Since heat is the #1 weather related killer, we will continue Heat Safety Awareness today.
— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) May 30, 2020
Our first topic is the Heat Index: what exactly is it? When the atmosphere is dry, it FEELS COOLER. When it's more humid, it FEELS WARMER. This graphic explains why. pic.twitter.com/48glWGVEDG
Climate change is happening now + climate migrants soon will be your fellow Americans
First look at financial promises + program goals of the EU-wide green economic recovery plan
Keeping a climate-dubious promise, NY's giant Indian Point nuclear power plant begins its end-of-life shut down
Feeling cooped up? Caged? Thoughts on racism, environmentalism + birdwatching in Central Park
Take these NYC or national urban parks surveys about what matters to you during the pandemic
...Doesn't mean it will get done in the post-pandemic recession -- or what are the odds for compliance with NYC'S building energy law?
A new project earns students community service credits for translating climate change documents to help spread the word + boost youth mobilization
"The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy + individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, + of the technique of life", Georg Simmel, The Metropolis + Mental Life
.@jparnell_gtm has more details on this project: https://t.co/MwfAxx08jd
— JustinGerdes (@JustinGerdes) May 26, 2020
Demand grows for Mayor De Blasio to speed up + expand his Open Streets promise. It's a key to NYC's pandemic recovery
Data from 38 cities shows urban bike share programs increase bike commuting
One Columbia sustainability professor's account, take heart
Resilience, inclusiveness + climate-forward should be the three pillars of Europe's pandemic recovery strategy
What comes after wind farms? in Denmark it's offshore wind 'islands'
With the OK of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, the final parcel of land to complete the Brooklyn Bridge Park is acquired
In asserting the requirements of its 2019 climate action statute, NY leads on new legal ways to stop natural gas pipelines
Climate hawk R.L. Miller elected to the Democratic National Committee, targets its low-performing leadership
12 books on climate activism that belong on your reading list
...To the question will the pandemic-induced drop is CO2 emissions fend off a climate crisis?
Durability is key to accelerating the uptake of solar-sourced power + Australian researchers take the lead
Con Edison commits $1.5 billion in incentives to encourage NY customers to install air or ground source heat pumps to help cut carbon emissions from utility consumption of natural gas
"What, me worry?" sums up views on COVID-19 + climate risks for a segment of American males
Coronavirus could be slamming the door on a car-free future. https://t.co/6YIEubYaQa
— grist (@grist) May 19, 2020
Americans' climate anxiety has not been diminished by the COVID-19 pandemic
Relying on both the federal Clean Water Act + a state climate law enacted in 2019, New York denies a permit for a natural gas pipeline project for fracked gas coming from Pennsylvania, NJ nixes project too
With ultra stressed NY health care providers seeking breaks on their utility bills, the state's clean energy/energy efficiency fund would shrink
What can two climate and energy journalists with different POV's agree on?
Wind power’s towering future — a single full-sized wooden turbine would avoid the 2,000 tons of carbon emissions produced by making a steel analog.
NY's array of small, but highly polluting "peaker" power plant emissions now will be included in the state's annual carbon report tally
Nina Chen fills the newly-created position of Sustainability and Climate Initiatives Director at the NYS Department of Financial Services
A new climate tracker report by the NY League of Conservation Voters finds that since Mayor De Blasio entered office in January 2014, NYC has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by a scant 3%. At this rate, what will it take for the City to meet its 80% cuts by 2050?