New Yorkers who purchase hybrid cars would receive a novel perk under legislation proposed by Council Member Hiram Monserrate: free parking for a year. “Obviously in the backdrop of global warming and $4-a-gallon fuel, the question is what we should do as a municipality to consume less,” Mr. Monserrate, who represents parts of Queens, said [...]
Several environmental and civic groups are calling for a moratorium on the use of artificial turf in new sports fields in the city, and question the seriousness with which the Bloomberg administration is investigating the turf’s potential hazards. In a letter to the city’s parks and health commissioners, dated Thursday, the groups say the installation [...]
City Hall, February 13th, 2008 – At tomorrow’s Stated Council meeting, the members of the City Council will vote on trailblazing environmental legislation that would require manufacturers to take responsibility for collecting and recycling electronic products they produce. The Council will also vote on legislation that would help to improve air quality in and around [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
