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greenbuildingsNYC has a rather startling post on NYC’s only national park, and how it’s fragile ecosystem is under seige from, of all things, shipwrecks. Stephen del Percio explains:
Jamaica Bay has become the dumping ground for derelict yachts, boats, and even barges according to a recent report on MSNBC.com. Despite its protection as […]
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A fascinating site launched recently that lets New Yorkers see what–if any–their connection to mountaintop removal coal mining is. NYLOVESMOUNTAINS is the locally targeted branch of the broader I Love Mountains campaign that draws very direct connections between electricity customers and the Appalachian communities that are effected by mountaintop coal removal.
The site invites you to […]
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From Andy Revkin’s dot earth:
Lemurs roared and screamed. A young fossa, resembling a stretched-out mash-up of a cat and a mongoose, stalked along a branch. A hundred thousand hissing cockroaches prepared to invade a hollow tree. All of these creatures are from Madagascar, the giant island east of Africa that has spawned […]
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[Photograph by Adam Spangler, Vanity Fair.]
Not sure how we missed this a couple months back, but Vanity Fair (oh, that’s how) had a really nice piece by Adam Spangler about ecological–and community–restoration along the Bronx River, and a canoe trip. It’s really quite an inspiring read.
…here I am in a canoe, paddling down an […]
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[Photo by kptyson on flickr]
The Times’ City Room blog hosts another in a worthy series of Q&As with experts of interesting issues, many with at least a tangentially sustainability tilt. This week, Ned Sullivan of Scenic Hudson discusses development and preservation on the Hudson waterfront.
Representative Q:
On both sides of the Hudson, from the […]
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