Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Climate emergency

Talking Headways Podcast: The Heat is On

By Jeff Wood | Aug 8, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Dr. V. Kelly Turner, director of urban environment research at UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation, to talk about how to think differently about urban heat, how to measure it properly, and how to regulate it.

Holland Tunnel traffic inbound from New Jersey. Tolling of the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels would divert east-west auto and truck trips to the Cross-Bronx Expressway and other highways north of mid-Manhattan. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

OPINION: The Port Authority’s Car Dependence Is Killing Our Climate-Change Goals

By Bob Previdi | Jul 29, 2021 | No Comments

If the New York metro area is to decarbonize, the bi-state agency should lead the effort. But can it wean itself off tolls and parking fees?

The relatively private, public beach at 131st Street. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Residents of Rockaways Enclave Oppose Better Access To Their ‘Semi-Private’ Public Beach

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 26, 2021 | No Comments

Locals say that federally mandated ramps and a boardwalk will spoil their little oasis.

Study: Suburban Living is the Worst for Carbon Emissions

By Kea Wilson | Jul 12, 2021 | No Comments

Does a city dweller who eats at trendy restaurants every night generate more carbon emissions than a suburbanite with a backyard garden? The answer might surprise you.

Yesterday at the 157th Street station on the 1 train. Photo: SubwayCreatures

Friday’s Headlines: Drowning in Denial Edition

By Streetsblog | Jul 9, 2021 | No Comments

The only story yesterday was the flash flooding the crippled the city ... and Eric Adams's reaction to it. Plus the other news (yes, there was some).

Multi-State Climate Plan Fails To Please All Advocates

By Ethan Goffman | Jul 6, 2021 | No Comments

The latest version of a multistate plan to lower transportation emissions represents an improvement, but still doesn't go far enough on environmental-justice issues, some advocates say.

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