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Canarsie

As Sandy anniversary nears, Canarsie celebrates completion of Fresh Creek Coastal Resiliency Project

By Caroline Ourso

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Gowanus

‘A very strong partnership’: Gowanus Mutual Aid, NYCHA tenant leaders, and pols team up on food giveaways

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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A decade after Sandy, $52 billion climate vulnerability plan would bring flood gates, sea walls to Brooklyn’s coastal nabes

By Ximena Del Cerro & Kirstyn Brendlen

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Greenpoint

National Grid gets chilly reception at Greenpoint Energy Center rate case hearings

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Tree pruning in Brooklyn and Queens axed since last year due to alleged insurance scam

By Ben Brachfeld

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‘A threat to our livelihoods:’ Ahead of National Grid hearings, BK pols urge action against new gas vaporizers

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Mayor Eric Adams holds onto the device.

PoliticsNY

On one-year anniversary of Ida, Adams unveils new measures to mitigate flooding from future storms

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Too darn hot: East Flatbush tops list of vulnerable nabes in need of Cooling Centers, comptroller says

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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PoliticsNY

NYCHA to get advanced HVAC system to reduce greenhouse gas

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Hochul signs greenhouse gas reduction bills, updating building codes and allowing thermal energy development

By Ben Brachfeld

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Restler urges state Climate Action Committee to take drastic action in final plan

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Experts weigh in on Brooklyn’s journey to embracing renewable energy at Brooklyn Energy Summit

By Ximena Del Cerro

The site of the proposed geothermal hotel.

Bushwick

City’s first geothermal powered hotel to rise in Bushwick

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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Exhibit exploring NYC’s history of sanitation on display at Floyd Bennett Field

By Jessica Parks

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New exhibit, ‘Our Voices Seen and Heard,’ celebrates 50 years of environmental activism in Greenpoint and Williamsburg

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Contentious Coney Island Creek ferry project on pause as EDC fast-tracks oceanside study

By Jessica Parks

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EPA, electeds left in the dark on construction at toxic Gowanus Brownfield site as developer seeks to avoid 421-a deadline

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Dozens of new bioswales installed in flood-prone Brooklyn nabes

By Ben Brachfeld

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Bay Ridge

Locals cut green ribbon on Bay Ridge Greenmarket, back for 15th season

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Meteorologists expect another ruinous hurricane season for NYC, eastern seaboard

By Ben Brachfeld

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Suspect in the Bronx who attempted to shoot woman dead

Brush with death: Bronx woman left traumatized after stranger tried to shoot her in the head on street