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New York City accounts for only 1% of United States greenhouse gas emissions while housing 2.7% of its population. [2] In September 2012, New York was named the #1 "America's Dirtiest City," by a Travel+Leisure readership survey that rated the environmental quality of 35 prominent cities in the United States.
Talk about a tale of two cities. A new report calls New York one of the best cities in the country for an active lifestyle — while a spot right across the Hudson River ranks as one of the worst ...
"It's hard to put a price tag, if you will, on the amount of human suffering that people are experiencing right now," Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. surgeon general, told All Things Considered in 2022 ...
Here is an image of the goby that is an invasive species in New York State. In New York State there are a multitude of different invasive species including the Asian carp, the zebra mussel, emerald ash borer, purple loosestrife, the goby and more. An unfortunate byproduct of world travel and trade is the introduction of unwanted invasive species.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported a 32% decrease of nitrogen dioxide in New York City and a 42% decrease in Atlanta between the periods of 2005–2007 and 2009–2011. [78] During June 2023, due to early season wildfires in Canada, cities like New York and Washington D.C. suffered from dangerous levels of air ...
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America’s out-of-hand dismissal of AAVE has widened the racial achievement gap, entrenched discrimination and made us all a little more scared of each other. Which raises the simple question: What’s keeping us from making another push for AAVE now? Check out Episode 1 of I Misremember the 90s, on the Clarence Thomas hearings. Credits
The climate of New York City shapes the environment with its cool, wet winters and hot, humid summers with plentiful rainfall all year round. As of 2020, New York City held 44,509 acres of urban tree canopy with 24% of its land covered in trees. [1] [2] As of 2020, the population of New York City numbered 8.8 million human beings. [3]