Environment

For over a decade, New York has worked to bring wind power jobs to Staten Island as part of an ambitious plan to establish the state as the biggest hub of offshore wind. A centerpiece of the effort, situated in the southwest of the island, is the Arthur Kill Terminal (AKT), an envisioned staging and […]

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Should you be worried about climate change? The answer used to be debatable—literally. Way back in 2007, NPR aired a debate over the proposition that “Global Warming Is Not a Crisis.” The panel had six commentators, divided equally into two sides. […]

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Should you be worried about climate change? The answer used to be debatable—literally. Way back in 2007, NPR aired a debate over the proposition that “Global Warming Is Not a Crisis.” The panel had six commentators, divided equally into two sides. […]

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This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In March, President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk appeared on the lawn of the White House to show off a line of electric vehicles, transforming, for a moment, the commander in chief into the car salesman in chief. Five months later, […]

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