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What’s been happening while we’ve been obsessing over Summer Streets?

Bloomie launched a Climate Change Task Force.
Then he went and proposed a pretty ridiculously ambitious wind energy initiative for the city.
You could study wind and other renewables under the Center for Sustainable Energy’s new course offerings.
The City Council is going to fine all those stores that […]

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Some mid-summer shorts:

NY’s beaches = rather gross.
The Times finds some seriously long distance bike commuters.
The Observer anticipates a soon-to-be-released Transportation Alternative report about the economic value of livable streets.
A whole bunch of local restaurants take the “tap water pledge.”
Staten Islanders start all pumped up about the monorail light rail.
NYC will join a handful of states […]

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Couple of items to bring you into the weekend…

NYLCVs talks about the potential of net metering and real time pricing in Con Ed’s voluntary time-of-use electricity program.
Ethan at Green Brooklyn on the recent heat wave and the city’s energy/blackout woes.
Paterson will sign the latest brownfields redevelopment bill.
Susty profiles the keepers of our Hudson River.
The Mayor’s […]

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Too much piling up on the backlog.  Time to digest it all.  Highlights from an undercovered couple of days.

Hundreds (or even thousands!) of bikes to be a part of broad new bike share program.
 Brooklyn Heights named America’s most fuel efficient neighborhood.  (Though we really can’t figure out how they came up with those numbers.)
Another long […]

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Our browser is overflowing with tabs after our recent hiatus. Let’s clear it out:

Steve Cohen on the New York Merc’s new Green Exchange.
City DOT announces bike rack design competition.
Emily Gertz with a great piece in Grist about the opening of the “Garden of Hope” in Bed Stuy.
NRDC’s CEO, Peter Lehnen, meditates a bit from […]

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