Canva How New York City feels about climate change Stacker compiled statistics about how people in New York City feel ...

At the state level, New York’s 2019 Climate Act requires New York to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030 and 85% by 2050 from 1990 levels.

The state of New York has done this phenomenally well. In New York City alone, climate startups earned $664 million in venture or growth funding in 2023, creating more than 133,000 jobs.

Emissions from transportation, New York’s largest single source of climate pollution, have hardly moved. In 1990, New York’s transportation emissions amounted to 70 million tons of carbon dioxide.

The Climate Resilient New York Act would promote a lasting impact, not a reactive, short-term fix. With the passage of this act and advancement of a resilience plan, ...

Parts of New York state, New Jersey and Connecticut are similarly battling blazes. The Jennings Creek wildfire, burning on the New York-New Jersey border, has burned more than 5,000 acres and ...

On Dec. 26, 2024, following in Vermont’s footsteps, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act, S2129B/A3351B (“the act”), into law in New York.

Today Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act into law, making New York the second state in the nation to require fossil fuel companies to pay for climate damages. The law will ...

Four municipalities in Central New York have been awarded over $600,000 to support climate change adaptation and greenhouse gas mitigation projects. More than $7.3 million in funding to ...