasing the resilient spirit of New York.
Read MoreA group of elected officials are urging the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation to take a closer look at the borough’s flood risk as they map out the future of green energy throughout New York.
Read MoreThe National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are offering a reward to find whoever is behind a series of theft and destruction in protected bird nesting areas on Queens’ beaches.
Read MoreA waterfront clean-up nearly a decade in the making is almost complete.
Read MoreNew York State has given approval for an energy storage project in Astoria, opening the door to the next steps in the city’s journey away from fossil fuels.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams visited a co-op in Forest Hills on Friday to celebrate Earth Day with the launch of a new campaign to promote clean energy swaps in buildings.
Read MoreQueens Borough President Donovan Richards assembled his own Queens version of the Planeteers Thursday to announce the first-ever advisory board focused solely on equipping the borough for the climate crisis.
Read MoreParadise Community Garden in Jamaica is getting help from a nonprofit to continue their work in the Southeast Queens community.
Local union leaders joined advocates and Councilmember James Gennaro to call for the approval of a project to bring hydropower from Canada to Queens .
Read MoreQueens is one small part of New York City’s waterfront, but portions of the old infrastructure keeping the element at bay — like a bulkhead at 29th Street —are starting to crumble.
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