The Hudson River Foundation will award up to three full-time research fellowships in 2012 to advanced graduate students conducting research on the Hudson River system. Fellowships awarded to doctoral students will include a stipend of up to $15,000 for one year, and an incidentals research budget of up to $1,000. Fellowships awarded to master’s level students will include a stipend ... Read More »
Regional News > New York Judge Rules Town Can Ban Gas Hydrofracking Bill In Albany Would Ban Sale Of Shark Fins (NY Times) What Can Andrew Cuomo Actually Do About Indian Point? (Capital New York) Lawmakers Announce EPA To Begin Removing Barrels From LeRoy Superfund Site (WKBW) Erin Brockovich: Research Into Upstate New York Tourette’s Case Only Preliminary (ABC) The ... Read More »
The New York City Department of Small Business Services is calling for the nominations of individuals, small businesses and community organizations for the 2012 Neighborhood Achievement Awards. New Yorkers, nonprofit organizations, businesses, educational institutions, business improvement districts, local development corporations, merchants associations and other neighborhood associations are encouraged to apply and/or nominate others for awards in eight categories, including two ... Read More »
Next week the House of Representatives is scheduled to cast final votes on a bill that Transportation Secretary LaHood (a Republican) has called “the worst transportation bill ever.” The bill would open U.S. coasts, western lands and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling; stop environmental reviews of highway projects, and slash funds for Amtrak and other mass transit, ... Read More »
Last month, we asked you to tell the Obama administration to say “no” to dangerous oil drilling in the Polar Bear Seas. You flooded the administration with over 25,000 messages — thank you! But the fight isn’t over yet. The administration is still considering leasing the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas – the Polar Bear Seas – for oil drilling. Doing ... Read More »
You may have heard that BP and other companies responsible for the Gulf oil disaster could soon settle their lawsuit with the government. But did you know that without congressional action, the Gulf Coast could lose out on vital restoration money from the spill? To ensure that the fines from this disaster are used to restore the areas that were ... Read More »
Regional News > Common Dolphin Carcass Washes Ashore In Jamaica Bay (Daily News) In Bronx, FreshDirect And Land Of Great Promises (NY Times) Falling Natural Gas Prices May Slow Fracking Issue In New York (Poughkeepsie Journal) DEP Reaches Key Construction Milestone In Upgrade Of Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (DEP) Greenpoint Cyclists Left Out Of City’s Proposed Bike-Sharing Plan (DNA ... Read More »
$5 Billion Total Plant Upgrade Enhances Ability to Treat Wastewater When It Rains Environmental Protection Commissioner Carter Strickland today announced that the south battery of the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant is now operational, completing a crucial step toward enhancing the plant’s wet weather treatment capacity. As part of an overall $5 billion upgrade, the work was performed by Skanska ... Read More »
As a Steering Committee member for the Summit, the Human Impacts Institute is proud to announce an open call for participants in the U.S./Canada Citizen’s Summit for Sustainable Development, which will take place on Saturday March 24th and Sunday March 25th, 2012, at Yale University in New Haven, CT. This FREE summit is open to all sustainability practitioners in the U.S. and Canada ... Read More »
Regional News > A Shellfish Ban Off Long Island (NY Times) New York Fracking Debate Focuses On Wastewater (Huffington Post) NY’s Environmental Fund Returns $7 On Every $1 NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Leads 11-State Soot Suit (Environmental Advocates of NY) Crowd Gathers To Talk NYC Wind And Tidal Power City Urges Protection Of Aqueducts From Frack-Induced Earthquakes Long Islanders ... Read More »
President Obama has appointed former Monsanto VP and lobbyist Michael Taylor to become senior advisor to the FDA’s commissioner. This unthinkable linkage between food safety and corporate interests that have little regard for the public health must be stopped. This example of a “fox watching the henhouse” is inexcusable. President Obama must reverse this unimaginably dangerous policy and isolate the ... Read More »
An insider from pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb recently approached PETA with disturbing allegations about animals who suffered painful and gruesome deaths through negligence. The whistleblower reported that a monkey and a rat had been scalded to death when the cages in which they were each housed were carelessly put into the company’s mechanical high-temperature, high-pressure cage washer—with the animals still ... Read More »
Because of the extreme cruelty involved in the production of foie gras—the diseased and fatty liver of force-fed ducks and geese—many grocery chains, restaurants, and other businesses around the world have stopped selling and serving the vile product. PETA has shared shocking undercover video footage of foie gras farms with Wakefern Food Corp., the parent company of ShopRite, which is ... Read More »
ACT NOW to show how much you love New York’s air, land, water, and communities. Thanks to Governor Cuomo, the Empire State is on the path to protecting the things we love about New York. In his budget proposal, the Governor maintained the Environmental Protection Fund, New York’s primary source of funding for all things green. But the story doesn’t ... Read More »
With overfishing, habitat loss, pollution, and more, our nation’s waters are in trouble. A new policy would help turn the tide – but the government needs to hear your support for it. We need clean coasts and healthy oceans. Sign today to show your support for the National Ocean Policy» In 2010, President Obama established the National Ocean Policy in ... Read More »
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