New York Environmental News: August 10, 2012

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Regional News >

Governor Cuomo Signs Bill To Protect Public Health By Requiring Sewage Plants To Notify Public When Discharge Occurs
(Governor Cuomo’s Press Office)

Scientists And Community Leaders Attack NY DEC Fracking Review Process
(Eco Watch)

Governor Cuomo, Stop Fracking Around With Our Health
(Amsterdam News)

Amount Of PCBs Consumed At Ghent, New York, Fire Remains Unknown
New York: Law Forces Sewage Alerts
(Albany Times Union)

Governor Cuomo Signs “Sewage Pollution Right To Know”
Coastal Long Island Offers A Great Opportunity For Offshore Wind Power
New “Green Fee” Is Coming For MTA MetroCard Users
PSC Asks Public If It Should Raise Allowances For Net Metering
Adirondacks Purchase Is The Biggest In A Century
Onondaga Lake Restoration Gets Underway
ReEnergizing Fort Drum
(NYLCV)

Riverkeeper Celebrates Governor’s Signing Of Sewage Right To Know Act
(Riverkeeper)

Repairs Almost Complete On NY Sewage Pipe; Discharge Into Hudson Could End Friday
(The Republic)

New York: State Needs To Fix Salt-Contamination Problem Now
(Press Republican)

New York Kick-Offs Multi-Year Seafloor Mapping Project Of Long Island Sound
(Read Media)

Emerald Ash Borer Found For The First Time In A New York State-Owned Campground
(NY DEC)

Environmentalists Occupy Meatpacking District
(The Examiner)

At A Public Hearing, Customers Complain Of Unfair Billing For Water
City Room: Water-Saving Timers for Sprinklers in N.Y.C. Playgrounds
(New York Times)

To NYC Business Owners, Hugging Trees Is Hip
(Human Impacts Institute)

Hunts Point’s Clean Energy Program
(NYC DOT)

Speedy Bikers Still An Issue, Says NYPD
(Daily News)

NYC Ironman Athletes Might Really Have To Swim Through Sh*t
The NYPD’s ‘Tony Bees’ Explains His Battlefield Strategy
(NY Magazine)

Urban Birdwatching All the Rage In Central Park
NYC Playground Sprinklers Will Turn Off After 2 Minutes Under New Timer System To Reduce Water Usage
(DNA Info)

Brooklyn Cyclist Gets FOUR Tickets In A Single Stop
(Gothamist)

Tick Management Plan Debated In North Haven
(The Sag Harbor Express)

Sudden Water Bill Increases Troubling New Yorkers; NYC DEP Questioned
(The Epoch Times)

Passive But Pushy: Eco-Conscious Houses Popping Up All Over Brooklyn
(New York Observer)

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