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For Some Landlords, It's Not Easy Going Green
If New York is to meet PlanNYC's goals, apartment buildings must get greener. While property owners and tenants both benefit from more efficient systems, getting them up and running takes a different kind of green.
Greening Brooklyn from the Ground Up
What role do neighborhood groups play in the global effort to save the environment? What does sustainable living offer to low-income New Yorkers? We asked the experts.
Their Smoke, Our Smog: Meet These Midwestern Power Plants
Local car exhaust is one reason why New York officials have had to declare several ozone alert days this year. But out-of-state smokestacks are also a major contributor to air problems in the city.
Indian Point Worry: Not The Reactor, The Leftovers
Spent fuel rods are at the center of concerns about the nuclear plant just north of the city—and are a factor at several other plants in the tri-state area.
Green Energy Company Gets New, Fossil-Fuel Burning Owner
As environmentally laudable as Green Mountain’s Energy's product may be, the company has long had corporate ties to the fossil fuel industry, and those ties have only gotten closer.
Election 2010: Polls Closed, Policy Awaits
Election night confirmed what polls had predicted for weeks: Andrew Cuomo will be New York's next governor. Here's a look at what that means for the state's economy, schools, power plants and housing market.
Got Juice?: Choices Loom After Power Project's Demise
A year after the collapse of a plan for new transmission lines to New York City, questions remain. Was the need for new infrastructure a myth? Or are tougher choices ahead for consumers?
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Hope, Hesitation as Waste-to-Energy Gets New Look - Jarrett Murphy
Amid coverage of what Mayor Bloomberg said in his annual address about schools, cops and wages, the mayor's reference to a once-controversial notion—"the possibility of cleanly converting trash into renewable energy"—passed all but unnoticed.
Energy Nonprofits Chilled by Obama Budget Move - Milesska Contreras
The White House wants to cut a weatherization program by billions, saying lower fuel costs justify the move. But nonprofits that do the insulation work fear for their clients—and their employees.
A Fracking Film As Cuomo Deadline Nears - Jarrett Murphy
The state ban on most forms of the controversial natural gas extraction technique known as "fracking" will soon expire. A film to be shown Monday explores the complex debate over whether fracking should be welcomed or feared.
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Reducing NYC's Carbon Footprint: Do We Know Our Shoe Size?
Ahead of this week's Regional Plan Association annual assembly on "Innovation and the Global City," an environmental thinker says more data is needed to direct efforts at greening New York and other cities.
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Cause for Alarm-Tracking New York's Most Serious Fires
The number of fire companies and chiefs who are assigned to a fire follows a system of alarms. A fifth-alarm fire, which is thd most serious of fires in NYC, could bring 36 units and at least six of FDNY's chiefs.
