environment

Sep
02

Thursday: Get Involved In Making Jamaica Bay More Storm Resilient

The Ryan Center at Floyd Bennett FieldA new institute established to bolster the social and ecological research of Jamaica Bay
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Jun
12

Plumb Beach Cat Colony Given Stay Of Exe-CUTE-tion!

Members of the 25 strong cat colony on Plumb Beach (Photo by Lisanne Anderson/Flickr)You didn’t actually think
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Mar
13

12,000 Free Trees Available – Here’s Where To Get One

I wonder if there’s a policy about taking trees on the subway… (Source: NYRP/Flickr)The New York Restoration
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Dec
26

Jamaica Bay’s Wildlife Reserve Wins $400,000 Grant For Revitalization

(Source: Wikimedia Commons)Rockaway Beach Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder announced last week that a project to restore and maintain Jamaica Bay’
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Oct
21

Jamaica Bay Pipeline Moves Forward As Feds Issue Favorable Report; Public Hearings To Be Held This Week

Source: WilliamsThe controversial natural gas pipeline, proposed to run underneath the Rockaways, through Jamaica Bay, and into Floyd Bennett Field
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Jul
24

A Note From Con Edison’s Small Business Team About How Local Biz Owners Can Save Some Cash

Source: niznoz/FlickrWe received this from Micah Rome, an energy efficiency consultant with Con Edison’s Small Business Team, who
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May
30

Judge Greenlights Gravesend Bay Waste Transfer Station, Tossing Colton Lawsuit

The incineration plant and landfill dump at Gravesend Bay in 1973, now the site at the center of a major
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Mar
14

Deadline For Jamaica Bay Pipeline Commenting Period Is Tomorrow, CARP Urges Opponents To Object

Source: WilliamsWe’ve extensively covered the evolution of the proposed Jamaica Bay Pipeline [/proposed-rockaways-pipeline-project-takes-another-step-forward/], a project which would run a
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Dec
17

Air Monitors To Be Added To Areas Hardest Hit By Sandy

Source: Nigel Chadwick via Wikimedia CommonsCity and state environmental agencies are adding three new air monitors in regions most affected
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Oct
08

National Grid Shares Details Of Paerdegat Basin Oil Spill

Source: Geoffrey Croft via awalkintheparknyc.blogspot.comWhen we first broke the story about the Paerdegat Basin oil spill [/oil-spill-brooklyn-national-grid/], in
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