Delivery workers are less likely to run red lights, ride on sidewalks and ride without helmets than their recreational counterparts — defying claims that they sow street chaos, according to a new observational study of more than 1,700 cyclists.

The US oil lobby will target the EU's landmark climate regs in 2026, per its new policy agenda.

But US oil cos have already been leveraging Trump and trade tensions to tear apart the law behind the scenes, documents show.

My latest with @desmog.com
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation "will explore all available options to vigorously defend our state rights" in response to attempts to "override DEC’s oversight authority" for the proposed Constitution Pipeline.

5 more elected officials have called on Hudson River Park Trust to terminate their contract with ICE immediately, including congress members Dan Goldman and Jerry Nadler.

www.chelseanewsny.com/news/thirtee...

A Trump-appointed district judge described the conditions of ICE detainees with no criminal history held in a temporary cell in the Central Islip federal courthouse on Long Island for days — putrid, cramped, inhumane and unlawful.

Mayor Mamdani said city medical examiners are still looking into the causes of death: gothamist.visitlink.me/g8L2rw

We can apportion the blame later in the day, but the greatest walkable city in North America is completely impassible to people on foot or in wheelchairs as the workweek begins. Send us your stories and photos of snow blocking bus exits and sidewalks. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/26/c...

6 deaths outside in NYC being investigated for links to the extreme cold https://gothamist.com/news/6-deaths-outside-in-nyc-being-investigated-for-links-to-the-extreme-cold

As Mayor Mamdani put it in his inaugural address, “every blizzard and flood we withstand, together.” The question of how well New Yorkers withstand them, and how the city responds, rests in the hands of the Mamdani administration. And it’s a heavy burden.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2401202...

Hudson River Park Trust, which is under scrutiny for letting ICE stash their vans on park property, was also involved in an NYPD crackdown on e-bike riders using the Hudson River Greenway, according to a @nyc.streetsblog.org report from 2021.

nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/03/15/c...

Average bills for electricity customers will go up by 3.5% this year, 3.2% in 2027 and 3.1% in 2028.
gothamist.com/news/con-ed-...

Latest — @nycfootprint.bsky.social reports that nine New York elected officials are calling on the Hudson River Park Trust to cancel their ICE contract immediately.

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At least 9 elected officials have called on Hudson River Park Trust to terminate their contract with ICE immediately, instead of allowing it to expire in June.
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