NY Comptroller DiNapoli commits the state's $226.4 billion pension fund investments to carbon neutrality by 2040. Bill McKibben hails this as a 'huge win' for climate action
The International Capital Markets Association has developed Green Bond Principles, Social Bond Principles, Sustainability Bond Guidelines + Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles that establish a global framework for sustainable bond issuance
Is Trump holding congestion pricing in NYC hostage? Does bear poop in the woods?
With the nomination of Xavier Becerra as head of the Health + Human Services Department, environmental health justice gets spotlighted for the Biden Administration
What's the point of a geothermal microgrid? Two Massachusetts pilot projects will answer that question
A fracked-gas pipeline project is almost complete in North Brooklyn, but the final phase is delayed. Is local project opposition the cause?
"The bicycling boom that began in June continued through October...During the month of October, bike volume on the four East River bridges in DOT’s count totaled 638,042, an increase of more than 173,000 from last year.
The number of bikes crossing the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge rose 50% to nearly 174,000 this October, as volume rose 40% on the Williamsburg Bridge and 36% on the Manhattan Bridge.
Volume was up by 7% on the Brooklyn Bridge in October, reversing year-over-year declines in the prior three months."
Bach + Paul Simon, as melded by The Knights of NYC
To act on the mantra "electrify everything", its costs must be made affordable for all homes, but how?
Isn't it time to wave hello to tide power?
Are there pathways toward changing hearts + minds in communities opposed to hosting renewable energy facilities?
The Obama way is not the way for Biden to undo Trump's climate chaos