Environment

There is no shortage of work for a member of IBEW Local 3: shoring up building systems to withstand flooding and preparing for an electrification boom.

A seafood purveyor builds a sustainable business amidst rising and heating oceans and insatiable demand.

An artist makes her books by walking. Their pages unfold in ways as unusual and idiosyncratic as the city itself.

On the voids storms and plans leave behind, and what we do with them.

New projects are bringing more people and attention to the Rockaway Peninsula, but ten years after Hurricane Sandy, the work of building resilient infrastructure remains woefully incomplete.

From Freshkills Park's photographer-in-residence, portraits of another world in formation

A long-term, community-based project brings critical knowledge about risks of contamination and engages local industries as partners in preparedness in the wake of Sandy. But extreme weather is not the only threat to vulnerable businesses.

Banned from residences for more than half a century, lead paint still poisons thousands of children a year in New York City. Who is responsible for ensuring healthy homes for all?

Since 2009, New York City has been incentivizing private cleanup of contaminated sites. Who benefits?