News Release | Environment New York Research & Policy Center

93% New Yorkers Live in Areas Hit by Recent Weather Disasters

After New York suffered more than $1 billion in damage from extreme weather in 2011, a new report by the Environment New York Research & Policy Center documents how global warming could lead to extreme weather becoming more common or severe in the future.

News Release | Environment New York

New Report: New York City and Long Island Rank in the Top Twenty Smoggiest Large Metropolitan Areas in the Country

Today Environment New York released a new report showing that both New York City and Long Island are among the top twenty smoggiest large metropolitan areas in the country.  Smog is a harmful air pollutant that leads to asthma attacks and exacerbates respiratory illnesses, especially among children and the elderly.

News Release | Environment New York

President Obama Moves New York Further Away from Oil with New Truck Efficiency Standards

Recently, President Obama finalized pollution standards for heavy-duty vehicles, including buses and work trucks, for the years 2014 through 2018—the first-ever global warming pollution standards for trucks.

News Release | Environment New York

Obama administration takes historic step to get America off oil

President Obama announced the outline of proposed clean car standards that by 2030 will cut annual gasoline use nationally by as much as 23 billion gallons, reduce annual emissions of global warming pollution by as much as 280 million metric tons, and save Americans over $80 billion at the gas pump annually.

News Release | Environment New York

New Report: Mercury Pollution in New York Harms Public Health

In 2009, power plants in New York emitted more than 700 pounds of mercury pollution, according to the new Environment New York report, "Dirty Energy’s Assault on our Health: Mercury."  New York is only one piece of the report’s picture, which shows that nationally power plants emitted more than 130,000 pounds of mercury pollution in 2009.  The report comes as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to propose a standard to limit mercury and other toxic air pollution from power plants.