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City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York City

City’s Largest Power Plant Nears Milestone in Renewable Energy Push

A plan to transform the decades-old Ravenswood Generating Station into a clean energy center is in the works, with a vote on an offshore wind proposal expected this fall. Queens community members are organizing to get the plant's infamous red and white smoke stakes razed, citing years of air pollution that earned the neighborhood the nickname "asthma alley."

“If they don’t choose this project, what’s going to continue to happen is that residents from public housing are going to continue to have fumes and pollution pumped into their windows from across the street,” said Costa Constantinides, former city councilmember for the neighborhood.

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