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Source: CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities / FlickrTo commemorate Earth Day, join the Jamaica Bay Unit of Brooklyn and Queens to help spruce up your favorite places in Gateway, this Tuesday, April 22 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Sites include but are not limited to Floyd
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This week’s polar vortex, in which temperatures with wind chills dipped into the negative degrees, generated its fair share of grousing on social media, and news hype. It also brought about some stunning photos from locals of iced over windows and ice drifts on New York Harbor. But the
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Source: Clean Ocean Action via the Queens ChronicleLocal environmentalists were outraged at Liberty Natural Gas’s proposed plan to place a fuel port 20 miles off the coast of New York Harbor. The Queens Chronicle is reporting [http://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/liberty-natural-gas-seeks-to-build-port/article_53768a3a-f735-5cfe-912c-67f86eda7354.html] that Liberty argues
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Source: Howard N2GOT / FlickrGovernor Andrew Cuomo approved a plan to inject some much needed funds to restore 28 acres of salt marsh in an effort to provide stability for the natural wildlife, as well as future storm protection. According to a press release, the project will be led by the
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Photo Courtesy Of Jeremy DrakefordOfficials from the Parks Department and the National Parks Service are collaborating on plans to bring food concession stands, and bike and kayak rentals to Jamaica Bay, according to a report by the New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/food-recreation-concessions-tap-jamaica-bay-article-1.1274185] . Officials
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Source: WilliamsAs we recently reported [/president-obama-approves-rockaways-pipeline-project/], the proposed construction of the Rockaways Pipeline Project crossed another hurdle towards reality when President Obama recently signed H.R. 2606, approving the measure that would connect a 3.17-mile natural gas line from the Atlantic Ocean underneath Jamaica Bay to a meter and