NYC’s congestion pricing means more traffic—and pollution—in the South Bronx, one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods
On a frigid, gray morning this month, a half-dozen community advocates stood on a street corner in the South Bronx, struggling to be heard over the roar of heavy trucks. New York had recently ...
Light pollution is getting worse, but there is a movement to make our skies dark again
Light pollution is increasing globally, and having a negative impact on wildlife and humans. But according to DarkSky ...
Instead Of ‘The Big Apple,’ New York City Could Be Called ‘The Big Oyster.’ A New Art Installation In Times Square Explains Why
New York City was once the "Oyster Capital of the World." A new art installation explains how regrowing their populations could help the city.
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The South Bronx Has a Pollution Issue. Congestion Pricing May Worsen It.
with cars and trucks — over 187,000 daily — spewing pollution.Credit...Jade Doskow for The New York Times Also, in New York City, traffic accounts for just 14 percent of air pollution caused ...
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Curbing charbroilers’ impact on air pollution
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22 Republican Attorneys General sue New York over climate change Superfund Act
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New York To Make Major Greenhouse Gas Emitters Pay for Past Pollution
New York state will soon force major oil and gas companies to pay up for mounting climate damages caused by the burning of their products over the last two decades ... from lower energy bills to air ...
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Zero Waste Ithaca sues Cornell and city over synthetic turf, citing SEQR violations
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New York City Lawsuit Against Exxon, BP, Shell Over Climate Change Dismissed
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Light pollution is getting worse, but there is a movement to make our skies dark again
As Crestone, and the residents of New York City ... pollution. But more and more are starting to recover and rediscover this.” Wildlife is benefitting, too. The Sea Turtle Conservancy has ...
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NYC’s congestion pricing means more traffic—and pollution—in the South Bronx, one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods
struggling to be heard over the roar of heavy trucks. New York had recently begun charging vehicles to enter the city’s central business district, becoming the first in the nation to try to ...