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PlaNYC 2030: One Year Later

On Earth Day 2007, Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled a wide-ranging plan to make the city more environmentally friendly as it expands to meet the needs of 1 million more residents by 2030. His PlaNYC offered 127 specific proposals on land use, transportation, energy, reducing greenhouse gases and other vital issues. For Earth Day 2008, Sustainability Watch, a joint project of Gotham Gazette and the Hunter College Center for Community Planning & Development, asked experts to assess the plan -- its successes and failures, what it does and does not do -- and what the next steps are in the long-term effort to create a livable city for 9 million people.

Congestion pricing has come and gone. And now advocates and experts examine what could come of some of the other 126 initiatives in the administration's PlaNYC in our second installment of Sustainability Watch.

Making Black Cars Green Apr 29, 2008
Though the city's new gas mileage standards for its black car fleet is admirable, one advocate argues their entire carbon footprint should be regulated. By Rich Kassel.

A More Secure Way to Feed to City Apr 28, 2008
Absent from the mayor's sustainability plan is how we'll feed another million mouths. One advocate argues for more locally grown food. By Jacquie Berger.

Blocking the Sun: Solar in the City Apr 28, 2008
An advocate attempts to put solar panels on his own home in Brooklyn. Instead of getting solar power, he gets a mound of paperwork. By Dave Lutz.

Reclaiming the City's Abandoned Land Apr 28, 2008
How can the city clean up its brownfields when Albany has all of the authority? Two advocates discuss the options. By Jody Kass and Mathy Stanislaus.

An Unknown Urban Forest Apr 28, 2008
As the city looks to plant a million more trees, they must also care for the ones that have already taken root in our own backyards. By Evan Mason.

Cleaning Up a Creek Apr 26, 2008
A look into how the Newtown Creek on the Brooklyn-Queens border could be a testing ground for some of the administration's sustainable initiatives. By Basil Seggos.