{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"WJFF - The Local Edition - Special Report ","title":"Meeting the Moment: A Snapshot of New York Climate Week 2025","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":342,"description":"Representatives from around the world gathered in Manhattan for New York Climate Week last week. Across the state, nonprofits and local governments are resisting President Trump's cuts to environmental protections.Dr. Alonzo Plough, Vice President and Chief Science Officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, affirmed the severity of the crisis, stating: \"I don't use the term existential that often, but (climate change) is an existential threat.\" In agreement with this sentiment, Governor Kathy Hochul announced $30 million in funding awards for 19 projects statewide as part of Climate Week. The funding comes from the Bond Act, passed in 2022. This initiative aims to enhance community resilience to flooding and extreme weather events across New York.Governor Hochul underscored the state's proactive stance: \"New York is continuing to make historic investments to protect our communities from the growing risks of inland and coastal flooding.\" She added that these projects \"will strengthen local infrastructure, restore natural protections, and make neighborhoods more resilient in the face of climate change.\"New York Secretary of State Walter T. Mosley said in the press release that the distribution will \"deliver the resources local governments need to strengthen critical infrastructure, protect shorelines, and restore natural systems that help keep people safe.\"Within infrastructure repairs, activists are also reimagining how to build in an eco-friendly way.Mikhail Haramati, who leads state-level industrial decarbonization work at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), told Radio Catskill about an initiative designed to mitigate climate degradation, rather than adapt to existing damage. These include \"a set of recommendations for near-term actions that New York could take right away.\" From Haramati's department, this means changing the way New York uses building materials. Ideally, infrastructure could reuse supplies from old buildings or experiment with...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/TkWk810yAVYBI5gGBQjc8yu_rKePptJOGyWkf8v02b4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMzNzA1LzE2NjE5/MTExNTEtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}