New York City

Short circuits

Our old electric grid is no match for our new green energy plans 4
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago To understand how electricity gets from a coal plant or wind turbine to our living rooms and cubicles, Amanda Little descended below the heaving streets of Manhattan for a first-hand look at the power grid. It wasn't pretty -- and it doesn't bode well for our transition to a clean energy future.
OUTFLANKED

‘No compromise’ faction attacks climate bill 104
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago Acolytes of climatologist James Hansen are not happy with the climate legislation coming out of Washington. And boy do they have some strange ways of showing it.
No, Impact, Man

No Impact Man talks about making an impact 3
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago A conversation with Colin Beavan on life after the No Impact year and why everyone should be nicer to him.
Wait, there were highlights?

Umbra’s top ten Climate Week moments 1
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago Harrison Ford’s new earring, origami rainforests, flash mobs, crackdowns, Survivaball-wear, and so much more! Umbra Fisk does NYC’s Climate Week. Don’t miss her 10 Best Moments from the Big Apple’s climatic extravaganza.
Umbra’s top ten Climate Week moments 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Wake up, yo!

Flash mobs barrage Obama and other world leaders with calls for climate action 1
Posted 2 months ago
Around 30 people gathered at Union Square in Manhattan at 12:18 pm on Monday to make simultaneous cell-phone calls to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, asking them to support a strong international treaty to slash greenhouse-gas emissions and stop global warming. The event, organized via text messaging, was part of a global Climate Wake-up Call to world leaders, with similar gatherings happening at 12:18 PM local time in more than 2200 locales in 128 nations.
Up in Rupert's business

Yes Men pranksters make fake New York Post about real climate emergency 0
Posted 2 months ago
More culture jamming fun from The Yes Men: A fake (but true!) edition of the New York Post helps kick off Climate Week NYC.
Ad Nauseum

NYC warns residents: “Don’t Drink Yourself Fat” 6
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
New York City has decided that if they can't tax your soda, they'll go after your appetite instead.
Meet the star of ‘No Impact Man’: No Impact Woman 3
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Michelle Conlin is the real star of the No Impact Man movie, dragged by her husband into a year of eco-asceticism. The whole arrangement is an elaborate publicity stunt, but it works on the screen.
Spokespeople

Climate Riders use pedal power to raise awareness 0
Posted 3 months ago
How far would you go to fight climate change? Hundreds of cyclists will pedal from New York City to Washington, D.C., in late September to do just that.
Smarter cities

The 15 most sustainable U.S. cities 28
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
Seattle is the most sustainable big city in the nation, according to a list compiled by Smarter Cities, an NRDC project that looks at the progress American cities are making toward going green. Find out which other 14 cities made the list.
Hawkarazzi

Urban hawks take flight on New York’s Upper West Side 0
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Reason No. 137 that I love commuting by bike in New York City: I get to watch baby hawks go to flight school.
NYC's Newest Farm

Three-acre organic farm appears in the middle of New York Harbor 2
Posted 5 months ago
The sustainable garden with the most exclusive real estate in Washington is no doubt the one at the White House. The sustainable farm with the most exclusive view in New York City is the one that opened on Governors Island last week.
Desert Blooms

NYC sends veggie carts to underserved areas—and they’re a hit 6
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
New York City took a baby step recently towards a state role in distributing healthy food. It significantly expanded a program to bring fruit and vegetable "carts" to low-income neighborhoods that good food options -- so-called "food deserts." And if the early response is any indication, the program looks to be a rip-roaring success.
Strengthening the Movement by Shrinking It

An interview with the innovators behind ioby.org 0
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Can small-scale, local giving have a large-scale environmental impact? The anti-NIMBY activists behind the first green micro-lending site think so. Stephanie Ogburn reports.
Green Theatre: Taking Off Broadway Off Coal

An interview with playwright and director about bringing mountaintop-removal coal on stage 0
Posted 6 months ago
Sarah Moon and Stephanie Pistello answer a few questions on their cutting-edge theatre collective and "Light Comes" play.
Radiant Cities: Getting (Retro)Fit

In some cities, the greenest buildings are already built 0
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Forget cars and cow farts -- one of the biggest climate villains is inefficient buildings. Lisa Selin Davis explains what New York and other urban areas are doing to fix that.
Radiant Cities: Project Robinhood

New York City’s plan to make luxury affordable 0
Posted 7 months ago
With the Big Apple's real-estate bubble officially burst, some city officials want to convert empty condos into low-income housing.
How many LEDs does it take to light up the Earth? 0
Posted 7 months ago
Earth Day in Times Square 0
Posted 7 months ago