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Hail the Cabs! Hybrid taxis to hit the streets of New York City this fall		27 Jul 2005	Daily Grist
Hail the Cabs! Hybrid taxis to hit the streets of New York City this fall Six different hybrid models will debut in New York City's taxi fleet this fall, thanks to a recent vote by the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission. Some commissioners had previously expressed reservations about the leg room (or lack thereof) in hybrids, but after test drives, one termed Toyota' ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, New York, news, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Jail Spin An interview with activists at the Prison Moratorium Project	Adrienne Maree Brown	21 Jun 2005	Main Dish
Khaleaph Luis (left) and Prince Serna. Say "criminal justice" and very few people think of the environment. But in reality, there's a complicated relationship between the work of environmentalists, who are trying to encourage a more responsible attitude toward our planet and everything on it, and those moving in and out of the prison-industrial complex, who are fighting for a litt ...
Topics: environmental justice, interview, New York, New York City, politics (all these topics)

An Offer: They Can't Dump E-Refuse NYC considers tough e-waste bill		26 May 2005	Daily Grist
An Offer: They Can't Dump E-Refuse NYC considers tough e-waste bill One of the toughest electronic-waste bills in the U.S. was introduced in the New York City Council yesterday. It would require producers of electronic equipment like computers and televisions to collect and recycle those devices -- that is, if they want to maintain selling rights within the city. City officials like council me ...
Topics: green living, New York, news, pollution and waste, recycling (all these topics)

DestiNY's Child Mega-mall in upstate New York could give birth to a clean-energy awakening	Amanda Griscom Little	20 May 2005	Muckraker
Could a mall mogul's dream project give a big boost to renewables? Image: DestiNY USA. As the Senate deliberates over the Bush-backed energy bill and enviros send out another round of distress signals over America's obdurate fossil-fuel dependency, who would believe that the next big thing in renewable energy is being driven by a tenacious commercial developer with stro ...
Topics: green living, Muckraker, New York, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Giuliani-Come-Lately Giuliani joins law firm renowned for defending energy interests	Amanda Griscom Little	08 Apr 2005	Muckraker
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani -- whose name is often bandied about as a possible 2008 GOP presidential contender -- added a splash of deep red to his moderate-Republican profile when he announced last week his decision to join a Texas-based law firm known for representing heavy-hitting energy companies. Rudy Giuliani. Photo: NYC.gov. Enron, ChevronTexaco, Pacific G ...
Topics: business, climate, energy, Muckraker, New York, politics, Rudy Giuliani (all these topics)

Je Syracuse Onondaga Nation sues for land rights in New York state		31 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Je Syracuse Onondaga Nation sues for land rights in New York state The Onondaga Nation earlier this month filed a lawsuit claiming ownership of some 3,100 square miles of New York state, including Onondaga Lake in northwest Syracuse -- a large body of water to which the community claims to have ancestral connection. That lake also happens to be one of the most polluted in the country; once a source of trout and ...
Topics: lakes, New York, news, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Too Crunchy for My Shirt, So Crunchy It Hurts New York fashion show highlights eco-friendly garb		21 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Too Crunchy for My Shirt, So Crunchy It Hurts New York fashion show highlights eco-friendly garb Green may soon be the new black, some fashionistas say. Case in point: the FutureFashion runway show last month during New York's Fashion Week. Everything worn in the show -- including clothes by high-profile designers Oscar de la Renta and Proenza Schouler -- was made with eco-friendly fibers such as bamboo, corn, and organic cott ...
Topics: green living, New York, news (all these topics)

Berate and Barrel Open-barrel trash burning becoming a hot issue for states		07 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Berate and Barrel Open-barrel trash burning becoming a hot issue for states Not interested in paying the $1- or $2-per-bag fee for trash disposal? Just throw it all in a barrel in your backyard and burn it. That's what thousands of upstate New Yorkers -- and millions of rural Americans -- do, and it's making some environmental activists hot under the collar. But a bill t ...
Topics: food and agriculture, New York, news, solid waste treatment and disposal, toxics (all these topics)

The Three Marketeers Emily Gertz watches the suits pitch to the T-shirt crowd at Verdopolis		11 Feb 2005	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. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Friday, 11 Feb 2005 NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. How do we pay for the energy ...
Topics: Dispatches, environmental planning, hydrogen, New York, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Next and the City At Verdopolis, Emily Gertz learns how to make cities more like zoos		10 Feb 2005	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. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Thursday, 10 Feb 2005 NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. One fact is being repeated by sp ...
Topics: Dispatches, environmental planning, hydrogen, New York, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Chillin' Verde Emily Gertz sends dispatches from Verdopolis, a confab on future green cities		09 Feb 2005	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. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Wednesday, 09 Feb 2005 NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. This morning, taking in ...
Topics: Dispatches, environmental planning, hydrogen, New York, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Red and Blue Make ... Green? New York announces historic power-plant agreement		12 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Red and Blue Make ... Green? New York announces historic power-plant agreement Yesterday, New York Gov. George Pataki (R) and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer (D), whose ambition to replace Pataki is no secret, stood amicably side by side to make a joint announcement. If that news wasn't shocking enough in itself, what the Dynamic Bipartisan Duo announced was pretty impressive too: Six New York power plants h ...
Topics: air pollution, California, New York, politics (all these topics)

Baby Got Adirondack Pataki protects big swath of New York's Adirondack Mountains		05 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Baby Got Adirondack Pataki protects big swath of New York's Adirondack Mountains New York Gov. George Pataki (R) yesterday announced a deal whereby some 104,000 acres of land in the northeastern Adirondacks will be protected from development and opened up to public use -- the third-largest land conservation deal in state history. The parcels of land lie on a contiguous swath of forest, which makes it particularly significant for ...
Topics: land stewardship, New York (all these topics)

States of Grace States take the lead on renewable energy		22 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
States of Grace States take the lead on renewable energy With the climate for renewable energy rather inhospitable at the federal level, states are taking the initiative. For example, a proposal before the New York Public Service Commission would require utilities to get 25 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2013; if it passes, New York will become the 17th state with renewable portfolio standa ...
Topics: Amory Lovins, New York, renewable energy (all these topics)

I Like Mike New York City mayor signs long-term recycling contract		15 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
I Like Mike New York City mayor signs long-term recycling contract The debate over whether recycling is economically "worth it" continues, but one famously tight-fisted municipal leader has made up his mind. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) announced that the city will sign a 20-year contract with one of the nation's largest recycling companies, Hugo Neu Corp., which will build a ...
Topics: green living, New York, pollution and waste, recycling (all these topics)

Class Action Figures 9/11 Workers File Class Action Lawsuit		14 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Class Action Figures 9/11 Workers File Class Action Lawsuit More than 800 workers involved in cleanup and rescue operations at the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City's Twin Towers have filed a class action lawsuit against Silverstein Properties, the leaser of the towers, and the four construction firms that oversaw the cleanup operation. Filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Friday, the suit alleges ...
Topics: air pollution, New York, toxics (all these topics)

Manhattan Transference Feds Have Not Fully Studied Twin Tower Air Pollution or Treated Victims		08 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Manhattan Transference Feds Have Not Fully Studied Twin Tower Air Pollution or Treated Victims As the third anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks approaches, the federal government has still not comprehensively studied the health effects of the dust and debris that filled the air around Ground Zero in the days following the attacks, and there is still no federal treatment program for those suffering f ...
Topics: Government Accountability Office, New York, toxics (all these topics)

Errorism New Report Charges Bush Administration with Neglecting 9/11 Air Safety		19 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
Errorism New Report Charges Bush Administration with Neglecting 9/11 Air Safety The Bush administration showed "reckless disregard" for public safety after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by failing to warn New Yorkers about the dangers of breathing the polluted air around the Twin Towers site, says a new Sierra Club report. According to the report: The Bush administration failed to warn the public abou ...
Topics: air pollution, New York, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Mo' Emissions, Mo' Problems Enviro Group Pushes EPA for Sharper Emissions Regs		18 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
Mo' Emissions, Mo' Problems Enviro Group Pushes EPA for Sharper Emissions Regs Environmental Defense is pushing the U.S. EPA to increase the pollution reductions it is set to impose on power companies in December. If the agency required industry to invest a minimum of up to 50 percent more -- for a total of $72 billion -- 3,000 additional lives would be saved and 140,000 additional children would avoid asth ...
Topics: air pollution, New York, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Lofty Ambitions An abandoned Brooklyn warehouse heralds the onset of hipster environmentalism	Amanda Griscom	25 Jun 2004	Powers That Be
Thinking outside the loft. Catch the aboveground S train in Brooklyn and you'll whiz through the neighborhood of Crown Heights, an industrial pocket of warehouses and factories that once stored and manufactured everything from artillery to pickle jars. These days, the buildings you pass appear to be abandoned relics in a bleak concrete landscape. But then, just as T.S. Elio ...
Topics: green living, New York (all these topics)

Dust Busted Manhattanites Sue EPA Over Mishandling of Enviro Hazards from Sept. 11		11 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Dust Busted Manhattanites Sue EPA Over Mishandling of Enviro Hazards from Sept. 11 The U.S. EPA mishandled the environmental hazards caused by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and put thousands of New Yorkers at risk, charges a class action lawsuit filed by 12 lower Manhattan workers and residents yesterday in U.S. District Court. The suit claims the EPA submitted to political pressure to return the area to &q ...
Topics: air pollution, health, New York, US EPA (all these topics)

Fetal Detraction Air Quality One-Two Punch Hurts Fetuses		27 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Fetal Detraction Air Quality One-Two Punch Hurts Fetuses The combined effects of air pollution and secondhand smoke can hurt fetal development, says a new study conducted in New York City by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health. While previous studies have addressed the effects of both factors in isolation, this study marks the first attempt to study the cumula ...
Topics: air pollution, food and agriculture, health, New York, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Tipping the Scalias of Justice Cheney-Scalia Connection Raises Questions About Energy Task Force Case		20 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Tipping the Scalias of Justice Cheney-Scalia Connection Raises Questions About Energy Task Force Case In December, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from Vice President Dick Cheney, who had been ordered by lower courts to release documents related to his secretive energy task force meetings. In January, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Cheney -- long-time friends -- went duck hunting i ...
Topics: environmental justice, Louisiana, New York, politics (all these topics)

The Big Apple of Our Eye World Trade Center Reconstruction Will Set New Eco-Friendly Standard		20 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
The Big Apple of Our Eye World Trade Center Reconstruction Will Set New Eco-Friendly Standard Reconstruction of New York City's World Trade Center area -- site of the 2001 terrorist attacks -- is set to make a green splash as one of the largest eco-friendly building projects ever undertaken. Under environmental guidelines expected to be released today for public comment, new structures on the massive site (w ...
Topics: green living, New York, placemaking, recycling (all these topics)

Gore Text Gore Calls Bush a 'Moral Coward' in Speech on Environment		16 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Gore Text Gore Calls Bush a "Moral Coward" in Speech on Environment The Bush administration is "wholly owned by the coal, oil, utility, and mining companies," said former Vice President Al Gore in a fiery address to a packed theater in New York City on Thursday. The speech -- fourth in a series co ...
Topics: air pollution, Al Gore, climate, commercial and industry organizations, energy, New York, political groups, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

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