a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
Posted in Community, Food, Health, Parks and Open Space, pollution on May 14th, 2009
The Times has an interesting piece on lead impacting people’s urban gardening efforts:
FRANK MEUSCHKE’S garden, which surrounds the house he rents in Brooklyn, is a bountiful source of tomatoes, snap peas, green beans, peppers, lettuce and multiple varieties of flowers. It is also, as he recently discovered to his dismay, a rich repository of lead. […]
Speaker Quinn and others just sent out this letter re: new idling laws. Check it out after the jump.
Posted in Efficiently on Aug 1st, 2008
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 […]
Posted in Urban Environment, Water, pollution on Jul 14th, 2008
[Image by flickr user mercurialn]
While we’re on the subject of stink, here’s some news about Newtown Creek.
From the Times:
Newtown Creek, the polluted estuary that separates Queens and Brooklyn, should be named a federal Superfund site, a move that could hasten long-stuttering cleanup efforts, a pair of New York lawmakers say.
Representatives Anthony D. Weiner and Nydia […]
Posted in Health, Parks and Open Space, Politics, Waste, Water on Mar 24th, 2008
Newtown Creek is one of NYC’s dirtiest little secrets. By now, most folks know about the enormous oil spill that still sits stagnant, but if you need a recap, this Mother Jones article from last fall is a great start.
Well there’s some (a little) good news on the Newtown front. There are […]