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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

Green Roofs: Are They Worth the Expense?
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com 5/24/2009 — Chicago is pushing green roofs, but New York City worries that they are too costly.

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 City To Get LED Street Lighting
redgreenandblue.org 12/22/2008 — New York City ’s Department of Transportation has tapped the Office for Visual Interaction for testing LED street lighting around the Big Apple. If successful, all of the city’s 300,000 street lamps could one day be made up of LEDs ...

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 ...

High-Speed Rail Won’t Be Too Fast — NAC Daily Report 2/24/2009
So, the story that Harry Reid snuck the $8 billion for high speed rail into the stimulus package has been debunked. As the New York Times reports , Las Vegas is not in any of the corridors designated to receive high-speed rail funds. But the more ...