TOPIC
Energy
Building Out of a Tight Spot
An architect faces New York City's housing crisis and climate crisis, one building at a time.
A Union President
Organized labor navigates a changing climate as power plants transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
An Electrician
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.
Four and a Half Gasoline Stations
As redevelopment and electrification push them into the realm of history, unexpected social patterns still reveal themselves at the pumps.
Across Currents
With a mandate to decarbonize the city’s building stock, how can New Yorkers reconcile a transition to so-called clean energy with the environmental and cultural impacts of extraction beyond the city’s borders?
Seed Money
After a historic oil spill and an unprecedented financial settlement, a Brooklyn community oversees its ecological repair.
Peak Problems
New York City’s peaker plants are conspicuous emblems of a carbon-intensive energy economy — and its disastrous consequences.
Gasworks, Lost and Found
Manufactured gas plants disappeared from cityscapes long ago. In most cases, so did awareness of their toxic traces. Can neural networks now detect the hazardous remains that elude regulators?