Today’s Environmental News: July 13, 2012

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Regional News >

State Issues Friday Ozone Alert For NYC
(NY 1)

Governor Cuomo Urges New Yorkers To Be Cautious With High Danger Of Wildfires Across Western And Upstate New York
Governor Cuomo Announces $9 Million in Flood Mitigation Grants Awarded Through NY Works Program
(Governor’s Press Office)

Riverkeeper Rips Federal Tappan Zee Bridge Project Study On Endangered Fish
(Journal News)

NYLCV Gives Lawmakers ‘B’ On Environment
(New York Daily News)

Do-Nothing NY State Senate Stalling On Fracking Decisions
(Times Herald-Record)

DEC Temporarily Closes Shellfishing Areas In Town Of Oyster Bay, Nassau County
New Lobster Mandatory V-Notch Rules In New York Marine Waters
(NY DEC)

Illegal Ivory Leads 2 To Plead Guilty In New York
Ivory Trail from Elephant Killing Fields Leads To Manhattan
(New York Times)

DOE- CEA Partnership Clean Energy “Mentee” Versatilis Chosen to Present At New Energy Symposium
(Albany Times Union)

Cuomo Issues Burn Ban For Forest Fire Danger
(Capital Confidential)

NYC Speaker Quinn Joins Smart Power NY Coalition, Calls For Repowering Astoria
(Digital Journal)

Cops Care More About Squirrels Than Cyclists Under “A-Tack” In Central Park
(Gothamist)

The Bronx Wants A 200,000 Square Foot Rooftop Farm
New York City To Expand 20 MPH ‘Slow Zones’ To 13 Neighborhoods
(Treehugger)

Test-Riding The Citi Bikes: Un-Chic But Surprisingly Pleasant
(NY Magazine)

Ten Feet Of Black Mayonnaise: A Day On The Gowanus Canal
(NY Curbed)

Hell’s Kitchen Cops and Community Begin Crackdown on Delivery Bikes
Pols And Residents Rally For Crackdown On Illegal Electric Bikes
(DNA Info)

Awesome Project: Kids Are “LEDing the Future” At PS 57
(IOBY)

Reimagining The East River Esplanade
(City Atlas)

Lake Erie Beach Is A Repeat Offender For Pollution
(Buffalo News)

AES Westover Plant In Union, NY May Have Released PCBs
(Press Connects)

State Officials Visit Schuyler To Announce Flood Repair Grants
(Utica Observer Dispatch)

NY Officials Adjust Deer And Bear Hunting Seasons
(Wall Street Journal)

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