https://www.delgererdenesanaa.com/writing daily 1.0 2025-10-28 https://www.delgererdenesanaa.com/about daily 0.75 2025-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/cf308b7a-4d82-47d0-90ec-f1f08e6423ba/IMG_6127.jpg About - About Delger is a journalist based in Washington, D.C. who covers science, the environment and related politics and policy. She is currently a reporter at Chemical & Engineering News. Previously, Delger was part of the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. She has reported for The New York Times, the Texas Observer and Inside Climate News. She studied science, health and environmental reporting at New York University. https://www.delgererdenesanaa.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-02-06 https://www.delgererdenesanaa.com/multimedia daily 0.75 2022-02-16 https://www.delgererdenesanaa.com/multimedia/weather-forecast-audio monthly 0.5 2022-02-16 https://www.delgererdenesanaa.com/multimedia/governors-island-photos monthly 0.5 2022-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/c3a4106b-8813-4e9e-9619-1c1d6aa1eafb/01ERD_2021-11-29-governors-island-34.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: Governors Island waits for its next act Visitors to New York City’s Governors Island arrive at the ferry landing. This year, the city extended the island’s ferry service into the winter for the first time. Nov. 29, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/b99ab316-42fd-4973-8d11-21d0cf0973ee/02ERD_2021-10-15-governors-island-2-RTP.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: Governors Island waits for its next act Passengers board the ferry to Governors Island from Manhattan. The trip takes barely 10 minutes. Oct. 15, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/bdf492dd-11eb-4c4e-b84d-11d28e8ede1c/03ERD_2021-11-21-governors-island-184.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: Governors Island waits for its next act A family pedals rented carts by a construction site on Governors Island. New York City recently rezoned the island for new development, including a climate solutions center. Nov. 21, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/5482c9f3-9870-498f-956e-447f2ec0153b/04ERD_2021-11-21-governors-island-199-RTP.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: Governors Island waits for its next act Slide Hill on Governors Island lies empty on a gloomy fall afternoon. During the summer, the area would be full of families out with their children. Nov. 21, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/cf7b478b-333f-4f1f-adc8-a62ea454fa7e/05ERD_2021-12-3-governors-island-48.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: Governors Island waits for its next act This educational garden on Governors Island grows crops from many of New York City’s different cultures and cuisines. The garden is run by Earth Matter, a nonprofit that composts the island’s food and landscaping waste. Dec. 3, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/3edb2534-e01c-43a4-8d92-8a352b456c02/06ERD_2021-12-3-governors-island-27-RTP.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: Governors Island waits for its next act Volunteers and staff with Earth Matter on Governors Island shovel finished compost into bags that will be distributed to community gardens around New York City. Dec. 3, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/fd9031cf-dc5b-4bde-bad6-229111aa86fd/07ERD_2021-12-3-governors-island-70-RTP.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: Governors Island waits for its next act Laying hens who live in Earth Matter’s Compost Learning Center eat the food scraps produced by vendors, tenant organizations and visitors on Governors Island. Dec. 3, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/a6d466d1-6f9b-43a3-ae4a-8fbf1c3bad46/08ERD_2021-12-3-governors-island-90-RTP.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: Governors Island waits for its next act Starlings and sparrows take advantage of the chicken coop and food scraps at Earth Matter’s composting facility on Governors Island. Dec. 3, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/68130bf2-a81b-497d-bf58-3902b5abeedd/09ERD_2021-11-29-governors-island-167.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: Governors Island waits for its next act Visitors can only view this old residential building on Governors Island from the outside. From 1966 to 1996, about 3,000 people lived on the island during its days as a Coast Guard base. Nov. 29, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/a698ffdd-77c3-436e-8e90-74990812b83a/10ERD_2021-11-29-governors-island-152-RTP.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: Governors Island waits for its next act The former homes of Coast Guard families on Governors Island are now mostly uninhabitable, but a few New York City art, education and environmental organizations periodically rent these yellow houses. Nov. 29, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://www.delgererdenesanaa.com/multimedia/nyc-taxi-strike-photos monthly 0.5 2022-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/8345978b-86f6-4b28-9aa8-13f8dde45954/nyc-taxi-strike-erdenesanaa-01.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: The NYC taxi drivers' hunger strike Kuber Sancho-Persad holds his late father's taxi medallion number at a protest. Many New York City taxi drivers and their families owe more money for their medallions than they are worth now. Oct. 18, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/7d266ac6-dcd2-48ae-b1dd-3108046e20dc/nyc-taxi-strike-erdenesanaa-02.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: The NYC taxi drivers' hunger strike A memorial outside New York’s City Hall lists the names of taxi drivers who have died by suicide. Many drivers face crushing debt from purchasing the now devalued medallions required to own and operate taxis in the city. Oct. 18, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/d3687b39-2c2f-48da-a155-b957a4b68474/nyc-taxi-strike-erdenesanaa-03.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: The NYC taxi drivers' hunger strike Mohammed Islam signs up to hunger strike until New York City officials agree to help taxi drivers pay off loans. In the early 2000s, local drivers borrowed hundreds of thousands of dollars each to purchase taxi medallions at the height of a now-burst financial bubble. Oct. 18, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/53e06f41-a9df-4f42-be30-779dcb0528d0/nyc-taxi-strike-erdenesanaa-04.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: The NYC taxi drivers' hunger strike Richard Chow, who lost his brother to suicide, leads a rally of New York City taxi drivers calling for debt relief. Chow protested outside City Hall every day for nearly two months, eventually going on hunger strike. Oct. 18, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/386cf0f0-8bd2-4094-b714-bdc7a3386361/nyc-taxi-strike-erdenesanaa-05.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: The NYC taxi drivers' hunger strike Dorina Nitescu, at a protest on the anniversary of her husband Dan’s death, holds a sign referring to the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission. Dan was one of thousands of taxi drivers who bought medallions at inflated prices from the agency. Oct. 18, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/d99d5ada-fe34-41b3-9610-9a5d12efe4c4/nyc-taxi-strike-erdenesanaa-06.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: The NYC taxi drivers' hunger strike New York City taxi drivers and their supporters march around City Hall after announcing a hunger strike for medallion debt relief. Many of the protestors are members of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, and wear shirts and carry signs with the union’s logo. Oct. 18, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/d0436689-aa83-4b8c-a15d-8ebf41790ac0/nyc-taxi-strike-erdenesanaa-07.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: The NYC taxi drivers' hunger strike A taxi driver, whose New York City taxi medallion is now worth far less than what he owes for it, speaks during a protest for debt relief. He asks former Mayor Bill de Blasio (not present) “what should I tell my 2-year-old?” Oct. 20, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/e02a6f1e-86a0-4991-8202-def6f6c56fc0/nyc-taxi-strike-erdenesanaa-08.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: The NYC taxi drivers' hunger strike New York City taxi drivers and their supporters — mostly immigrants or the children of immigrants from Asia — share a meal of chai and South Asian food before starting a hunger strike for medallion debt relief. Oct. 18, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/2ae30cc5-faa7-4902-856c-d5dbcbef97e2/nyc-taxi-strike-erdenesanaa-09.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: The NYC taxi drivers' hunger strike New York City taxi driver Amninder Chahal (L) and local organizer Jaslin Kaur (R), the daughter of a driver, wear armbands signifying they are hunger striking for debt relief. Oct. 20, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/0ef91dac-b1d1-416f-ac00-b2f791ee905b/nyc-taxi-strike-erdenesanaa-10.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: The NYC taxi drivers' hunger strike A yellow cab outside New York City Hall is packed with supplies during a 24/7 protest by taxi drivers for debt relief. Dozens come and go during the day, and a dedicated few sleep in their cars overnight at the protest site. Oct. 20, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/d4374f87-6d58-4f95-93f7-5d424434753c/nyc-taxi-strike-erdenesanaa-11.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: The NYC taxi drivers' hunger strike Taxi drivers, union staff from the New York Taxi Workers Alliance and friends linger into the night outside City Hall after another day of protesting for debt relief. Oct. 20, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620c31fc43e09b4140fed106/ae5297c4-52a9-46d4-bf5a-5858a7f23095/nyc-taxi-strike-erdenesanaa-12.jpg Multimedia - Photo essay: The NYC taxi drivers' hunger strike The families of New York City taxi drivers striking for debt relief stop by to write messages of support on the sidewalk outside City Hall. Oct. 20, 2021. Photo by Delger Erdenesanaa