The Sunday Read: ‘What Does It Mean to Save a Neighborhood?’
The Daily|The Sunday Read: ‘What Does It Mean to Save a Neighborhood?’
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/19/podcasts/the-daily/climate-change-new-york.html
Nine years after Hurricane Sandy, residents of Lower Manhattan are still vulnerable to rising seas. The fight over a plan to protect them reveals why progress on our most critical challenges is so hard.
Narrated and written by Michael Kimmelman.
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Additional production for The Sunday Read was contributed by Emma Kehlbeck, Parin Behrooz, Anna Diamond, Sarah Diamond, Jack D’Isidoro, Elena Hecht, Desiree Ibekwe, Tanya Pérez, Marion Lozano, Naomi Noury, Krish Seenivasan, Corey Schreppel, Margaret Willison, Kate Winslett and Tiana Young. Special thanks to Mike Benoist, Sam Dolnick, Laura Kim, Julia Simon, Lisa Tobin, Blake Wilson and Ryan Wegner.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/19/podcasts/the-daily/climate-change-new-york.html
