a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
Posted in Climate Change, Energy on Jun 10th, 2008
[Photo: air conditioners- bklyn heights by flickr user bondidwhat]
Holy smokes. We think it’s warm enough already. And while we’re hoping this’ll be it for the summer (the yet-to-formally-begin summer), we imagine there’ll be plenty of dog days ahead. Cue up Erik Baard’s column from last year’s Village Voice about how to survive the urban heat […]
From Chris Neidl at Solar One:
Right now legislation is pending in the New York State Senate and Assembly that, if made into law, would give new solar PV system owners in the five boroughs a sizable property tax abatement. Such an incentive would make solar more affordable and would boost the amount of clean energy […]
Posted in Climate Change, Education, Energy, Green Building, Health, Livable Streets, Politics, Transportation, Urban Environment, Waste, Water on Apr 22nd, 2008
From the Mayor’s Office:
MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES UPDATE ON PLANYC INITIATIVES AND ISSUES THE 2008 PLANYC PROGRESS REPORT
Detailed […]
We’re slow getting to this (call it the post-CP slump), but not a day after Shelly Silver shamefully and cowardly neglected to bring Congestion Pricing to a vote, our refocused mayor turned his attention to solar, noting that CP was but a plank in the broader PlaNYC platform.
Chris Neidl at Solar One breaks it down […]
Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Politics, Transportation on Apr 9th, 2008
We just can’t quit you, CP!
So, um, we know we said we won’t dwell too long on the State Assembly’s totally insane (and “cowardly” and “shameful”) refusal to even put CP to vote, but the media fallout (particularly the Silver-bashing) has been somehow cathartic. So if you’re looking for some sense of right and […]
Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Livable Streets, Politics, Transportation on Apr 7th, 2008
And just like that, with hardly a discussion and nary a public vote up in Albany, it is over.
From the Times’ City Room:
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s ambitious dream to remake New York City streets with an elaborate plan for congestion pricing died on Monday, after Democrats refused to put the bill to a […]
Posted in Energy, Transportation on Mar 19th, 2008
…this is actually sorta cool.
From Autobloggreen:
That Subaru R1e caught driving the streets of Manhattan over the weekend foreshadows the expansion the car’s field-test program to the United States. Subaru is expected to make a formal announcement within the next hour or so, but we can preview it for you here now. The New York Power […]
Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Miscellany on Mar 7th, 2008
Pretty hilarious commercial parody of the ubiquitous “clean coal” ads that’ve dominated our political coverage. And set here in NYC.
As David Roberts of Grist often notes, coal is the enemy of the human race. In Burning the Future: Coal in America, we get a look at how acutely it’s an enemy of West Virginians. Here in NYC, we’ve got the first look at this new doc by David Novack. […]
Posted in Climate Change, Energy on Feb 26th, 2008
Friend and local Sierra Club chapter chair Dan Miner sends word of a powerful (pun regrettably intended) report by the SC’s NYC Group. Dan’s intro:
I’m writing to announce the release of a new report on NYC energy policy and climate change response from Sierra Club NYC Group. We’re off to a great […]