Queens buildings receive low scores on new database, but so did almost everyone else
/“We must meet our aggressive climate change goals, and these new digital tools put information in the hands of the public and building owners to make that a reality.”
Read MoreRavenswood Generating Station on track to become a renewable energy hub
/“We have experienced the horrors of environmental injustice. We have lived under the shadows of the smokestacks.”
Read MoreCitywide flood-resilient zoning changes pass in Council
/“New York City has an obligation to transform its relationship with water.”
Read MoreBin there, done that: NYC set to reinstate curbside compost collection
/"Huzzah, the brown bins are back!"
Read MoreAstoria school buses get lift from EPA in quest to scrap old diesel engines
/"The rebates provide children with a safe and healthy way to get to school.”
Read MoreNew York gives Queens CUNYs cash to meet green energy goals
/"The more efficiently our facilities are constructed and rehabilitated, the more we reduce our carbon footprint.”
Read MoreAOC reintroduces Green New Deal to kick off Earth Week
/“The Green New Deal has three core components: jobs, justice and climate.”
Read MoreQueensbridge solar program powers homes and job prospects
/“Green energy jobs will grow and this has positioned the NYCHA residents for more opportunities in the future.”
Read MoreDe Blasio urges New York to kill Astoria peaker plant plan
/“We must break our addiction to fossil fuels.”
Read MoreAdams says he’ll turn NYC into a wind energy manufacturing hub
/“There is no reason New York City shouldn't be a leader in wind power.”
Read MoreNYC leaders urge feds to kill Williams Pipeline once and for all
/“We take climate change seriously.”
Read MoreQueens deserves better than a new peaker plant
/We can't afford to keep burning gas and oil and hoping for a better result
Read MoreNYC council passes bill to score sustainability of city-funded projects
/“As a city on the sea, we are literally on the front lines of the fight.”
Read MoreCity Planning Commission approves NYC coastal resiliency plan
/“ZCFR is a game-changer for the residents and businesses who call New York City’s floodplain their home.”
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