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Activists Disrupt Occidental Petroleum CEO’s Interview at New York Times Climate Event

The move is part of a string of similar disruptions targeting appearances by oil company representatives and government leaders at Climate Week NYC.

By Keerti Gopal, Jake Bolster

A group of activists with Climate Defiance take the stage during the New York Times’ Climate Forward event on Wednesday. Credit: Ken Schles/Climate Defiance
Streets were flooded in South Williamsburg as Tropical Storm Ophelia hit the city on Sept. 29, 2023. Credit: Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY

How New York City Has Lost Out on $4.2 Billion in State Green Bonds

By Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY

Strikers with Fridays for Future marched from Foley Square in Manhattan to Borough Hall in Brooklyn, New York City. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

New York City Youth Strike Against Fossil Fuels and Greenwashing in Advance of NYC Climate Week

By Keerti Gopal

For years, the Goodyear chemical plant in Niagara Falls, N.Y., has been releasing large quantities of a carcinogen with the state's knowledge. Regulators say they're working on a solution, but some wonder why it's taking so long. Credit: Emyle Watkins/WBFO

A Dangerous Chemical Is Fouling Niagara Falls’ Air. New York State Hasn’t Put a Stop to It

By Jim Morris and Emyle Watkins

The steady increase in harmful algal blooms has spurred residents and officials around Owasco Lake to develop proposed enforceable rules to minimize the phosphorous and nitrogen runoff from farms in their watershed. Credit: New York Department of Environmental Conservation

Algal Blooms Ravaged New York’s Finger Lakes During Final Week of August

By Peter Mantius

A residential area is seen flooded during a winter storm in Queens, New York on Dec. 23, 2022. Credit: Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images

NYC Environmental Justice Activists Feel Ignored by the City and the Army Corps on Climate Projects

By Lauren Dalban

A view of the Greenidge Generation Bitcoin mining facility and Dresden power plant along Seneca Lake in Dresden, New York. Credit: Lauren Petracca/Earthjustice

Greenidge Sues New York State Environmental Regulators, Seeking to Continue Operating Its Dresden Power Plant

By Peter Mantius

State Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference on Feb. 16 in New York City. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

New York’s Green Amendment Would Be ‘Toothless’ if a Lawsuit Is Tossed Against the Seneca Meadows Landfill for Allegedly Emitting Noxious Odors

By Peter Mantius

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks to reporters after a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House on July 3. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Gov. Hochul Ponders a Relaxation of Goals Under New York’s Landmark Climate Law

By Peter Mantius

Since June, the Summer of Heat has organized more than 18 protests against Wall Street for its role in fueling climate change. In recent weeks, law enforcement has responded to some activists with more serious charges. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

An Activist Will Defy a Restraining Order to Play a Cello Protest at Citibank’s NYC Headquarters Thursday

By Keerti Gopal

Advocates rallied for the Green Amendment at New York State Capitol in Albany two weeks before the Rochester appeals court decision. Credit: Green Amendments For The Generations

A New York Appellate Court Rejects a Broad Application of the State’s Green Amendment

By Peter Mantius

Agata Poniatowski, Billion Oyster Project’s public outreach program manager, points out the different marine organisms on an oyster cage at WNYC Transmitter Park in Brooklyn. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

For Marine Species Across New York Harbor, the Oyster Is Their World

By Lauren Dalban

A great egret is seen in flight over the grassy marsh of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in New York City. Credit: Tim Farrell/NPS

New York City’s Marshes, Resplendent and Threatened

By Lauren Dalban

A view of the marshes of Udall’s Cove Park and Preserve in Little Neck, Queens. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

New York’s Marshes Plagued by Sewage Runoff and Lack of Sediment

By Lauren Dalban

New York officials are cleaning up the former Ithaca Gun Factory site that's contaminated with trichloroethylene, or TCE, a known human carcinogen that's been linked to an increased risk of Parkinson's disease. Credit: Walter Hang

New York Regulators Found High Levels of TCE in Kindra Bell’s Ithaca Home. They Told Her Not to Worry

By Jordan Gass-Poore'

Maya van Rossum led environmental activists at the New York State Capitol on Friday demanding enforcement of the state's Green Amendment. Credit: Caroline Gutman/Inside Climate News

New York’s Green Amendment Guarantees the Right to a ‘Healthful Environment.’ Activists Want the State to Enforce It

By Peter Mantius

A black-crowned night hero is seen in the New Jersey Meadowlands. Credit: Courtesy of Teresa Doss

Attacked on All Sides: Wading Birds Nest in New York’s Harbor Islands

By Lauren Dalban

The nuisance of long-haul garbage trucks have led towns and villages across the Finger Lakes to pass resolutions opposing a bid to expand the state’s largest landfill. Credit: Caroline Gutman/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In New York’s Finger Lakes Region, Long-Haul Garbage Trucks Trigger Town Resolutions Against Landfill Expansion

By Peter Mantius

A woman gets water from a fountain in Manhattan as a heat wave blankets New York City on June 21. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

How To Survive a Heat Wave on a Fixed Income

By Gautama Mehta, Grist

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