Today’s Environmental News: April 23, 2012

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Is It Time To Add Land To NYC? Introducing “Lower Lower Manhattan”
(Treehugger)

Mayor Bloomberg Updates New Yorkers On PlaNYC Progress On 42nd Anniversary Of Earth Day In Weekly Radio Address
Mayor Bloomberg And Environmental Protection Commissioner Strickland Award $4.6 Million To Projects That Will Protect New York Waterways
(NYC.gov)

$1.4 Million In NY DEC Conservation Grants Awarded To Lands Trusts Statewide
NYS Comptroller DiNapoli To Join Big Push For Top Environmental Priorities On 22nd Annual Earth Day Lobby Day
(Read Media)

Cuomo Must Allow Responsible Gas Drilling In New York.
(Daily News)

New York Weighs 66000 Comments On Pending Fracking Regulations
(Truthout)

New York City Real Estate Firm Signs Agreement With EPA To Enhance Sustainable Practices
Hampton Bays, Sleepy Hollow and Delmar, NY Schools Win U.S. Department of Education Inaugural Green Ribbon School Award
(EPA)

For Some Landlords, It Ain’t Easy Going Green
(City Limits)

New Jersey Drops Out of National Ozone Standards Lawsuit
(Bloomberg BusinessWeek)

Big Anti-Fracking Week Likely In Sullivan
Hydrofracking Critics: Tourism In Historic Areas Would Be Affected
(Times Herald Record)

New York City Energy Map Tool Tells Tales
(Earth Techling)

Rep. Maloney Delivers $500k In Federal Funds For FDR Four Freedoms Park On Roosevelt Island
(Congresswoman Maloney’s Website)

Binghamton’s Ban On Drilling Faces Legal Challenge.
Pro-Fracking Communities May Be First To Get Approval In New York.
(Press Connects)

Hudson Named To “Great Waters” List
Tappan Zee Bridge Meeting With A Representative From Riverkeeper Along With Several Engineers Set For April 26th
(Lo Hud)

Riverkeeper Sweep Seeks Volunteers For June Cleanup
(Poughkeepsie Journal)

Thousands Gather For Green Festival NYC
(Huffington Post)

NYC’s First Green Festival Held
(The Epoch Times)

City Earth Day Events Take On Different Shades Of Green
(NY 1)

Earth Day Reminder: Taking The Subway Shrinks Your Carbon Footprint
(Gothamist)

New Yorker Reveals More Details About NYC’s Botched Tech Campus Deal With Stanford
(NY Observer)

N.Y.C. Map Shows Many Proposed Bike-Sharing Sites
New York Cracks Down On Birdbaths To Fight West Nile Virus
Honest Tea: Part Of The Waste Problem Is Now Part Of Solution In NYC
Fort Greene’s Red Lantern Bicycles: More Than A Bicycle Shop
N.Y.U. To Create The Center for Urban Science & Progress, A New Research Institute In Brooklyn
(NY Times)

Brooklyn Bicyclists Get A Boost
(NY Observer)

Pratt, Bronx Zoo Going Green For Earth Day
Wild Birds Poisoned By Illegal Toxin On Upper West Side, Vets Say
Energy Group Will Give Free Pedicab Rides In Harlem On Earth Day
(DNA Info)

LI Vineyards Gain Eco-Friendly Aid From New Not-For-Profit
(Newsday)

10 Ways The Big Apple Is A Green Machine
Everyone’s Oars In The Water!
(NYRP)

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