Today’s Environmental News: June 11, 2012

Regional News >

Manhattan On Track To Get Its First Slow Zone
(WNYC)

Squadron, Parents To Protest PCBs At PS 146 Monday.
(Carroll Gardens Patch)

Federal Court Throws Out NRC Rule On Nuclear Waste Storage: Riverkeeper Victory Critical For Indian Point Re-licensing Battle
(Riverkeeper)

DEP Launches New Online Boiler And Equipment Registration System To Streamline Compliance Processes For Building Owners
(NYC DEP)

EPA Dredge Report Faulted: Environmental Groups Say U.S. Agency Should Expand Scope Of Hudson Cleanup
(Times Union)

New York Paid Developers $1B To Improve Brownfields
(WRVO Public Media)

DEC/EPA Hydrofracking Emails: The Outtakes
(Politics on the Hudson)

Albany Assembly Candidate And Fracking Moratorium
(Capital Confidential)

DEC: Grants Available For Hudson River Estuary Projects
(NY DEC)

Court Forces A Rethinking Of Nuclear Fuel Storage
(New York Times)

Onsite Storage Of Nuclear Waste Could Hold Up IP Relicensing Decision
Schumer Endorses Riverfront Trail Development For Mid-Hudson Region
(Mid-Hudson News)

DEC, EPA Offer Hydrofracking Clues In Emails
(WGRZ)

Plummeting Prices, Lawsuits May Curb Fracking In NY
(NY Alt News)

The North East’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Prices Remain Flat, 57% Of Allowances Sold
(Environmental Leader)

NYC Washes Its Hands Of Phoenicia Sewer; Shandaken Supervisor Cries Foul
(Watershed Post)

Activists Call For End To NYC Carriage Horse Rides
(Wall Street Journal)

Renewed Push Underway To Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages In New York City
(CBS)

Time Is Running Out For Sharks In New York
New York Students Going Green
(Huffington Post)

Jaded! Williamsburg Still Waiting For The City To Build Its Promised Park On The Waterfront
Keep Your Bikes To Yourselves! South Williamsburg Shuns Bike Share
(NY Observer)

Number Of Bike/Car Collision Injuries Dwarfed By Car Crash Injuries
Brooklyn’s Hasidic Schools: No Bikes Allowed
(Gothamist)

The Society Of Young Urbanists
(City Atlast)

Carriage Horse, SUV And Motorcycle Collide In Columbus Circle Crash
Inwood Traffic Could Put On The Brakes Under Neighborhood Slow Zone
Schumer: Queens Is Great For Biking
(DNA Info)

Going Green: Wetlands Play Major Role In Fight Against Climate Change
(NY 1)

Honeybees Help Waldorf Astoria Keep Up With Green Trend
(The Spokesman Review)

Lessons From Henry Street: Historic Windows — Repair Or Replace?
(Municipal Art Society)

Speeding Up Solar In New York City
(On Earth Magazine)

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