07/13/2022Make NYC a sponge: Report calls for green infrastructure to protect from extreme rainfallSI Advance: When the remnants of Hurricane Ida barreled through New York City, Staten Island saw levels of rainfall not witnessed in recent …
07/12/2022City’s latest plan to face down flooding: Inflatable dams, sandbags to at-risk homesNY1: Darinko Mrvica and his family have lived in his well-manicured brick home in Whitestone, Queens, for 40 years. The basement floods abou…
07/09/2022City Releases ‘Band-Aid’ Plan for Coping With Heavy RainfallCity Limits: The Adams administration released a plan Thursday to address heavy rainfall in the immediate lead-up to and aftermath of an ext…
07/08/2022Rainproofing New York City is an achievable goalNY Daily News Opinion, by Amy Chester and Lot Locher: Last summer, back-to-back heavy rainfalls broke two records 10 days apart, leaving 13 …
06/16/2022‘We’re going to help people’Longmont Times-Call: The Boulder County commissioners this week approved an initial slate of 10 projects to address disparities exposed by t…
06/06/2022Will New Yorkers Vote “Green” This Fall? The $4.2 Billion Environmental Bond Act, ExplainedExaminer Plus: In November, New York voters have the opportunity to greenlight a landmark $4.2 Environmental Bond Act, which, if approved, w…
05/12/2022Cities Brace for Apocalyptic Flooding As New Age of Super Storms DawnsNewsweek: There are a million ways to die in New York City but drowning in a rainstorm is not something many New Yorkers have ever worried a…
05/09/2022Longmont early childhood village part of American Rescue Act proposalsLongmont Leader: A $1.5 million infusion of “seed money” for an early childhood community village in southeast Longmont is one of the propos…
05/09/2022Boulder County hears proposals for $63M in federal relief moneyDaily Camera: Providing direct cash assistance to low-income families, investing in affordable housing projects and creating a mental health…
04/13/2022How Extreme Weather Has Created a Disaster for School InfrastructureWashington Post: When last summer’s devastating flood put the town of Waverly, Tenn., underwater, Richard Rye was standing on the roof of th…
03/17/2022Can oysters save New York City from the next big storm?On a recent Saturday afternoon, diners at the Brooklyn restaurant Grand Army slurped oysters drizzled in mignonette and lemon juice against …
03/08/2022Lessons from New York: What makes a community turn against climate adaptation?Grist: Robert Moses, the public official responsible for transforming much of New York City’s landscape in the 20th century, built East Rive…
03/04/2022Moveable Flood Gate Installed at East Side Coastal ResiliencyCommissioner Thomas Foley of the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced that the first massive gate that will help protec…
02/13/2022Environmental Bond act supporters: Thousands more jobs created by increasing planSpectrum News: Thousands of additional jobs would be created by adding $1 billion in borrowing to a proposed bond act meant to harden infras…
01/13/2022A new mayor, a new approach to climate?NY DAILY NEWS OPINION: It’s a new day — or so they say when there is a new mayoral administration ready to take hold of what the last has no…
12/29/2021NEW YORK CITY ANNOUNCES THE MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR FINANCIAL DISTRICT AND SEAPORT CLIMATE RESILIENCE MAArchinect: The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the Mayor's Office of Climate Resiliency (MOCR) have release…