a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
Posted in Climate Change on Jun 30th, 2008
This doesn’t have immediate or specific local relevance, but anytime one of the world’s best science writers talks interviews the world’s preeminent climate scientist–and they’re both based here in NYC!–it’s worth tuning in to. Learn something.
Posted in Climate Change, Energy on Jun 13th, 2008
[Map from NY Times.]
With the dog days of summer come the electricity demand spikes and annual annoyance with Con Ed. This incredible map from the Times reveals how energy use spiked with the season’s first (and oh-so-early) heat wave.
From the Times’ Wednesday article:
For a second consecutive day, the 96-degree heat and electricity use set records […]
Posted in Climate Change on May 31st, 2008
There is a “tragic lag between what we know and what we do.”–Mayor Bloomberg in the opening address to the innaugural World Science Festival.
Andy Revkin breaks it all down and reprints the full speech on Dot Earth.
Posted in Politics on May 28th, 2008
Our good friend Colin Beavan, aka No Impact Man, needs all the voices he can get to add to the choir. From his blog:
I really, really need support from all of you today (and I’m unashamedly bribing you with the offer of free Reverend Billy DVDs). But first I have to give you some […]
Posted in Climate Change, Education on Apr 9th, 2008
Somewhat more refreshing news of a rather awesome program going down at CUNY. From their increasingly indispensable Sustainable Cities blog:
CUNY Professor Steve Pekar is embarking on yet another voyage to Antarctica, this time with a focus on reaching Harlem Middle School students, with the hopes of generating interest in the sciences amongst minorities. His plan […]
Posted in Climate Change, Events, Politics on Mar 17th, 2008
From the New York Academy of Sciences:
Carbon Management: Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Speakers: Rick Duke, NRDC; Marco Castaldi, Columbia University; Vasilis Fthenakis, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Columbia University; Moderator: Drew Shindell, NASA
Sponsored by: Green Science and Environmental Systems, a PS&E program
Sponsored by: Green Sciences and Environmental Systems, a PS&E program & Environmental Sciences Section
This meeting […]
Posted in Climate Change, Politics on Mar 14th, 2008
Our new political action committee — and its eye-catching Web site — will spread the message that the best way to fight climate change is to elect the right leaders. [WhatisNewYorkWaitingFor.com]
Posted in Climate Change on Mar 7th, 2008
The Times’ City Room blog was first with the results of a Columbia and Yale Universities study on public perspective on global warming of those of us in the five boroughs. Are we hopelessly aloof or Woody Allen-level neurotic? It’s well worth reading Sewell Chan’s whole post, but here are some telling […]
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 […]