Ad campaign gears up, LI Sound LNG decision postponed
February 11, 2008
An oil company that wants to put a liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound launched a public relations campaign this week to counter widespread opposition on both sides of the massive waterway between New York and Connecticut.
Environmentalists and most elected officials oppose the project, saying it could imperil the fragile ecosystem in the [...]
Mayor Bloomberg Launches ReMix: Recycling Magazines
January 30, 2008
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the New York City launch of ReMix - Recycling Magazines is Excellent! - a national public education campaign aimed at increasing residential recycling of magazines and catalogs. Beginning next week, ReMix promotions will appear across New York City, in full-page public service advertisements in consumer magazines including TIME, Cosmopolitan, [...]
Cuomo Announces Settlement with Company’s that Polluted
January 17, 2008
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says Bausch & Lomb, DuPont, Eastman Kodak and Xerox are among eight private and public entities that will reimburse New York state nearly $1.6 million for failing to clean up hazardous waste.
The state filed a lawsuit in 2005 after having to pay to clean up the Rochester Fire Academy, a hazardous [...]
Council Passes Bill Requiring Stores To Create Recycling Program
January 11, 2008
The City Council passed a bill almost unanimously Wednesday that would require any store with more than 5,000 square feet to come up with an in-store recycling program for plastic bags.
“What this means is, if stores offer plastic bags to its customers, they have to set up bins where their customers can bring the bags [...]




