City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York City
‘Bad for Business’: What Trump’s Plan to Halt Offshore Wind Means for New York’s Economy
Trump’s decision to halt new permits for offshore wind and pause construction of New York’s Empire Wind project puts thousands of local jobs at risk, and jeopardizes the promise of a $12 billion economic boost to the state.
If New York makes the five offshore wind solicitations it has in the pipeline a reality, it would "support more than 6,800 jobs" with average salaries of approximately $100,000 per year, according to state authorities. "We can debate science or even the climate crisis but saying no to a project like this that is already underway is just bad for business," said Esther Rosario, executive director of the labor union coalition Climate Jobs NY.
As State Budget Falls Short On Climate, Lawmakers Make Final Push for Packaging Reduction Bill
“This is the moment for New York to do something big,” said Judith Enck, founder of Beyond Plastics. She’s among those pushing state lawmakers to pass a bill requiring companies to redesign the products they sell in New York—an effort to slash plastic waste—before their session ends in June, despite significant corporate lobbying against the proposal.
Opinion: One Way To Stop The Rats? Turn Away From Fines.
“A system that centralizes fines ignores two crucial facts about our rodent crisis: rats do not abide by property boundaries and many homeowners are asset rich but cash poor, and do not have the resources to pay for either the fine or the requested intervention,” writes Councilmember Crystal Hudson.
