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31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David B. Goldstein
During the past four years, states and cities, along with some corporations, have stepped up their efforts to move toward zero climate pollution. [read post]
20 Dec 2023, 7:14 am by Eric A. Goldstein
Fans will be able to bring refillable beverage bottles and cups into stadiums and arenas under a new New York City Council law aimed at reducing fossil-fuel based, single-use plastic containers. [read post]
3 Dec 2012, 8:35 am by Joshua Goldstein
The 200 sovereign state members of the United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) will gather in Dubai this week for the World Conference of International Telecommunications (WCIT). [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Eric A. Goldstein
The New York City Council has enacted legislation limiting the amount of trash that can be sent to overburdened neighborhoods that are home to a majority of privately-owned, environmentally troublesome waste transfer stations in the nation’s largest city. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David B. Goldstein
When the next polar vortex hits, or the next heat wave strikes (both of which happened in the same week this month), how do you make sure the electric grid stays up and running? [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David B. Goldstein
Building codes and performance policies are one of the most effective ways to reduce the carbon emissions driving the climate crisis. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David B. Goldstein
Achieving Zero Net Energy (ZNE), which means that a building or an industrial plant produces as much renewable energy onsite as they consume in a year, is an emerging tool to meet the most ambitious global climate goals. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Eric A. Goldstein
The strategy would save money, curb pollution, and fix our crumbling transit system in a way that’s fair and equitable for all New Yorkers. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Eric A. Goldstein
April 22 marks the 52nd anniversary of the first Earth Day, when millions of Americans poured into the streets, participated in teach-ins on college campuses, and engaged in civic activities to demonstrate their support for clean air and water, pollution-free neighborhoods, and a healthy planet f [read post]
6 Jun 2024, 10:11 am by Eric A. Goldstein
NRDC will continue working with groups to bring back congestion pricing, which can benefit low-income residents and workers. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Eric A. Goldstein
In a move to throttle down on waste, litter and pollution, the New York City Council has adopted legislation that would place a five-cent fee on paper carryout bags distributed at supermarkets and other retail outlets in the nation’s largest city. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Eric A. Goldstein
Momentum is building for legislation that would lock in a curbside food scraps and yard waste composting collection program for all residents across the nation’s largest city. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Eric A. Goldstein
The New York State Health Department has issued a new waiver that will allow New York City to continue to avoid having to filter its Catskill and Delaware drinking water supplies—staving off, at least for now, the multi-billion dollar costs of filtering the primary water supply for more than 9.5 [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David B. Goldstein
Darkest Hour is the slightly fictionalized history of Winston Churchill’s first month or so as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in late spring 1940. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Eric A. Goldstein
The New York City Council is poised to enact legislation that would dramatically reshape the system for collecting and handling trash from businesses, restaurants and other commercial establishments in the nation’s largest city. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Eric A. Goldstein
Legislation winding its way through the State Legislature could make New York the second state in the nation to ban environmentally troublesome, individual-size plastic bottles from hotels and motels. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Eric A. Goldstein
One of the top environmental challenges for the new administration of Mayor Eric Adams and a mostly new City Council led by Speaker Adrienne Adams is to establish a sensible program for collecting and sustainably disposing of household organics – food scraps, yard waste and food soil [read post]