Submit a Story!
Votes
topics:

vote down flag
huffingtonpost.com - 5/29/2009
Jeff Biggers: Bright Lights, Green City: Taking Off-Broadway Off Coal
—
Off-Broadway will never be the same after this Friday. With a revival of Tennessee Williams' first full-length play (about Alabama coal miners) under their belt, an extraordinary Brooklyn-based theatre group--New Mummer Theatre Collective--has just announced their plans to turn New York City's theatre district truly green. They want to take Off-Broadway, off coal--at least, off mountaintop removal coal. Last fall, the New York City theatre community launched a remarkable industry-wide ...
thehighline.org - 5/30/2009
Friends of the High Line
— thehighline.org — Friends of the High Line works to build and maintain an extraordinary public park on the High... Line. We seek to preserve the entire historic structure, transforming an essential piece of New York’s industrial past. We provide over 70 percent of the ... (more) Friends of the High Line

Comments vote down Inhabitots found this 5/30/2009found this
huffingtonpost.com - 6/4/2009
Jeff Biggers: Raising the Dead: Memorial Day Activists Jailed in Protest to Stop 998 Coal Sludge ...
— huffingtonpost.com — In three separate direct actions in the West Virginia coalfields yesterday, nonviolent protestors launched the new phase... of Operation Appalachian Spring, a growing national campaign to stop mountaintop removal mining and raise awareness of the ... (more) Jeff Biggers: Raising the Dead: Memorial Day Activists ...

Comments vote down The Understory : Understory.RAN.org found this 6/4/2009found this
Green Roofs: Are They Worth the Expense?
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 5/24/2009
Green Roofs: Are They Worth the Expense?
— greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com — Chicago is pushing green roofs, but New York City worries that they are too costly.... (more) Green Roofs: Are They Worth the Expense?

Comments vote down Green Building : Jetson Green found this 5/24/2009found this

Blog Reactions

Switchboard, from NRDC:  The Great White Way Goes Green, Saving Mountains in the Process

Comments
Blog Reactions

The Great White Way Goes Green, Saving Mountains in the Process
Switchboard, from NRDC — ... to reduce the famed theater district's carbon footprint, adopt environmentally sustainable practices and promote environmental awareness in the creation and presentation of Broadway shows. As part of this effort, and in conjunction with the New York Loves Mountains Festival kicking off today, Broadway is recognizing the role that dirty coal -- strip-mined mostly from Appalachia -- plays in fueling its famed marquees. As Jeff Biggers blogs from the festival: "More than 240,000 tons of coal stripmined through ...

Related Content
New York City Girds Itself for Heat and Rising Seas
e360.yale.edu 9/10/2009 — By the end of the century, New York's climate could resemble that of present-day Raleigh, North Carolina and its harbor could easily rise by two feet or more. Faced with this very real prospect, the city is among the first urban centers to begin ...
Taking Stock of New York for 'Climate Week'
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com 9/21/2009 — As business executives and world leaders descend on New York City for Climate Week N.Y.C. and the Clinton Global Initiative, it's worth asking: just how green is New York?
New York City Prepares for Higher Temperatures, Rising Sea Levels
ens-newswire.com 2/20/2009 — Environment News Service: As a low-lying coastal city, New York will face higher temperatures and more rapidly rising sea levels, as well as more frequent and intense extreme weather events - like heat waves, heavy rainstorms, and coastal flooding - ...
Five New York State Senators who oppose the well-being of the people and the planet--and how you can help
noimpactman.typepad.com 3/12/2009 — OK, those are strong words for a headline, and I'll explain, but first, let me beg you to forward this email to every New York State resident you know. If you are a NYS resident, please URGENTLY phone your State Senator (instructions below) in ...
Long Island–NYC Offshore Wind Collaborative releases RFI
theenergycollective.com 7/31/2009 — If you are interested in the potential of offshore wind in New York, or even if you consider yourself a NIMO (Not In My Ocean; pronounced “Nemo” of course), read on: The Long Island – New York City Offshore Wind Collaborative Releases Request for Information … A newly ...
City bees are all the buzz
features.csmonitor.com 7/24/2009 — Honeybees may not be the first thing that come to mind when you think of Brooklyn. Yet here’s Yeshwant Chitalkar, high on a rooftop in the Red Hook section of the New York borough, opening a bright blue hive to check on its queen. The vista is a mix ...
New York 2009: And the World Green Car of the Year is ...
autobloggreen.com 4/9/2009 — Click above for a high res gallery of the finalists In New York this morning, the organizers of the world car of the year competition honored four cars that garnered the most votes in their respective categories from an international jury of journalists. While other categories where ...
New York Responds to Carbon Cap-and-Trade Lawsuit
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com 1/30/2009 — New York rejects the claims of a power plant owner, who filed a lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of Northeastern states' carbon trading scheme.
New York considers landmark environmental code
features.csmonitor.com 4/28/2009 — The Big Apple wants its skyscrapers to turn greener. That’s greener in terms of the environment, not in terms of money. On a grassy rooftop in midtown Manhattan, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Wednesday – Earth Day – that the city will try to ...
NYC Restoration Project Veggie Seed Giveaway
green-talk.com 5/29/2009 — Remember Eat the View , the campaign asking the Obamas to create a White House vegetable garden to feed the staff? Well, the campaign worked and Michelle Obama is busily creating an amazing organic garden at the White House. Feel like a little dirt under your fingernails or eating ...
Dave Cooper: West Virginia Activists Lock Themselves to Coal Mining Trucks — Green on HuffingtonPost.com 5/26/2009
Kayford Mountain Action, May 23, 2009 - Images by antrim caskey On top of West Virginia's Kayford Mountain, eight environmental activists with the groups Mountain Justice and Climate Ground Zero locked themselves to huge coal ...
Bruce Nilles: Coal Industry Loophole One Step Closer to Being Closed — Green on HuffingtonPost.com 5/29/2009
This post is co-written by Bruce Nilles, director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign, and Lyndsay Moseley, Washington Representative for the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign. Recently the Sierra Club, along with a coalition of more than 100 ...