In this AudioFiles episode, we report on environmental advocates’ pushback on a natural pipeline off the south shore of Staten Island that's been given the go-ahead from the NYS DEC. Then, a look at NYC's plan to bring relief to the chronically flood-prone neighborhood of Jewel Streets near the Brooklyn-Queens border. And we hear the story of one New Yorker's endeavor to rehabilitate and rehome red-eared sliders abandoned in NYC to their native habitat in the south.

Host: Niamh McAuliffe

Producer: Steve Kastenbaum

Associate Producer: Rebecca Raghunath

Reporters: Steve Kastenbaum, Jarrod Barry, Jenna Post, Bella Week, and Ella Walsh

Editors: Richard Yeh and Curtis Fox

Audio Engineers: Chad Bernhard and Amber Watson

Guests: Gwynne Hogan and Neela Jain

Music Credits: Megatrax

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