a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
Posted in Climate Change, PlaNYC, Politics on Feb 18th, 2009
Everyone’s abuzz by the report released by the Mayor’s crack team on climate change (technically the New York City Panel on Climate Change). Here’s the breakdown. The Times kicks it off:
New York City must prepare for higher temperatures, more rain and an increased risk of coastal flooding in the coming decades as a result of […]
Posted in Nature, Parks and Open Space, Water on Jan 30th, 2009
Lost in the (justifiably, we suppose) higher profile coverage of city fiscal meltdown, we do have this nice news coming out of the PlaNYC offices:
MAYOR BLOOMBERG RELEASES PLANYC REPORT ON PROTECTING NEW YORK CITY WETLANDS
The Report - New York City Wetlands: Regulatory Gaps and Other Threats - Fulfills […]
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 Climate Change, Livable Streets, Politics, Transportation on Mar 19th, 2008
Photo from Streetsblog.
Well, he might not have said that exactly, but pretty much. And boy have the blogs reacted.
Streetsblog sets the stage:
It’s now or never for congestion pricing, the MTA, and maybe even the city itself, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said this morning.
Speaking before a sold-out crowd at the Battery Park City Ritz-Carlton, Bloomberg and […]
Posted in Waste on Mar 19th, 2008
Some rather encouraging news from NYLCV’s ecopolitics daily:
The New York City Council and Mayor Michael Bloomberg have hammered out a compromise on electronics-waste recycling that will allow much of the initiative to go forward while avoiding a veto from the mayor.
According to the Daily News, the Council has separated legislation it passed last month into […]