New York Environmental News: Jan 29, 2013

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SCHUMER: TWO WEEK ‘TRANSITIONAL SHELTERING ASSISTANCE’ EXTENSIONS LEAVE DISPLACED SANDY VICTIMS OUT IN THE COLD

SCHUMER URGES FEDS TO OPPOSE OKLAHOMA-BASED SENECA-CAYUGA TRIBE’S APPLICATION TO PLACE 229 ACRES OF UPSTATE NY LAND INTO TRUST, WITHOUT STATE OR COUNTY AGREEMENT

(Senator Schumer’s Press Office)

Buffalo City Councilmembers And Local Officials Among 600+ Elected Officials Raising Concerns About True Costs Of Fracking

(Elected Officials To Protect New York)

Environmental Advocates of New York Statement Urging Legislature To Hold Health Commissioner Accountable On Fracking Study

(Environmental Advocates of New York)

NYSERDA Announces Energy Efficiency Projects at Binghamton University in Support Of Governor Cuomo’s Build Smart NY Initiative

NYSERDA Awards $1.8 Million To H2Pump Of Latham To Help Demonstrate Energy-Saving Hydrogen Technology

(NYSERDA)

Health Commissioner Shah Stays Silent On Fracking Review

(Politics on the Hudson)

Survey: Should Indian Point’s Operating Permits Be Extended?

(The Journal News Lo Hud)

Homes In Flood Zone Double In New FEMA Map Congress Gives Final Approval To Hurricane Sandy Aid

M.T.A. Says Subway Platform Gates Could Cost $1 Billion

Gowanus Canal Dolphin Was ‘Chronically Ill,’ Necropsy Shows

(New York Times)

Queens Senator Demands Ban On Hydrofracking

(Times Ledger)

EPA Public Meeting On The Proposed Plan

(Gowanus Canal Consrvancy)

After Sandy, Scientists Track Displaced Sand To Measure Barrier Island Damage

(NPR)

Breezy Point Families Will Sue LIPA Over Devastating Hurricane Sandy Fire

Rescuers Wouldn’t Risk Entering Toxic Gowanus Canal To Help Injured Dolphin

Bronx Man Pleads Guilty To Running “Horrific” Dog Fighting Ring

Two Men Busted For Stealing Sandy Supplies From Staten Island Church

“Winter Vomiting Disease”: The Other Big Winter Bug To Watch Out For

(Gothamist)

Scientist Klaus Jacob Warned For Years A Storm Like Hurricane Sandy Could Hit NYC

Going Green: NYS 2100 Report Highlights Importance Of Natural Infrastructure

Community Advocates Begin Report On How City Responded To Hurricane Sandy

MoMA PS1 Wants To Build Performance Dome In The Rockaways

(NY 1)

The Gowanus Dolphin Never Really Had A Chance

(NY Magazine)

3 Months Later, Sandy Losses Mount

Senate Passes $51 Billion Sandy Relief Measure

10 Lessons From Superstorm Sandy

Burglaries Up 500 Percent In The Rockaways

Puzzling Leadership Gap As New York NAACP’s Joins Soda Industry To Fight Ban

Including Health Care In Discussions Of Storm Preparedness

PHOTOS: Adopt These NYC Animals

(Huffington Post)

Just Days After Deep Freeze, City To Bask In Near-Record Heat

Urban Planners Propose Green Alternatives To FreshDirect’s Bronx Facility

New Web Site Opposes Building Queens High Line On Abandoned Railroad

(DNA Info)

Rapid Repairs Restores 3,000 Buildings In Queens

(Times Ledger)

Bracing For Sandy’s Second Impact

(Planetizen)

Rebuilding After Sandy

(Green Buildings NYC)

Northeast Organic Farm Association Of New York Discusses Genetically Modified Organisms At Conference

(Troy Record)

Hudson River Park Trust’s Pier 57 Will Add To Car/Bike Greenway Conflicts

(Streets Blog)

New York’s First Subterranean Park: The Proposed ‘Lowline’ Beneath Manhattan

(Urban Ghosts)

Sea Farming Shellfish And Seaweed In Long Island Sound

(Greening the Apple)

Jonathan Rose’s Micro-Apartment Complex Balances Tiny Living Spaces With Ample Communal Areas

(Inhabitat)

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