Local News > New York’s One-Inch Escape From Irene (Grist) Whimsical New York Exhibit Gives Voice to Often Ignored Urban Trees (Treehugger) 20 Manhattan Roofs Go Green With Coat Of White (Manhattan Chamber of Commerce) Irene’s Rains Deposited Huge Amounts Of Raw Sewage Into NY Rivers (Times Union) Questioning The Car In NYC: A Walk With Mark Gorton (Urban Omnibus) ... Read More »
McDonald’s wants you to “see what we’re made of.” Brace yourself. The pork in your Egg McMuffin or McRib comes from pigs, of course. What you may not know is that those pigs are birthed by female “breeding” pigs who lead miserable lives, to put it mildly. They live in impossibly small enclosures called “gestation crates,” in which the pigs ... Read More »
Local News > MAS And LPC To Release Green Manual (Municipal Arts Society) Junior Composters Take A Hard Look At Food In Queens (IOBY) 50 Cent Community Garden Teaches Healthy Eating Pilfered Peppers In City Gardens; Tomatoes, Too (NYRP) Non-Profits Urge NY DOE To Environmentally Review Leased Schools (The Real Deal) Studio-X NYC – The Future Of Collaborative Space? (Sustainable ... Read More »
Please join the Natural Resources Defense Council and send a message to President Obama and ask him to order Secretary Clinton to kill this dangerous project. The State Department is still rushing toward approval of the disastrous Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, which would enrich oil companies by transporting the world’s dirtiest oil 2,000 miles from Canada to Texas. The ... Read More »
Local News > NYC To Acquire 1,655 Acres Of Land For Watershed Protection (Sustainable City Network) Climate Change Has Made New Yorkers More Vulnerable To Irene (Grist) Hurricane Irene Pushes August Into Wettest Month On Record For New York City Solar-Powered LED Lights In Hudson River “Reflect” Unseen Stars Above NYC (Treehugger) NY Gas Drilling Environmental Study Due This Week ... Read More »
Close the Gap, an international design competition sponsored by Transportation Alternatives and d3, invites architects, landscape architects, urban designers, engineers, and students worldwide to broaden the dialogue of alternative solutions for sustainable urban living. The competition focuses on the Midtown sector of New York City’s East River Greenway–a critical missing link in Manhattan’s alternative transportation infrastructure. How can the East ... Read More »
Local News > Fracking Meeting In Westchester Draws Crowd But Not Gas Companies (NYLCV) Solar Industry’s Boom In N.J. Casts Shadow Over Program That Spurred It (NY Times) MAS Announces 2011 MASterworks Awards Winners (Municipal Arts Society) White Is The New Black For L.E.S. Efficient Roofs (The Villager) Recycle-A-Bicycle Teaches NYC Kids How to Fix Bikes & Help The Environment ... Read More »
Your water shouldn’t catch on fire. So why — with barely any public input — is Governor Andrew Cuomo considering allowing energy companies to pollute New York State’s water with radioactive chemicals that have been proven to make tap water flammable? New York state has a temporary ban on “fracking,” a dangerous method of extracting natural gas. Governor Cuomo will ... Read More »
Local News > Christie To Support 5-year Ban On Fracking In New Jersey (New Jersey Newsroom) Toxic Underground Gets Green Cleaning Treatment Hudson River Report Raises Questions For Desalination Plant Fracking Meeting Draws Crowd But Not Gas Companies (NYLCV) NY Pols Join Call For Long Comment On Gas Regs (MSNBC) East Coast Earthquake Reveals Major Flaws In Planning For Nuclear ... Read More »
Infants and children are especially at risk from air pollution. Compared to adults, children breathe more air and spend more time outside, and their developing bodies are more susceptible to harm from pollution. Nearly 37 million children live in areas with unhealthy polluted air, and many pollution- associated illnesses have been on the rise. Yet polluters and their allies in ... Read More »
Local News > Governor Cuomo to Sign “Complete Streets” Legislation (NY Governor’s Press Office) Cooperstown Brewer Fights N.Y. Fracking Sought By EOG Resources Methane Fuel Trove Brings NY $12 Million A Year As Dump Becomes Park What’s Next For Cap-And-Trade In NJ (Bloomberg) NY DEC: Black River Is Contaminated But Not Dangerous (NYLCV) NYSERDA Announces New $3 Million Residential Appliance ... Read More »
Local News > Governor To Sign Bill Makes NY Roads Bike And Pedestrian-Friendly NY Composting Pilot Tops 172,000lbs Of Scraps Collected (Treehugger) Regional Climate Effort Cutting Pollution, Creating Jobs (Environmental Advocates of NY) “Complete Streets” To Spread Across New York State (Gothamist) Judge Rejects Groups’ Effort To Remove Brooklyn Bike Lane (NY Times) As City Leases Industrial Sites For Schools, ... Read More »
Local News > Groups Ask Cuomo To Extend Fracking Review (NY Times) NYC To Get Net-Zero Energy, Net-Zero Water Building (Sustainable Business) NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Top 10 Clean Energy Initiatives (Green Chip Stocks) Energy Use In NYC Schools Is Down 11% Thanks To Post-It Notes (Treehugger) Sustainable Clam Shack Comes To Brooklyn Inhabitat Is Looking For Fall Interns In ... Read More »
Sierra Club loves bikes, and the world can always use a few more of them. That’s why Sierra Club is teaming up with PUBLIC Bikes to give away three shiny new, perfectly practical and stylish bicycles that will make it a pleasure to leave your car at home, whether it’s for a quick spin to the market or a daily ... Read More »
Ask Governor Cuomo to give his Department of Environmental Conservation adequate time and resources to fully evaluate the risks of drilling in the Marcellus Shale – particularly the use of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” The watersheds at stake provide clean drinking water for millions of New Yorkers. We cannot allow oil and gas companies to drill recklessly without protective measures ... Read More »
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