Today’s Environmental News: April 19, 2012

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Governor Cuomo Announces Comprehensive NY-Sun Initiative To Expand Solar Development In New York
(Governor’s Press Office)

Environmental Advocates Of NY Tout NY Climate Initiative’s $46 Million In Consumer Energy Savings in New Report
NYSDOT Presents Fourth Annual GreenLITES Awards For Environmental Excellence In Transportation Projects
More Than 100 Groups Of NY Volunteers Pitch In For ‘Canal Clean Sweep’
(Read Media)

Mayor Bloomberg Introduces Bill To Require Landlords To Disclose Smoking Policy To Potential Tenants
(NYC.gov)

DEC: Emerald Ash Borer Found For The First Time East Of The Hudson River In Dutchess County
NY DEC Commissioner Martens Announces 2012 Earth Day Activities
(NY DEC)

Top EPA Regional Official Tours Environmentally Innovative Company In Green Island, NY / Ecovative Design Wins EPA 2012 Environmental Quality Award
(EPA)

New York Weighs 66,000 Comments On Pending Fracking Regulations
(Inside Climate News)

Hudson River Named Among U.S. “Great Waters
Green Professionals Mixer A Huge Success!
First Long Island Earth Summit
(NYLCV)

Tri-State Area’s Solar Industry Snapshots
(Epoch Times)

NY Official: No Date Yet For Fracking Update
NY Company That Makes Mushroom Packing Gets Award
NJ, NY Ports Betting On $1B Bridge-Raising Project
(Wall Street Journal)

Bloomberg Celebrates Earth Day 2012 With A Focus On Water
New York Restoration Project Brings “Root For New York Corporate Challenge” To Western Queens For Earth Day
(Market Watch)

Help The Green Design Lab Schools Fund These Cool Projects
Getting Up Early Tomorrow? Earth Day NY Co2 Car Drive Starts At Solar One
Celebrate Earth Day Under The Stars At Solar One With BBC America’s Planet Green Uncut
(Solar One)

Bat Populations Rebound In NY Caves First Struck By Deadly White-Nose Syndrome
(Washington Post)

Earth Day 2012 Events In New York City
(Time Out)

NY Datacenter Leads With The Green
(ZDNET)

Ford And SHFT Launch Sustainability Film Series In New York
(Examiner.com)

Tree Killer Crosses The Hudson
Soon, A Safe Place For Unsteady Bicyclists
Tunnel And Dredging Projects To Make Room For Bigger Ships In New York Harbor
(NY Times)

Cyclist Killed After Holding Onto Back Of Truck Outside Met
(Gothamist)

Tastes Like NY: IDC Seeks Expanded Eat-Local Initiative
(Capital Confidential)

Hudson River Estuary Added To “Great Waters” List
(Riverkeeper)

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Installs Bee Hives On Roof
(Huffington Post)

There’s Now A Hawk Cam In The Bronx, Too
(NY Magazine)

Milk Not Jails: Building A New Urban-Rural Alliance In New York
(Grist)

Sustainable Weekend Activities Earth Day Special
(Greening the Apple)

World’s Largest Rooftop Farm Coming To Brooklyn
(Triple Pundit)

Sustainable Flatbush Kicks Off Its Urban Farm And Garden Season With A Meetup On April 24th!
(Sustainable Flatbush)

New York Harbor To Undergo $250M Renovation Project
(NY 1)

Pledge To Shop & Eat At Local Businesses In NYC From May 3-10!
Life After The BMW Guggenheim Lab: First Street Green
(City Atlas)

Teacher’s Green Machine Gets Bronx Growing Out Of Poverty
(Metro)

GoogaMooga To Plant Seed Bombs In Brooklyn
(Edge on the Net)

Plug-Ins, Diesels And High MPG Have Staying Power At NY Auto Show
(Green Biz)

NY Sea Grant Urging April 28 Take-Back Participation To Keep Drugs Out Of Great Lakes
(Oswego County Today)

Still No Action Since Goshen, NY Family Discovered Gasoline Additive Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether In Their Well Water
(Times Herald Record)

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