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New York State Announces Camping Photo Contest

To promote the great outdoors, a photo contest just announced by the New York State Parks Department is looking for your best camping photos. "From snapping summer fun with the family to capturing autumn's rich colors, we...

High School Students to Survey City Trees

New York City high school students will survey neighborhood trees next week as part of a program to teach students to think about the urban environment. The students hail from the NYC iSchool. The iSchool program is geared to engage...

Center for Sustainable Energy Opens in Brooklyn Park

The New York Center for Sustainable Energy (NYCSE) has opened at Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park becoming New York City's first net zero educational center. The center is sustainably designed, entirely off-grid and modular. NYCSE will...

NYC Ranks in Top Smog Offenders for 2011 According to Report

A new report from Environment New York -- Danger in the Air: Unhealthy Air Days in 2010 and 2011 -- shows that New York City is among the 20 most smoggiest large urban areas in America for 2011. According to the report...

Hurricane Irene Packs a Wallop in Clean up Costs: $55+ Million

Hurricane Irene, the hurricane that wasn't, has cost the city at least $55 million. According to the Office of Emergency Management that figure may go higher for the tropical storm that blew through New York City on August...

NYC Reduces GHG Emissions by Almost Five Percent in One Year

In conjunction with Climate Week NYC, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that NYC was well on its way to meeting the commitments of the four-year-old PLaNYC. Mayor Bloomberg said that, “We cut City government’s greenhouse gas...

Eco Art by Christopher Rodrigues @ NYC's RARE Gallery

New York City's RARE Gallery is hosting ". . . all of you on the good Earth," an exhibition of Planets, a series of otherworldly photo-collaged digital images by British/Canadian artist Christopher Rodrigues. The show, which runs...

Record high sea temperatures threaten more hurricanes

As Hurricane Bill makes it way up the Atlantic coast the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) warns that more hurricanes are likely as ocean temperatures rise. Surface temperatures of the world's oceans are at their highest levels since...

Paterson says New York will reduce ghg emissions 80%

Governor David Paterson signed an executive order today that establishes a goal to reduce 80 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in the state by 2050. The executive order also creates a climate change council.The 80 percent reduction in...

Urban initiative to Green the Block

The White House, in moving forward with its clean-energy economy, knows that it is imperative that marginalized groups are not left behind. With $60 billion invested in green jobs it is incumbent that Americans be informed and have...

New York State Announces Camping Photo Contest

High School Students to Survey City Trees

Center for Sustainable Energy Opens in Brooklyn Park

NYC Ranks in Top Smog Offenders for 2011 According to Report

Hurricane Irene Packs a Wallop in Clean up Costs: $55+ Million

NYC Reduces GHG Emissions by Almost Five Percent in One Year

Eco Art by Christopher Rodrigues @ NYC's RARE Gallery

Record high sea temperatures threaten more hurricanes

Paterson says New York will reduce ghg emissions 80%

Urban initiative to Green the Block

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