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This Month's Article ...
A series of measures have reduced soot in the city, so much so that the metropolitan area may soon meet federal standards for this type of air pollution for the first time ever. Rich Kassel reports on what's happened -- and what still needs to be done.
Recent Environment Articles from the Gotham Gazette:
How the City Has Reduced Soot
| A Smoother Ride for Cycling in the City
| Making Black Cars Green
| New Rules Clean Up Dirty Ships
Links in the News ...
- Going Green to Save Green (AM New York)
- Uneven Allotment of Parking Near Schools (NY Times)
- City Water Wins Taste Test (Associated Press)
- Newtown Creek Eyed for Superfund Status (NY Sun)
- Weiner Talks Flooding in Queens (Queens Ledger)
- Complaints About Waterfall Damage Multiply (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
Researching Environment ...
The city is at substantially more risk of being hit by an earthquake than previously thought, according to a new report by seismologists at Columbia University's Earth Institute. One of the findings of the study is that the Indian Point nuclear facility rests on the previously unidentified intersection of two active seismic zones. Although large quakes are uncommon in the area, the report says that the region's high density raises the risk. (August 22, 2008)
How Parking Requirements Lead to More Driving
This study from Transportation Alternatives, a pedestrian and bicyling advocacy group, finds that New York City’s residential off-street parking requirements encourage car ownership and use, and contradict city sustainability goals which seek to reduce traffic, air pollution and carbon emissions. (August 19, 2008)
Is New York's Sustainability Plan Sustainable?
Tom Angotti examines PlaNYC2030 and concludes that, despite its many noble goals promised improvements in the environment and public health, the plan continues the policy of promoting extremely high densities at high value locations, which can create negative environmental and health impacts, and neglect other parts of the city. This is one in a series of working papers sponsored the Hunter College Center for Community Planning and Development. (August 8, 2008)
Green State Lawmakers
Environmental Advocates released a report this week recognizing the state lawmakers that supported all four of the "super bills" that the organization considered priority. In the Assembly, the listed lawmakers actually voted on all of the bills, but the Senate list includes those that cosponsored or requested to cosponsor those not brought to a vote. The bills were: the Wetlands Protection Act, the Bigger Better Bottle Bill, the Global Warming Pollution Cap, and two Net Metering Reform bills. (July 24, 2008)
New York Less Vulnerable to Gas Prices
A new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council found New York was less vulnerable than most states to higher gas prices. The report factors in how much residents spend of their annual income on gas and what each state has done to reduce oil dependency. New Yorkers spend about 3.3 percent of their annual income on gas. It also recognizes the state's attempt to provide clean energy incentives, emission standards and idling restrictions. (July 23, 2008)
The website of the non-profit New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health includes an excellent, in-depth section -- "9/11 related occupational safety and health." It provides links to newspapers and magazines, as well as specialzed journals, covering WTC-related issues.
Environmental Advocates
An aggressive, Albany-based advocacy group for environmental concerns throughout the state. Reports on many different issues (some NYC-specific), voters' guides and volunteer opportunities, as well a useful list of links.
New York Public Interest Group
NYPIRG performs some heavy lifting in unglamorous environmental topics.
New York City Government
New York City's official website includes a "9/11 NYC Services Center," which contains health and safety information and resources for city residents.
NYC Department of Environmental Protection
The people who watch over NYC's water supply, wastewater treatment, environmental planning and other environmental issues.
The place to go for anything and everything concerning anti-tobacco activism in New York and around the nation, including information on smoking cessation, anti-smoking legislation, latest news, and links to other organizations.
Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane and Xavier Universities
Environmental concepts made easy. A great little Web site that provides comprehensive information about lead, environmental estrogens and, in case you were wondering, environmental astrobiology.
Office of New York State Attorney General
This site includes detailed information on environmental matters that the attorney general and his staff are working on, including relevant speeches, environmental complaint forms, numerous reports and studies on wide-ranging environmental issues and links to other environmental groups.
Audubon Society
Founded in 1905 and named for famed ornithologist, explorer, and wildlife artist John James Audubon (1785-1851), the National Audubon Society's mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wildlife for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity. Learn why birds are an "ecological litmus paper".
Moregardens.org
This pro-garden web site provides background on Esperanza Garden and efforts to preserve the city's other community gardens. Log on to learn about the Samson Bill, which would make all New York City community gardens permanent State parkland, and SLR 61, a complimentary bill that the City Council must endorse before the State can act.
by Benjamin Miller
Heartbeats in the Muck: A Dramatic Look at the History, sea Life and Environment of New York Harbor
by John Waldman
Liquid Assets: A History of New York City's Water
by Diane Galusha
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
by Robert A. Caro
Wild New York: A Guide to the Wildlife, Wild Places and Natural Phenomena of New York City
by Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson
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