Local News > Forum On Drilling Technique Moves To New York City (NY Times) Who Will Be Heard In New York’s Hydrofracking Hearings? By Mark Ruffalo (The Guardian) At City Frack Hearing, New Questions About Quake Danger (WNYC) Labor Groups Join The Call For More Solar In New York (NRDC Switchboard) State DOT Drops Environmental Study For BQE; Say Goodbye ... Read More »
More than 700 acres of New Parkland and 134 Acres of Schoolyards Converted to Playgrounds Have Been Opened by Bloomberg Administration 71 Percent of New Yorkers Now Live Within a 10 Minute Walk of a Park or Playground Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability David Bragdon, Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe ... Read More »
This holiday season, tell Macy’s to sign the Golden Rules of responsible metals sourcing Because gold jewelry should mean “I love you”, not “I poisoned someone’s drinking water”. They’re famous for their Thanksgiving Day parade, “Black Friday” deals, and last-minute Christmas sales. Unfortunately, Macy’s now risks becoming synonymous with “dirty gold”. That’s because, unlike 8 of the top 10 jewelry ... Read More »
NYSERDA Sponsored Energy Competition Saves Residents Money While Changing Their Habits Residents in six Brooklyn neighborhoods participating in “Reduce the Use in District 39” have demonstrated how awareness, education and competition can lead to money-saving energy reductions. The program was a year-long energy savings competition sponsored by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), Con Edison and ... Read More »
Local News > Josh Fox: Are We About To Witness The Liquidation Sale Of New York And Its Drinking Water? (Alter Net) Is New York’s Governor Opening A Pandora’s Box With Fracking? (Huffington Post) Manhattan Borough President Says Fracking Threatens Public Safety And Health (US News) Cuomo Announces Electric Car Incentive Program (Washington Square News) How Rooftop Farms, Upstate Farms ... Read More »
The following is the text of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s weekly radio address as prepared for delivery on 1010 WINS News Radio for Sunday, November 27, 2011 “Good Morning. This is Mayor Mike Bloomberg. “The Thanksgiving holiday is winding down, and like many of you, I’m still working off Thursday’s turkey dinner, Friday’s turkey sandwich and Saturday’s turkey soup. Feasting ... Read More »
Northern Rockies wolves are in peril! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed to remove wolves in Wyoming from the endangered species list. This deadly proposal would allow unlimited, shoot-on-sight killing of wolves in nearly 90 percent of the state. Under intense political pressure from Wyoming state officials, the Fish and Wildlife Service cut a deal that could hand ... Read More »
The arrogance of TransCanada is shocking, even for an oil company. Even while the White House has delayed the process for assessing a required permit for the Keystone XL, TransCanada is suing landowners who won’t sell their land in its preferred pipeline path. That path includes the 600 acre working-farm that Julia Trigg Crawford’s grandfather bought in 1948, along the ... Read More »
Local News > Cuomo, Albany Take Cash In Hydrofracking Lobbying Bonanza (Gothamist) Can Andrew Cuomo Meet The Leadership Challenge Of Hydrofracking Policy? (Huffington Post) Now Is The Time To Tell The DEC And Gov. Cuomo Not To Frack With NY’s Water! (Riverkeeper) Action-Packed Frack Attack (Environmental Advocates of NY) Broadway Is Taking Leaps Towards A Sustainable Future (Greening The Apple) ... Read More »
Local News > Analysis Shows Economic Benefits Of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (Center for Climate and Energy Solutions) As Hydrofracking Decision Nears, Industry Spending Skyrockets (NY Times) Known Carcinogen Spreading Through Groundwater In New Jersey, Hundreds At Risk (Treehugger) Remedy Proposed For Contaminated LIRR Site (Port Washington News) ShareNY: Is The Sharing Economy The New Economy? (Triple Pundit) New ‘Slow ... Read More »
Local News > NYC Gets High Marks In Environmental Report (Daily News) A Symphony Of Protest Builds Against Fracking (Huffington Post) Hydrofracking Decision Delayed Again (Epoch Times) Riverkeeper Voices Concern Over New Tappan Zee Bridge Project Proposal (Riverkeeper) Jamaica Bay’s Rebirth: Despite Years Of Industrial Neglect, Boro National Park Makes Comeback (Queens Tribune) A Cleaner, Greener Queens (Queens Gazette) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ... Read More »
Remarks by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at a Public Hearing on Local Laws “The final bill before me today is Introductory Number 412-A, sponsored by Council Members Fidler, Nelson, Cabrera, Chin, Foster, Greenfield, Halloran, Jackson, James, Koo, Koppell, Koslowitz, Lappin, Oddo, Recchia, Reyna, Rivera, Ulrich, Vallone, Weprin, Brewer, Mealy, Mendez, Rose, Williams, Rodriguez, Gonzalez, Levin, Garodnick, Vacca, Gentile, Arroyo, Mark-Viverito, ... Read More »
The big polluters and their dirty air allies in Congress are at it again – this time in the Senate. Freshman Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has introduced a resolution that would not only permanently block an important life-saving clean air rule, it could potentially prevent EPA from ever issuing a similar rule again. A vote on this deadly bill could ... Read More »
Local News > Final Fracking Hearings Next Week (NYLCV) NYC’s Super Supers Program: Enlisting Building Workers To Reduce Energy (Fast Company) Three NYS Regions Awarded Sustainable Communities Funds (Empire State Future) New York City Buzzing With New Bee Species (Discovery News) Measuring The Sustainability Of 22 New York Buildings (Green Builder) North Jersey Riddled With Failed Cleanups Dangerous Chromium Spreads ... Read More »
About the Program Borough President Scott Stringer is proud to announce the launch of the 2012 MBPO Green Your Block Program. The Green Your Block Program was created in order to increase the funding available for local groups to green their neighborhoods through tree guard installation and tree stewardship. It is Borough President Stringer’s aim to provide Manhattan residents with ... Read More »
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