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Mar
23
OPINION – Poison Land and Poison Rhetoric: Gowanus Rezone Proponent Uses Personal Attacks to Sidestep Public Health Concerns

OPINION – Poison Land and Poison Rhetoric: Gowanus Rezone Proponent Uses Personal Attacks to Sidestep Public Health Concerns

Rendering of the post-rezoning Gowanus canal bridge crossing with waterfront development and pedestrian activity. (Rendering from the Department of City
3 min read
Mar
15
OPINION: Gowanus Green Opposition Offers Up NIMBY Misinformation Cloaked in Progressivism

OPINION: Gowanus Green Opposition Offers Up NIMBY Misinformation Cloaked in Progressivism

Courtesy of Marvel Architects/SCAPE Landscape ArchitectsBy Michelle de la Uz A recent opinion piece by several Gowanus residents [/opinion-welcome-to-gowanus-green-brooklyns-own-love-canal/
4 min read
Mar
12
District 39 Council Candidates Talk About the Future of Gowanus

District 39 Council Candidates Talk About the Future of Gowanus

Rendering of the post-rezoning Gowanus canal bridge crossing with waterfront development and pedestrian activity. (Image: Department of City Planning) Brooklyn
9 min read
Mar
09
OPINION: Welcome to Gowanus Green—Brooklyn’s Own Love Canal

OPINION: Welcome to Gowanus Green—Brooklyn’s Own Love Canal

Rendering via Department of Housing Preservation and DevelopmentBy Linda LaViolette, Miranda Sielaff and Nora Almeida, VOICE of GOWANUS Advocates of
5 min read
Feb
26
High Electric Bills Catch Residents Unaware: It’s Not Just The Rate Hike

High Electric Bills Catch Residents Unaware: It’s Not Just The Rate Hike

Cash-strapped New Yorkers struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic are now dealing with another extra expense: higher electricity
3 min read
Feb
15
A Snowy Winter Highlights New York’s Trash Problems

A Snowy Winter Highlights New York’s Trash Problems

As storm after storm piled several inches of snow over Brooklyn’s streets this month, a familiar complaint emerged on
4 min read
Feb
02
Education, Solar Energy, and Student Aid Startups Win Annual Brooklyn Innovation Award

Education, Solar Energy, and Student Aid Startups Win Annual Brooklyn Innovation Award

The winners of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s “Make It in Brooklyn” competition: Ilona Wilcox of UrbanEnergy, Tammy Kwan of
2 min read
Jan
29
Taking on Mugwort in Bay Ridge

Taking on Mugwort in Bay Ridge

By the Narrows Botanical Gardens. Photo by Salma Elazab/BklynerJames Johnson, a landscape designer and co-founder of the Narrows Botanical
2 min read
Jan
25
South Brooklyn Marine Terminal To Become A Wind Turbine Assembly and Maintenance Plant, Bringing 1,200 Jobs To Sunset Park

South Brooklyn Marine Terminal To Become A Wind Turbine Assembly and Maintenance Plant, Bringing 1,200 Jobs To Sunset Park

Elizabeth Yeampierre estimates that her team at UPROSE [https://www.uprose.org/] – the Brooklyn community-based environmental justice organization she oversees
5 min read
Jan
22

Cleaning Up Bushwick One Block At A Time

Since the pandemic started, and sanitation litter basket service got significantly cut [/garbage-open-dining-and-private-streets-dominate-transportation-committee-hearing/] , garbage issues have only gotten worse in
3 min read