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City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York City
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As Parks Get Shortchanged on City Budget, NYC Biodiversity Faces Risks, Report Says
Most people think of New York City as a concrete jungle where nature is hard to find. But the city is also a rich ecological hotspot that rare species like the Monarch Butterfly, the Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog, and the endangered Butternut tree call home, a recent report notes.
And a chronically underfunded Parks Department—which has received between 0.5 and 0.6 percent of the city’s total budget for 30 years—plus the lack of a citywide biodiversity protection plan puts the city’s natural wonders at risk, it says.
“We have a lot of nature here. It’s really important to highlight that because when we don’t, city officials undermine it,” said botanist Marielle Anzelone, lead author of the report and co-founder of the NYC Biodiversity Task Force, which published it.
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What Would Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Mean for New York’s Green Transition?
The legislation gets rid of Biden-era federal tax incentives that made solar and wind projects more affordable, and kills residential tax incentives for homeowners making energy efficiency upgrades.
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Opinion: It’s Time for NYC to Appoint a Heat Czar
“Heat is an infrastructure problem, an economic problem, a policy problem, a community problem, and a health problem. It requires a coordinated approach on all these fronts.”
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