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City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York City

Beach Season is Here.
How Clean is the Water in NYC?

City Limits reviewed public data for the past four summers and found that last season alone, the city’s 25 beaches saw a total of 244 closures, either because water quality exceeded the city’s safety standards—determined by testing for the bacteria found in fecal matter—or because of excessive rainfall, which increases the likelihood of pollution entering local waterways. That’s up from 94 such closures during the 2021 season.

“If you’re going to be swimming in [New York City], you’re going to want to know what’s in that water. And once you do know, you’re going to want to do something about it,” said Deanne Draeger, founder of Urban Swim, a non profit organization dedicated to providing safe access to clean water.

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More climate & environmental news:

Costly Utility Rates Could Jeopardize MTA’s Move to All-Electric Buses
This summer, utility companies must submit plans detailing how they’ll implement a series of solutions to make electricity rates more affordable for electric vehicles. But their plan has fallen short of giving the MTA the preferential rate it says it needs to able to foot the bill, as it seeks to transition to electric buses.
In a First, the Public Got to Weigh in on NYC’s Banking Decisions
In some instances, practices at the banks where the city holds its money may be directly opposed to its own policy objectives. Several speakers noted that some of the banks with the largest deposits of city cash are also among the largest investors in the fossil fuel industry, undercutting the city’s efforts to ameliorate the effects of climate change.

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