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Feds fund Bloomberg's congestion plan But still no actual decision on whether it will happen	Kate Sheppard	14 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: cars, New York, New York City, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Underwater Update Tidal turbines in New York's East River halted temporarily for repairs		13 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Underwater Update Tidal turbines in New York's East River halted temporarily for repairs The company experimenting with underwater electricity turbines in New York's East River has found that the river's currents are powerful. Too powerful, if you want to get picky about it: the river sheared off several blades on the 20-foot-tall turbines, and has stressed the bolts on the repl ...
Topics: energy, innovation, New York, news, renewable energy, wave and tidal power (all these topics)

NYC subways: One kilowatt-hour per trip Subways are the best	Jon Rynn	10 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: New York, New York City, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

As flooding cripples New York City transit system ... Only cyclists and walkers remain calm	Maywa Montenegro	08 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: New York, New York City, public transportation, severe weather (all these topics)

Test Drive New York to paste 'global warming index' stickers on some new vehicles		06 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Test Drive New York to paste "global warming index" stickers on some new vehicles New York has become the second state in the U.S. to require new cars and light trucks to bear a "global warming index" sticker. (We'll give you a minute to guess which one was first.) The law, which begins with the 2010 model year, aims to educate consumers and cut pollutio ...
Topics: cars, climate, consumerism, greenhouse-gas emissions, New York, news, shopping (all these topics)

They're counting on you To count ... heh	Kate Sheppard	01 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: cars, green living, New York, New York City, placemaking (all these topics)

Congestion pricing saves more than it costs Bloomberg�s law: Environment equals economic growth	Grist	28 Jul 2007	Gristmill

Topics: cars, green living, New York, New York City, placemaking, politics, public transportation, urban planning (all these topics)

Pretty Please, With Cuomo On Top New York state sues ExxonMobil over oil spill foot-dragging		18 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Pretty Please, With Cuomo On Top New York state sues ExxonMobil over oil spill foot-dragging A shot has been fired in the quiet oil-spill battle in Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Greenpoint neighborhood: the state has sued ExxonMobil to force the cleanup of the estimated 8 million gallons of oil and petroleum byproducts still underground after a 1950 explosion. The spill, larger than the Exxon Valdez deb ...
Topics: Big Oil, business, litigation, New York, news, water pollution (all these topics)

Valuing the commons: Congestion pricing's hidden payoff The connection between congestion pricing and carbon taxes	Charles Komanoff	15 Jul 2007	Gristmill

Topics: carbon tax, New York, New York City, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

As Long As the Sox Are OK Study says climate threatens Northeast icons like lobsters and foliage		13 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
As Long As the Sox Are OK Study says climate threatens Northeast icons like lobsters and foliage Imagine the Northeast without lobsters, snow, cranberries, and colorful foliage. Without that, you'd have -- what, white churches and crusty old lumberjacks? But all those natural icons are at risk from climate change, says a report the Union of Concerned Scientists put ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, New England, New York, news (all these topics)

Share and share a bike NYC puts training wheels on new program	Sarah van Schagen	10 Jul 2007	Gristmill

Topics: bikes, green living, New York, New York City, placemaking (all these topics)

Don't Drink the Water and Don't Breathe the Air Feds misled Manhattan residents about post-9/11 health effects, says report		22 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Don't Drink the Water and Don't Breathe the Air Feds misled Manhattan residents about post-9/11 health effects, says report The U.S. government misled New Yorkers about residential asbestos levels after 9/11, says, um, the U.S. government. In a report released this week, the Government Accountability Office takes issue with the U.S. EPA's claims that only a "very small" number of indoor air sampl ...
Topics: health, Hillary Clinton, New York, news, toxics (all these topics)

One down ...	David Roberts	11 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy, New York (all these topics)

LEED competition	David Roberts	10 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Canada, green building, New York, placemaking (all these topics)

Spitzer and Polish New York governor's mansion gets an eco-facelift		03 May 2007	Daily Grist
Spitzer and Polish New York governor's mansion gets an eco-facelift You know, we've been thinking about eco-remodeling our 39-room mansion, and now New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his wife Silda Wall Spitzer are providing inspiration. The couple plans to green the governor's residence in Albany, which was built in 1875 and has housed such luminaries as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Nelson A. Ro ...
Topics: energy efficiency, green building, green living, New York, news (all these topics)

The Gothman Prophecies New York City mayor unveils ambitious sustainability plans		23 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
The Gothman Prophecies New York City mayor unveils ambitious sustainability plans New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg used Earth Day to announce plans to make his burg bloom. The comprehensive "PlaNYC" outlines 127 green dreams, including a congestion charge for lower Manhattan that would -- like programs in London and Singapore -- see drivers cough up a fee for entering the city at ...
Topics: local politics, New York, news, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

Brooklyn vacation report A good time was had by ... me	David Roberts	09 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: food, New York, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

Brooklyn bleg	David Roberts	04 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: New York, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

All You Need Is Guv Governors' races along Eastern seaboard could lead to big environmental gains	Amanda Griscom Little	10 Oct 2006	Muckraker
While the Mark Foley mess has everyone's attention riveted on the fast-changing congressional landscape, enviros should also keep an eye on gubernatorial races this November. "The state level is where all the truly positive environmental action has been happening in recent years," says Tony Massaro, senior vice president for political affairs with t ...
Topics: elections, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Muckraker, New York, Pennsylvania, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Majora League An interview with Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx	Amanda Griscom Little	28 Sep 2006	Main Dish
Majora Carter is no ordinary environmental leader. For starters: She's a woman, she's black, and she's not afraid to publicly challenge Al Gore. Majora Carter. Photos: Sustainable South Bronx In 2005, she was honored with a MacArthur "genius grant" for her work with Sustainable South Bronx, a group she founded to mobilize grassroots environmental activism among New Yo ...
Topics: environmental justice, grassroots activism, health, heroes, interview, New York (all these topics)

I Know What You Did With That Last Hummer Schwarzenegger sells his Hummers, pals around with NYC Mayor Bloomberg		22 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
I Know What You Did With That Last Hummer Schwarzenegger sells his Hummers, pals around with NYC Mayor Bloomberg [See correction below.] Had your doubts that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) was walking his green talk? Oh, he's walking all right -- the guv has sold his eight Hummers. It was Schwarzenegger who originally convinced then-manufacturer AM General to make a ver ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, New York, news, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Nothing to Fear But Air Itself Government fails to tend to the many left sick by the 9/11 attacks		11 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Nothing to Fear But Air Itself Government fails to tend to the many left sick by the 9/11 attacks The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, left behind a grim legacy. No, we're not talking about the violent imperial fantasies and paranoia that have gripped much of the nation, but the lingering ill health of those who worked in lower Manhattan to find survivors and clean up the rubble. New research shows that 69 percent of worke ...
Topics: air pollution, New York, news, US EPA (all these topics)

A Touch of Class New York schools will clean green		01 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
A Touch of Class New York schools will clean green Kids in New York will breathe easier this fall, thanks to a new law requiring schools in the state to purchase environmentally friendly cleaning supplies. "It's well documented that when you clean up the quality of the air we breathe indoors, students' attendance rates go up, attention spans in the classroom improve, and students perform better,&quo ...
Topics: education, green cleaning, New York, news, toxics (all these topics)

Diss Me Cate EPA whistleblower says agency misled on health hazards of 9/11 dust		25 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Diss Me Cate EPA whistleblower says agency misled on health hazards of 9/11 dust A U.S. EPA whistleblower has gone public with accusations that the agency downplayed the health hazards of dust from the collapsed World Trade Center. EPA senior scientist Cate Jenkins -- who has long clashed with her employer -- says the agency relied on misleading test reports in 2002 and 2003. A few months after 9/11, ...
Topics: New York, news, toxics, US EPA, US Geological Survey (all these topics)

Going With the Flow Underwater turbines to be tested in New York river		22 May 2006	Daily Grist
Going With the Flow Underwater turbines to be tested in New York river Avoiding the bickering over wind power and biofuels, a Virginia-based company is seeking clean energy in the watery deep. Within a few weeks, Verdant Power will submerge turbines in New York's East River to draw energy from the tides. The first phase of the project will run for 18 months, with six turbines supplying energy to a ne ...
Topics: New York, news, rivers and watersheds, water pollution (all these topics)

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