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It's a Mall World, After All
Green mega-mall gets green light to build in Syracuse, N.Y. |
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19 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| It's a Mall World, After All Green mega-mall gets green light to build in Syracuse, N.Y. Destiny USA -- the purportedly uber-green mega-mall planned for Syracuse, N.Y. -- is finally ready to move into the construction phase, after developers and local officials ended years of bickering and reached a 30-year tax deal this week. According to lead developer Robert Congel, it will be the largest complex in the w ... |
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| Topics: New York, news, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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The Elephant in the Green Room
An interview with retiring Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, a GOP leader on environmental protection |
Amanda Griscom Little |
28 Apr 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Sherwood Boehlert. Photo: AP/Jim McKnight. When leading U.S. climate scientist James Hansen accused NASA earlier this year of stifling his public speech on climate change, Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-N.Y.) sprang into action. Chair of the House Science Committee, Boehlert immediately fired off a stern letter to the NASA administrator, asser ... |
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| Topics: interview, New York, politics (all these topics) |
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We're So Vain, We Think This Party's About Us
A dispatch from the launch party for Vanity Fair's green issue |
Emily Gertz |
19 Apr 2006 |
Dispatches |
| reports on environmental issues from her home base in Brooklyn, N.Y. She has written for Grist, BushGreenwatch, The Bear Deluxe, and other independent publications. She contributes to Worldchanging.com, and recently launched OneAtlantic.net. Wednesday, 19 Apr 2006 New York, N.Y. Why was last night different from all other nights on which people have gathered to party for an ... |
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| Topics: Dispatches, green living, New York (all these topics) |
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Lung Out to Dry
Thousands of Manhattanites suffer post-9/11 respiratory problems |
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13 Apr 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Lung Out to Dry Thousands of Manhattanites suffer post-9/11 respiratory problems With all due respect to the Free-Floating Anxiety and War Fever afflicting many in the post-9/11 world (prescription: less talk radio), at least 15,000 people have actual medical complaints related to the attack. Many victims afflicted with "World Trade Center cough" assumed it would pass once the dust settled; instead, problems have ... |
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| Topics: New York, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Enthuse Your Curbism
Two new nature books for city slickers |
Emily Gertz |
06 Apr 2006 |
Arts and Minds |
| Lately, green is the new black in the American metropolis. Here in New York City, the cabbies are driving hybrids and the fashionistas are wearing organic jeans. Even in my decidedly un-hip Brooklyn neighborhood, the corner deli sells organic milk and cookies. Green is busting out all over. Photo: iStockphoto. Green-tinted consumerism is probably gaining ground in your city too. (Is that a Whole Foods opening ... |
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| Topics: green living, New York, placemaking (all these topics) |
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What Fresh Eliot Is This?
Spitzer claims green mantle in race for governor of New York |
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31 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| What Fresh Eliot Is This? Spitzer claims green mantle in race for governor of New York As attorney general of New York, Eliot Spitzer (D) has garnered a reputation for many things, but subtlety is not one of them. So it's fitting that he kicked off the first big environmental speech of his gubernatorial campaign with this: "George Bush is, hands down, the worst president on environmental and energy issues that thi ... |
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| Topics: elections, New York, news, politics (all these topics) |
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City Slicker
New Yorkers sue Big Oil over decades-old underground contamination |
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28 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| City Slicker New Yorkers sue Big Oil over decades-old underground contamination The words "oil spill" tend to summon images of remote coastlines and goo-covered wildlife. But one of the nastiest spills going is in Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Greenpoint neighborhood: a 17-million-gallon underground oil slick (bigger than the Exxon Valdez disaster) that has spread over an area as big as 41 football fields. A legacy of decades-gon ... |
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| Topics: energy, New York, news, oil (all these topics) |
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Rumblings in the Bronx
A virtual walking tour of the South Bronx with Omar Freilla of Green Worker Cooperatives |
Mary Wiltenburg |
27 Feb 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Click image to take the tour. Photo by Mary Wiltenburg. New York's South Bronx was once a getaway for the rich; now the defining landmarks of the community are power plants, landfills, and parking lots. Where some might see hopelessness, though, resident Omar Freilla sees opportunity. Freilla founded Green Work ... |
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| Topics: consumerism, environmental justice, grassroots activism, heroes, New York, Poverty and the Environment, toxics, waste (all these topics) |
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I'm Hatin' It
How the feds make bad-for-you food cheaper than healthful fare |
Tom Philpott |
22 Feb 2006 |
Main Dish |
| If you're going to talk about poverty, food, and the environment in the United States, you might as well start in the Corn Belt. So good, and so good for you -- until it's turned into soda. Photo: stock.xchng. This fertile area produces most of the country's annual corn harvest of more than 10 billion bushels, far and away the world's largest such haul. Where does it all go? The majority -- a ... |
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| Topics: Big Ag, Department of Agriculture, environmental justice, gardening, grassroots activism, industrial ag, local food, New York, placemaking, Poverty and the Environment, sustainable ag (all these topics) |
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Turn the Eat Around
Forgotten by many, a Brooklyn neighborhood nourishes its own |
Tom Philpott |
22 Feb 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Wander into Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood on a Saturday morning in summer, and you'll see a sight not uncommon in New York City these days: a thriving and diverse farmers' market. Neighborhood denizens cluster around stands offering free-range meat, fresh cheese, cream-on-top milk, and a whole array of fresh fruit and vegetables, many of them grown right down the block. An Added Value ... |
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| Topics: Big Ag, Department of Agriculture, environmental justice, gardening, grassroots activism, industrial ag, local food, New York, placemaking, Poverty and the Environment, sustainable ag (all these topics) |
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All About Steve
Steve Frillmann, community-garden guru, answers readers' questions |
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17 Feb 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Steve Frillmann, executive director of Green Guerillas. I'd love to hear a juicy story of how community gardening is a tool for community development. Would you share one? -- Lisa Gelczis, Flagstaff, Ariz. Just this past summer, Green Guerillas cut the lock off the fence of a once-vibrant community garden that had fallen into disrepair. We put up fliers, knocked on doors, and went to community meeti ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, food, gardening, InterActivist, interview, New York, placemaking, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics) |
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Guerillas in the Midst
Steve Frillmann, community-garden guru, answers Grist's questions |
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13 Feb 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Steve Frillmann. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am the executive director of Green Guerillas, New York City's oldest community-gardening group. What does your organization do? At Green Guerillas, we help people carry out their visions for what community gardens can be in a dense, vibrant urban area -- urban farms, botanic gardens, performance spaces, community centers, ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, food, gardening, InterActivist, interview, New York, placemaking, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics) |
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Fault Whitman
Bush appointee misled public on toxic air after 9/11 attack, judge says |
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03 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Fault Whitman Bush appointee misled public on toxic air after 9/11 attack, judge says Federal judge Deborah Batts said yesterday that former U.S. EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman "increased, and may have in fact created, the danger" to people living and working near the World Trade Center towers in the weeks following the 9/11 attacks -- behavior Batts called "conscience-shocking." Ouch. Most sign ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, New York, news, US EPA (all these topics) |
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The Trend Is Near
Swanky New York event heats up the green scene |
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26 Jan 2006 |
Dispatches |
| Emily Gertz is a regular contributor to WorldChanging.com, and an internet content and strategy consultant for nonprofits. She has written on environmental policy for BushGreenwatch, and on the intersections of environment, culture, art, and activism for The Bear Deluxe and other independent alternative publications. Thursday, 26 Jan 2006 New York, N.Y. I have seen the future of the environmental movement, and it isn't street dem ... |
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| Topics: Dispatches, green living, New York (all these topics) |
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Five reasons to oppose wind farms
According to Wired. |
Chris Schults |
06 Jan 2006 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: energy, New York, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics) |
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The Big Grapple
New York, New York, it's a wonderful, energy-efficient town |
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12 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Big Grapple New York, New York, it's a wonderful, energy-efficient town With demand for electricity steadily increasing but no room for new power plants, New York City is making pioneering strides in energy efficiency; even famously eco-conscious burgs like Seattle and Portland are taking notice. New York has switched over more than 11,000 traffic lights and walk signals to light-emitting diodes that use 90 percent less ... |
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| Topics: New York, news, water pollution (all these topics) |
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What, Too Busy Screwing Up New Orleans?
EPA abandons big cleanup plans near New York City's Ground Zero |
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30 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| What, Too Busy Screwing Up New Orleans? EPA abandons big cleanup plans near New York City's Ground Zero The U.S. EPA is ditching ambitious cleanup plans for post-9/11 lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, disbanding a panel of scientists, community leaders, and local officials that has met for 20 months on the matter. The panel's efforts -- to devise a comprehensive decontamination plan for homes and businesses in the path of dust ... |
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| Topics: New York, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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I Wish They All Could Be California Copycats
New York, Massachusetts to adopt tougher auto-emissions standards |
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28 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| I Wish They All Could Be California Copycats New York, Massachusetts to adopt tougher auto-emissions standards The New York State Environmental Board voted unanimously this month to adopt California's toughest-in-the-nation rules for cutting automotive greenhouse-gassiness. The new rules, which will be phased in with 2009 model-year cars, aim to cut carbon dioxide emissions about 30 percent by 2016 -- effectivel ... |
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| Topics: Massachusetts, New York, news, placemaking (all these topics) |
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General Electric Slide
Leaked memo raises doubts about thoroughness of GE's Hudson cleanup plan |
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21 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| General Electric Slide Leaked memo raises doubts about thoroughness of GE's Hudson cleanup plan Remember the historic settlement announced last month between the U.S. EPA and General Electric? The one that would have GE clean up PCBs in the Hudson River, one of the largest industrial cleanups ever attempted? Yeah, well ... don't get your hopes up. GE intends to cap off much of the pol ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, New York, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Start Spreading the Dues
Charging cars to enter city could loosen New York's traffic jams |
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11 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Start Spreading the Dues Charging cars to enter city could loosen New York's traffic jams Charging drivers a fee to enter the city center succeeded in ameliorating traffic woes in London -- but can the concept make it on the mean streets of New York, N.Y.? 'Cause if you can make it there ... oh, never mind. The Partnership for New York City, an influential business association, thinks "congestion pricing" for Gotham i ... |
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| Topics: New York, news, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Rock, Hudson
GE finally agrees to clean up PCBs in Hudson River |
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07 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Rock, Hudson GE finally agrees to clean up PCBs in Hudson River Are we ecomagining things? General Electric Co. has finally agreed to dredge the PCBs it long ago dumped in the upper Hudson River of New York state, nearly 30 years after the contamination was discovered. With 43 miles of tainted river bottom to tend and total costs estimated at $700 million, it will be one of the ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Hudson River, New York, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Central Dark
New York City dims skyscraper lights to help save birds |
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22 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Central Dark New York City dims skyscraper lights to help save birds Love cities? Love birds? Wish the former would stop killing the latter? Audubon wants to help. Its "Lights Out New York" effort is encouraging Big Apple building owners to turn lights down or off above the 40th floor, from midnight to daylight, during spring and fall migrations. Not only will dimming prevent light-mesmerize ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, Chicago, New York, news, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Diary of a Mad Black River
Millions of gallons of liquid cow manure flow into N.Y. river |
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16 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Diary of a Mad Black River Millions of gallons of liquid cow manure flow into N.Y. river At some point last week -- nobody's quite sure when -- one wall of an earthen reservoir on one of New York state's biggest dairy farms collapsed, releasing some 3 million gallons of liquid cow manure into the Black River. "That stinks," noted observant 15-year-old New Yorker Dustan Wisner. But the s ... |
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| Topics: New York, news, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds (all these topics) |
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Des Cartes
On utility carts |
Umbra Fisk |
01 Aug 2005 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I live less than a half-mile from a supermarket, and prefer to do my errands by foot. Any thoughts on where I could buy a top-of-the-line utility cart? I'm willing to pay a premium for something lightweight, smooth-rolling, stable, foldable, and durable (or if not durable, then easy to recycle when it breaks!). Something stylish would be a bonus: it might just convince my neighbors to follow suit. Liz Alexandria, Va. Dearest Liz, ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, New York (all these topics) |
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The Sweet Swim of Success
Lower Hudson River clean enough for dipping |
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01 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Sweet Swim of Success Lower Hudson River clean enough for dipping A dozen-plus locations along the lower Hudson River in New York state are once again fit for taking a dip, thanks to decades of cleanup efforts. Accounts of swimming in the Hudson date back to colonial times, but by the mid-20th century the river was an unholy stew of industrial waste and raw sewage. Cleanup started in the 1960s, and roughl ... |
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| Topics: Hudson River, New York, news, water pollution (all these topics) |
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