Adams launches push for green buildings in Queens
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Mayor 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.
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BP assembles environmental group to lead Queens’ climate efforts
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Queens 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 MoreJamaica community garden gets funds to help grow
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Paradise Community Garden in Jamaica is getting help from a nonprofit to continue their work in the Southeast Queens community.
Gennaro calls for PSC to approve Canadian energy connection
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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 MoreNewtown Creek collapse renews request for revitalization
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Queens 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.
NRG Astoria plant appeals hearing draws opposition
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During an appeals hearing Queens residents, environmental advocates and lawmakers once again condemned the proposal to upgrade the NRG Energy gas power plant in Astoria.
Read MoreLawmakers urge clean energy investment in Queens
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Federal legislators and local environmental justice leaders gathered Friday to discuss the future of green policies in Queens - and how they can best serve the communities most impacted by policies of the past.
Advocates call on Hochul to speed up electric school bus timeline
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In the heart of what has been dubbed “Asthma Alley,” members of the ElectrifyNY coalition and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards called on Hochul to accelerate New York’s timeline for procuring an all-electric fleet.
Read MoreJamaica Bay cleanup yields 800 pounds of trash
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Dozens of environmentally conscious volunteers gathered for a Jamaica Bay cleanup during the first weekend in February, collecting hundreds of pounds of garbage.
Read MoreParks and DOT announce preliminary Queens greenway plan
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The Destination: Greenways! study makes it abundantly clear that this project can increase critical access in Brooklyn and Queens and make greenways safer and more inviting for New Yorkers.”
Read MoreMaloney launches plan to ban fossil fuel plants in Queens
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Queens elected officials and advocates braved the cold Monday to announce their next legislative steps to combat New York City’s contributions to the climate crisis next to a neighborhood so affected by air pollution it has been nicknamed “Asthma Alley.”
LaGuardia Community College to launch offshore wind training
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"Building an inclusive offshore wind workforce will allow us to ensure that low-income communities of color and other communities that have been left behind in the past have a chance to lead the green economy of the future."
Read MoreSt. John’s receives NYSERDA funding for energy projects
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"At St. John's University, we believe that sustainability is a long-term shared responsibility to help meet the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations.”
Read MoreWeird turtles, bullfrogs rescued from Queens park
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“We love that this story has a happy ending, but this is a perfect opportunity to remind all New Yorkers that dumping domestic animals in a New York City park is illegal.”
Read MoreDEC rejects Astoria power plant upgrade
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“Let this be a statement of what our policy should be as we fight the ravages of the climate crisis.”
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