Today’s Environmental News: June 22, 2012

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Legislature Acts On Top NYLCV Priority!
Albany Disappoints On Solar Energy
Legislature Approves Enhanced Environmental Protection Fund
(NYLCV)

New York Mandates Alerts On Sewage Discharges
Fast Public Notice Of Sewage Spills Into Water
At Freshkills Park, Borrowing Goats To Tackle A Weed Problem
(New York Times)

Cuomo’s Hydrofracking Study Remark Evokes A Response
(Capital Confidential)

Lower Manhattan To Get $47K Recycling Bin
(Mother Nature Network)

Friends Of NY’s Environment Applaud Passage Of Legislation To Enhance Environmental Protection Fund
(Read Media)

Making The City’s Waterways Cleaner For The Public
(WNYC)

New Jersey State Assembly Votes To Ban Fracking Wastewater
NY State Legislature Passes Sewage Pollution Right To Know Act
(Eco Watch)

HRPT Approves Spectra Pipeline Easement
(Sane Energy Project)

Schumer Announces Senate Passage Of Maple Tap Act
(WKBW-TV)

The Edge In Williamsburg Strikes Environmental Gold With LEED Certification
(NY Observer)

Group Pushing Tappan Zee Bridge Alternative: A Tunnel
(Lo Hud)

LowLine Update: A Park Under The Street
(City Atlas)

Solar-Powered Streetscape Could Spruce Up Columbus Avenue
Groups Tangle Over Creating Queens ‘High Line’
Summer Heat Wave Brings Thousands Of Power Outages To Brooklyn, Queens
(DNA Info)

47 Pit Bulls Rescued From Alleged Bronx Dog Fighting Ring
(Huffington Post)

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