e360.yale.edu - 9/10/2009
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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 changing the way it builds its infrastructure — ...
grist.org - 9/14/2009
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grist.org —
The New York State Senate and Assembly, too
often a model of corruption and dysfunctionality, rose above
petty politics last week to pass forward-thinking legislation on climate and energy, setting a precedent for bipartisanship and a sensible cap and ...
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A Big Breakthrough On Green Jobs
open.nysenate.gov - 9/14/2009
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open.nysenate.gov —
Bill S5888: Establishes the green jobs-green New York
act of 2009 and establishes the Green Jobs-Green New
York fund Formats: XML , CSV , JSON > Summary Versions / Amendments: S5888 Same as: A8901 Sponsor: AUBERTINE Co-sponsor(s): BRESLIN FOLEY ...
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NY Senate OpenLeg - S5888
huffingtonpost.com - 9/14/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
New York may be on the verge of
becoming a world leader in energy efficiency. Working late
into the night, the State Senate passed the historic Green Jobs-Green New York bill yesterday after more than a year of hard work from the WFP and a broad ...
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Dan Cantor: Landmark Green Jobs Bill Passes Senate 52 - 8
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New York City Girds Itself for Heat and Rising Seas
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
... risks of disease. Low-lying Bangladesh, which is especially susceptible to sea level increases, has proposed a $4.35 billion adaptation program. What New York City now has that most of these other cities don’t, is a local model of climate change all its agencies can work from. But if the projections are wrong? If the world’s seas rise more rapidly than predicted by the IPCC and NPCC? Then, the result may be more than just a fantastic animation. This piece originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 Related posts: ...
New York City Gets Ready for Rising Seas
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... with this prospect, New York city is among the first in the United States to begin thinking about the future and installing sea walls and other types of barriers. What will Miami do? The Florida Keys? The islands off the coast of North Carolina? I think we will find out within the next 10 years as sea level rise becomes more inevitable and obvious. New York City already has an Adaptation Task Force . Below are excerpts from a new article on this from Yale e360. by bruce stutz, Yale e360 While computer-generated visions of floodwaters sweeping across Wall Street and ...
Climate & environment - Sept 16
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... disastrous conditions in human settlements. The doctors make their appeal as momentum begins to build for the UN conference, which will be held in the Danish capital from 7-18 December, and which will see the world community attempt to draw up a comprehensive new climate treaty to replace the 1997 Kyoto protocol. Its crucial objective will be drastic worldwide cuts in the emissions of industrial gases such as carbon dioxide which are causing the atmosphere to warm... (16 Sept 2009) New York City Girds Itself for Heat and Rising Seas Bruce Stutz, Yale 360 While ...
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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:
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New York Climate Action Group
nycag.org 9/1/2009 — New York Climate Action Group (nycag.org) is an alliance of urban grassroots environmental activists. While climate change is a global problem, we feel its effect locally and believe that communities can make powerful positive changes for the ...
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The Yes Men's Latest: Fake New York Post Takes On The Environment
huffingtonpost.com 9/23/2009 — Just about ten months after the successful distribution of a lovingly crafted, satirical facsimile of the New York Times , the activist-pranksters known as The Yes Men have distributed a fake edition of the New York Post throughout New York ...
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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 ...
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