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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. […]

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Speaker Quinn and others just sent out this letter re: new idling laws.  Check it out after the jump.

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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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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 […]

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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 […]

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