pollution

A City Council proposal would direct local environmental officials to enforce emissions reductions at e-commerce fulfillment centers.

State environmental officials say a cleanup is necessary, but that the air is safe to breathe.

Gowanus has seen rapid change and development in the last few years, but a century's worth of pollution is still causing problems.

A state and city study group looking for solutions has been talking to people who work, live and play near the highway.

The operator of the nuclear power plant has sued, saying the state wrongly blocked its plan to discharge the water into the Hudson River.

The City Council is proposing a package of bills to redefine unreasonable noise and implement a noise camera program to dish out fines.

The weekend ‘walkshops’ are part of a $2 million federally funded study to plot a better future for the highway, which has long been criticized as a scar of environmental racism.

The Assembly’s special session vote came late Tuesday, after unanimous support in the state Senate last week. But implementation could prove challenging given nuclear waste management usually falls under federal law.

Kelp grown in the canal is too toxic to eat, so the RETI Center will experiment with new, climate-friendly uses for the crop, including making plant-based concrete.

The neon liquid appeared to have seeped into the Q train station from the street.