a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
Posted in Politics on Apr 4th, 2009
Now some very important news. From NYLCV:
Two down, one to go.
As you may have read in this morning’s papers, New York State has a new budget — and we have some good news to share with you about it.
First and foremost, the Bigger, Better Bottle Bill finally passed the State Senate on Friday afternoon! After […]
Posted in Politics on Feb 10th, 2009
Following up on yesterday’s post about the EPF, Renata Silberblatt over at Switchboard actually takes the initiative to explain what the heck it is:
Ask most New Yorkers about the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) and they will have no idea what you’re talking about. But ask them about the programs the EPF funds- programs including New […]
Posted in Politics on Feb 9th, 2009
Tough news from the capitol, courtesy of Environmental Advocates of NY:
Last Tuesday night, New York State lawmakers passed a measure to plug the current year’s budget hole at the expense of the Environmental Protection Fund (and a lot of other worthy programs, too). The “deficit reduction bill” cut the Fund by […]