Canva How New York City feels about climate change Stacker compiled statistics about how people in New York City feel ...

The sprawling event launched Sunday. Climate Week includes over 600 events, seminars, workshops and talks in addition to plentiful protests.

New York aims to fine polluters up to $75 billion with new climate law The law would raise $75 billion over 25 years from major carbon polluters, requiring them to pay for climate damage caused by ...

This New York town doesn’t want to be a climate experiment A developer wanted to build a facility to capture carbon. Locals saw an environmental menace.

New York state will fine fossil fuel companies a total of $75 billion over the next 25 years to pay for damage caused to the climate under a bill Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law on Thursday.

In another major setback for advocates, New York's proposed climate-related risk reporting law failed to make it out of committee during the 2025 legislative session ...

The author writes "Numerous lawsuits have been brought in the federal and state courts in New York concerning climate change. Some were under two important state statutes on the subject – the ...

After enacting climate related laws in 2019 and 2024, the State of New York not only faces legal challenges to its enactment of the Climate Change Superfund Act but also from several public ...

In late January 2025, the New York legislature introduced Senate Bills 3456 and 3697, signaling the state’s ongoing commitment to climate-related corporate accountability. These bills build on ...

The sprawling event launched Sunday. Climate Week includes over 600 events, seminars, workshops and talks in addition to plentiful protests.

Today Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act into law, making New York the second state in the nation to require fossil fuel companies to pay for climate damages. The law will ...

The new legislation requires oil and gas companies to pay for some of the damages caused by climate change. But legal experts say it's expected to face legal challenges.