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31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Eric A. Goldstein
Leftover paints—one of the more problematic items in the municipal waste stream—are likely to be fished out of millions of garages and basements from Montauk to Niagara Falls and disposed of properly, thanks to a forward-looking law recently passed by both houses of the New York State Legislature [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David B. Goldstein
Part of NRDC's Year-End Series Reviewing 2017 Energy & Climate Developments [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David B. Goldstein
Climate change is the most important known-to-be-solvable problem of our time. [read post]
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]
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 David B. Goldstein
The world’s climate goals require reducing greenhouse emissions to zero by 2050 and at least halfway there by 2030. [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]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David B. Goldstein
The Story Behind the Conclusion: Lack of Regulation Leads to Plant Closings and Economic Loss                                                              [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 David B. Goldstein
Climate change is mostly caused by carbon dioxide emissions, and in the U.S. some 35 percent of these emissions result from burning fossil fuels to power, heat, and cool buildings. [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]