State Agencies Go Tap Over Bottles
Posted in Efficiently, Waste, Water on May 7th, 2009
Paterson Orders Agencies to Switch From Bottled Water to Tap [New York Times]
Tag Archive 'Water'
Posted in Efficiently, Water, pollution on Apr 14th, 2009
Mike McGlauglin weighs the good and the bad of Gowanus’ possible designation as a superfund site. [Brooklyn Paper]
We’ve been meaning to spend much, much more time on the issue of proposed natural gas drilling in the watershed that provides NYC’s drinking water. Fortunately, Abrahm Lustgarten at ProPublica has been doing some bang-up reporting on the issue:
Alarms have been ringing for months about the risk that natural gas drilling poses to drinking […]
Gennaro on Hydrofracking
Posted in Water on Mar 18th, 2009
WPIX Channel 11 ran a short piece on the natural gas hydrofracking threat to our drinking water supply.
Council Member James Gennaro (and according to this clip, a former geologist–who knew?) has been all over this for awhile now. Here’s a petition he’s put online.
This Monday’s Green Renter at Solar One:
Mind in the Gutter: How Street Trees Can Manage Stormwater From the Street and Improve Local Water Quality.
with Kate Zidar, Storm Water Infrastructure Matters (S.W.I.M.)
On rainy days, New York City’s sewer system combines everything that is flushed from your apartment with the rainwater that drains from the street. Often the […]
Don’t Drill for Gas in Our Water Supply
Posted in Water on Mar 5th, 2009
Missed the press conference this morning, but this is definitely worth supporting. Kudos to Gennaro for taking the important stand against hydrofracking (fracking!) in the NYC water supply:Councilmembers & Environmental Advocates
To Call Upon New Yorkers To Support
Ban on Gas Drilling in Drinking Water Supply
Asking Community Boards and Every New York City Resident to
Adopt City Council […]
Of Gas and Water
Posted in Water on Jan 16th, 2009
As they are prone to do, Gotham Gazette has a well-written, comprehensively reported, illuminating piece on a serious and timely environmental issue. This month, Dara Miles tackles the proposed gas drilling of the Marcellus Shale formation that buts up a little too close for comfort to the watershed that provides our city’s drinking water (and […]
From Environmental Advocates of New York:
New York’s century-old water system faces new challenges as it stretches to meet the needs of a growing city. Can we ensure a supply of fresh water indefinitely? How can we reuse so-called “grey” water, and how can we keep sewage overflow out of the rivers?
Emily Lloyd, former commissioner […]
Event Saturday: City of Water Day on Governors Island
Posted in Events on Jul 24th, 2008
From the Waterfront Alliance:
CITY OF WATER DAY
Celebrate the Waterfront and Waterways!
Saturday, July 26, 2008* - from 10:00am to 4:00pm on Governors Island
On July 26th, paddlers, sailors, mariners and many others from around the region will converge on Governors Island to eat, drink and have fun.
Highlights of the day will include:
• A symbolic and inspirational […]
Newtown Creek to Become Superfund Site?
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 […]