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Energy & Environment

Mar 03 2025

Comments in Response to the BOEM Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS for the Construction and Operations Plan submitted by Vineyard Mid-Atlantic, LLC.

by Robert Freudenberg & Kyle Mason

Testimony
Feb 26 2025

Testimony to NY’s Public Service Commission in Support of Offshore Wind Transmission Project

by Robert Freudenberg

Testimony
Feb 05 2025

History of the Grid and Major Projects

by Kyle Mason

RPA Lab
Feb 04 2025

RPA Statement on New Jersey’s Decision to Not Advance Offshore Wind Projects in Fourth Solicitation

by Robert Freudenberg & Sam Bowden Akbari

News Release
Jan 24 2025

NPR
Here's how Trump's pause on wind projects could threaten jobs and climate goals

In the Media
Jan 23 2025

New York Focus
Trump Throws Wrench Into Offshore Wind, Putting New York’s Clean Energy Plans In Doubt

In the Media
Jan 21 2025

RPA Statement on Executive Order to Halt Offshore Wind Leasing

by Robert Freudenberg & Sam Bowden Akbari

News Release
Nov 14 2024

Celebrating RPA’s 3rd and 4th Regional Plan Recommendation, Congestion Pricing, Coming to Fruition

by Sam Bowden Akbari, Kate Slevin & Tiffany-Ann Taylor

News Release
Nov 12 2024

Letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul from the Congestion Pricing Now Coalition and Elected Officials

by Kate Slevin & Tiffany-Ann Taylor

News Release
Nov 08 2024

RPA and the Congestion Pricing Now Coalition call on Governor Hochul to Implement the Program Immediately

by Sam Bowden Akbari

News Release
Nov 07 2024

RPA Public Comment on New Jersey’s Protecting Against Climate Threats (NJPACT) Resilient Environments and Landscape (REAL) Rules

by Robert Freudenberg

Testimony
Sep 29 2024

Staten Island Advance
Activist organization demands ‘full approval and funding’ for this Staten Island construction project

In the Media
Sep 26 2024

Joint Statement on LL97 GreenHOUSE Fund

by Dale Bryk & Meaghan McElroy

News Release
Sep 23 2024

RPA and Karp Strategies’s New Report Highlights the Critical Role Ports in Clean Energy’s Infrastructure and Highlights Advancements Needed to Reach Climate Goals

by Sam Bowden Akbari

News Release
Sep 23 2024

POLITICO
Election concerns loom

In the Media
Aug 08 2024

POLITICO
Major state agencies fail to comply with climate law, report finds

In the Media
Aug 07 2024

Crain's New York
New York is barricading itself against floods

In the Media
Jul 11 2024

CNBC
U.S. Cities are Sinking. Here’s What that Means for Homeowners

In the Media
Jun 10 2024

World Cup, Local Issues

by Moses Gates, Christine Garner, Marcel Negret & Christina Kata

RPA Lab
Jun 06 2024

Expanding NYC’s Urban Forest

by Nadav Bigelman

RPA Lab
Apr 24 2024

Smart Cities Dive
What 54 climate adaptation plans say about how communities are preparing

In the Media
Apr 22 2024

New RPA Report Analyzes More than 50 Climate Adaptation Plans from Across the U.S.

by Sam Bowden Akbari & Meaghan McElroy

News Release
Feb 29 2024

Statement on Governor Hochul awarding two offshore wind projects in New York

by Robert Freudenberg

News Release
Feb 23 2024

The City
Army Corps Needs to Better Plan for ‘Climate Hazards’ in Flood Projects, Fed Watchdog Says

In the Media
Jan 24 2024

RPA Statement on NJ Board of Public Utilities Opening of New Jersey’s Third Solicitation for Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificates

by Robert Freudenberg

News Release
Jan 24 2024

Headwinds or Tailwinds? Making Sense of Recent Turbulence in the Offshore Wind Industry and Finding Signs of Hope

by Robert Freudenberg, Meaghan McElroy & Ellis Calvin

RPA Lab
Jan 09 2024

RPA Statement on Governor Hochul’s 2024 State of the State Address

by Tom Wright

News Release
Jan 09 2024

Axios
New York jump-starts the "building decarbonization" trend

In the Media
Dec 28 2023

City Limits
Will New York Meet its Goals for Offshore Wind Power?

In the Media
Dec 18 2023

New York City Forges Path to Net Zero Buildings, Sets Rules to Meet 2030 Performance Standards Beginning in New Year

by Dale Bryk

News Release
Dec 18 2023

The Architect's Newspaper
Green Fast Track is a New York City program that streamlines the environmental review process

In the Media
Dec 06 2023

RPA Statement on NYC’s “City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality” Proposal

by Maulin Mehta

News Release
Nov 13 2023

Advocates celebrate breakthrough in campaign to overhaul flawed Army Corps flooding plan for NY-NJ Harbor

by Robert Freudenberg

News Release
Nov 07 2023

RPA Comments on City of Yes for Housing Opportunity’s EIS Draft Scope of Work

by Marcel Negret

RPA Lab
Nov 01 2023

Statement on Cancellation of Offshore Wind Projects In New Jersey

by Robert Freudenberg

News Release
Oct 25 2023

Statement from RPA on New York State investment in renewable energy

by Robert Freudenberg

News Release
Oct 12 2023

RPA Statement on Mayor Adams’s Launch of New Greenway Corridors

by Robert Freudenberg

News Release
Sep 18 2023

Daily News
Offshore wind needs onshore buy-in

In the Media
Sep 12 2023

POLITICO
City rolls out new rules for looming cap on building emissions

In the Media
Sep 12 2023

Joint Statement on Issuance of Local Law 97 Proposed Rule

by Dale Bryk

News Release
Aug 21 2023

Inside Climate News
Frustrated by a Lack of Details, Communities Await Federal Decision on Protecting New York From Coastal Storm Surges

In the Media
Jul 31 2023

Celebrating the History of NJ’s Parks and Open Spaces

by Christina Kata, Zoe Baldwin & Sophia Pereira

RPA Lab
Jul 06 2023

City Limits
The Offshore Wind Industry is Knocking on Staten Island’s Door

In the Media
Jun 26 2023

Statement on the FONSI from US DOT on Congestion Pricing

by Brian Fritsch

News Release
Jun 26 2023

New RPA Report Offers Recommendations for Community-Focused Approach to Offshore Wind Transmission Development As New York and New Jersey Connect Eight Projects to the Electrical Grid through Coastal Neighborhoods by 2030

by Brian Fritsch

News Release
Jun 26 2023

POLITICO
Congestion pricing expected to clear final federal hurdle

In the Media
Jun 15 2023

RPA Testimony on Proposed Urban Forest Master Plan

by Meaghan McElroy

Testimony
May 24 2023

Legislative Progress in NJ

by Zoe Baldwin & Christina Kata

RPA Lab
May 09 2023

Inside Climate News
Why New York’s Congestion Pricing Plan Getting Federal Approval Is a Win for Climate Change

In the Media
May 05 2023

Daily News
Another green light to MTA’s lower Manhattan congestion pricing plan; next step is public review process

In the Media