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Environmental Issues and Protection

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Is Your Definition of Organic the Same as the USDA's? Cornucopia Institute Declares an Organic Watergate

    The Wisconsin-based Cornucopia Institute is one of the country's leading preservers of the organic flame - a think-tank and advocacy group that benefits the small, family-owned farms that were once in the vanguard of the organic movement. Of course, big agribusiness has long since infiltrated (some ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Fracking Rules: Obama Administration Guidelines Don't Affect Most U.S. Land

    As the fracking debate rages on in New York, Barack Obama's administration hasn't hidden the fact that it's pro-fracking, and widely publicized its decision to release environmental guidelines for the practice. Indeed, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's announcement Tuesday that his department had OK ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Utah Will Get Fracked!

    There's so much fracking news across the country, it's hard to keep up with! As the debate over hydraulic fracturing in New York continues, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar just OKd a major gas drilling project in Utah, The Associated Press reports. Though some fracking is already taking plac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Fracking Dangers: Does Hydraulic Fracturing Cause Deadly Lung Disease?

    As fracking spreads across the Marcellus shale formation and the rest of America with the White House's support, a government researcher has announced today that sand dust emitted during hydraulic fracturing might be one "of the most dangerous threats to workers." Citing a National Institute for Oc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Will Fracking Spread Across America?

    The Prez has hardly made it a secret that he supports fracking as part of his push for domestic oil and natural gas development, with the Obama administration announcing last week that it plans on setting environmental standards for hydraulic fracturing. And what happens in D.C. does not stay in D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    NY Post Goes Fracking Crazy in Pro-Hydraulic Fracturing Editorial

    The Post is a bit beside itself this morning, unable to process the position of fracking opponents. It's not simply that the editorial board disagrees with them and published an opinion piece explaining why -- the board can't wrap its head around the fact that dissenting opinion should have weight ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Fracking Secrets: Hydraulic Fracturing Still Shrouded in Mystery

    As Albany pols weigh the pros and cons of hydraulic fracturing, it seems like full disclosure of fracking practices remains iffy. Shortly after reports surfaced that physicians in Pennsylvania couldn't publicly discuss info about fracking chemicals, some New Yorkers have started to begging Departm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Are Fracking Chemicals a Secret? (UPDATE)

    The health risks of hydraulic fracturing have been key in policymaking debates, with health advocates calling on legislators to assess fracking chemicals before allowing the polemic practice to take place. Friends of fracking, however, have pushed back against full disclosure: in Pennsylvania, for ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 4, 2012

    HYDROFRACK OFF

    The pros and cons of the practice

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2012

    Lights Off for Earth Hour? Rightbloggers Leave Lights On, Declare Victory Over So-Called "Environment"

    Conservatism is making a big comeback, folks. The proof? The tremendous success of Human Achievement Hour on Saturday. What, you never heard of it? Well, you've heard of Earth Hour, right? That thing where all the stupid hippies turned their lights off for an hour to celebrate their precious, so-ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Water Wars: What's Up With The Upstate-Downstate Debate?

    The Times reports today on the "slow boil" over water issues now playing out between Upstate communities and New York City. Ulster County, for example, has been pissed at the City for years. The county says that it's unfairly had to endure "development bans, flooded basements and ruined crops" just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Will Woodstock Criminalize Hydraulic Fracturing?

    From a report earlier today, it looks like Woodstock might try outlawing hydraulic fracturing -- the highly controversial natural gas extraction method that many fear will pollute New York's water supply with carcinogenic chemicals and radiation. The Town Board has decided to consider a proposal t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Hydrofracking Can Be Banned in Dryden, NY

    ​A court decided yesterday that the upstate town of Dryden -- located in Tompkins county -- can bar hydrofracking -- marking a major win for fracking opponents. The New York Times reports that Dryden's battle began in August, when the town's board passed a zoning law that bans gas drilling w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Gasland Filmmaker Joshua Fox Arrested at Fracking Hearing, by Order of House Republicans

    In an unprecedented move, House Republicans had a filmmaker arrested yesterday after he showed up to a public congressional hearing. The House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment was meeting to discuss the controversial topic of hydraulic fracturing, colloquially known as "fracking." When Joshua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Gross Gowanus Canal: Cleanup Conversations Continue

    ​The Gowanus Canal, which has the unique honor(?) of being one of the few water bodies in America that can kill a baby whale, might soon lose its century-old street cred as a cesspool for industrial waste. Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency met with area residents and shared its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Department of Environmental Protection Clarifies Fracking E-Mail (UPDATE)

    Mayor Mike Bloomberg has had his share of public reservations about hydrofracking, urging government honchos to keep drilling far from NYC's water. The City's environmental agency is on board, too. But a strange little newsletter released this afternoon from the Department of Environmental Protect ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Royally Fracked: Those 40,000 Comments on Hydraulic Fracturing Don't Change Anything

    Remember how New York's citizens, many of them not too keen on having chemicals blasted into underground rock to extract natural gas, recently submitted 40,000 comments to the state's environmental agency? That public comment period on highly polemic hydraulic fracturing came to a close earlier th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Frack! EPA Voices Concerns About Hydraulic Fracturing

    The Environmental Protection Agency says that New York should set limits to the amount of radiation that can be in fracking wastewater before the drilling starts, according to The Associated Press [via The Wall Street Journal]. The EPA announcement comes just as the state's Department of Environme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Hot Dogs Against Fracking

    Eat this choucroute to show you oppose fracking.​ Actually, it's choucroute against fracking. Bark Hot Dogs, in Park Slope, has teamed with the makers of the film Gasland and the anti-fracking group United for Action for a dinner and screening next Wednesday, November 9.

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Meat Eater's Guide Reveals Carbon Footprint of Your Steak, Chicken, Cheese Platter

    How is eating meat like driving? This handy graphic says it all.​ Did you know that eating cheese is worse for the environment than eating pork? And eating fish is less eco-friendly than eating chicken? (Sorry, pescatarians and dairy-friendly vegetarians.) Learn more fun facts about the carbon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Cuomo Attempts to Lift Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing

    ​When Governor Cuomo signed the landmark same sex marriage bill into law last week, you probably thought, "There's no way the 'gov is topping this." Guess again! The New York Times reports his administration will announce their attempt to lift what is effectively a statewide ban on hydraulic f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2011

    Rightbloggers Counter Eco-Nazis' "Earth Hour" by Patriotically Wasting Electricity

    This weekend, an unknown number of people worldwide participated in the fifth annual "Earth Hour" sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund. They turned off electricity to "take a stand against climate change." Landmarks were dimmed, but the effect on either energy consumption or awareness is unknown an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Japan Cancels Whale Hunt Because People Might Get Hurt

    ​After repeated face-offs between Japanese whaling ship the Nisshin Maru and the Bob Barker and the Gojira -- boats helmed by anti-whaling activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society -- Japan has called off its yearly Antarctic whale hunt citing "safety concerns." Via BBC News, "Putti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    T.G.I. Friday's Among Those Charged With Dumping Waste and Raw Sewage in Brooklyn Waterways

    Because untreated grease gives us all something to smile about!​Here's yet another reason we find ourselves weary of the continuing existence of T.G.I. Friday's.

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2010

    Bin Laden Book Club: Terrorist's Recordings Recommend More Than Killing Americans

    ​Sunday's New York Times includes a somewhat original, overlooked take on the most infamous terrorist in the world, the still-not-caught Osama bin Laden, who released two new audio recordings over the weekend. The article, instead of the standard "Where's Waldo?", focuses on bin Laden's "wide- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Katie Couric's Weather Report: All Wet (When It Comes to Climate Change)

    Couric: Partly cloudyOn Monday night, Katie Couric swung from CBS's coverage of the oil spill to the Tennessee floods by saying she was moving "from a man-made disaster to a natural one." That's one big and unproven assumption. How does Couric know that the worst Tennessee flooding in history has no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Otarian's Radhika Oswal Tells Us About Low-Carbon Eating, and About Her Own Apparently Large Carbon Footprint

    David Adams/news.com.auOtarian's founder, Radhika Oswal.​Back in February, we noted that New York seemed to be experiencing a rise in vegetarian and/or vegan fast-food dining outlets. Among their ranks was Otarian, a new chain whose food was purportedly "based on the principles of vegetarianis ... More >>

  • News

    January 12, 2010

    City Universities Are Part of Bloomberg's Green Jobs Vision

    David Adams/news.com.auOtarian's founder, Radhika Oswal.​Back in February, we noted that New York seemed to be experiencing a rise in vegetarian and/or vegan fast-food dining outlets. Among their ranks was Otarian, a new chain whose food was purportedly "based on the principles of vegetarianis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2009

    McCain weighs in on Sarah Palin's cap

    ​The ongoing pissing match over Sarah Palin's inked-up gimme cap has a new combatant, now that John McCain has taken a stand. If you managed to miss this earth-shaking controversy, the Senator's former running mate was photographed in Hawaii wearing a McCain campaign sun visor with the logo bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    The Shake Shacking of America; The Big Plate Revolution of New York

    ​Dale Hemmerdinger, the ex-MTA chairman and current landlord, is evicting Shamsher Wadud, who for many years owned the Indian restaurant Nirvana on the roof of the building next door. Wadud is broke and a Parkinson's sufferer, and claims his apartment is overrun by rodents. [NY Post] The Shak ... More >>

  • News

    March 13, 2007

    All Wet

    Bloomberg's man Dan Doctoroff has an answer for rising seas: more coastal condos!

  • News

    July 25, 2006

    Dumping on Everyone Else

    Trash plan relieves our neighborhoods, but west of the Hudson, it's just more of the same old garbage from New York City

  • Film

    May 16, 2006

    Fahrenheit 2050

    The man who would've been president warns of an imminent deep impact

  • Film

    March 28, 2006

    'The Great Warming'

    The man who would've been president warns of an imminent deep impact

  • News

    December 13, 2005

    EPA Screws New York

    New plan for cleaning up 9-11 toxins worse than the old one

  • News

    December 13, 2005

    Foul Play

    Raw sewage continues to pour into the city's waterways

  • News

    December 6, 2005

    Still Dusted

    Clinton, Nadler call for investigation of EPA response to 9-11

  • News

    February 1, 2005

    Asthma Goes Rural, Thanks to Amnesty for Polluters

    Clinton, Nadler call for investigation of EPA response to 9-11

  • News

    May 25, 2004

    Stirring Up A Storm

    Enviros hope 'The Day After Tomorrow' will change the climate regarding climate

  • News

    September 2, 2003

    Coal Dirt Cheap

    New EPA Rule Threatens to Increase Local Pollution

  • News

    April 24, 2001

    Sierra Club Scores Shrub's First 100 Days

    Prez Not All Bad on Environment. Just Mostly.

  • News

    January 30, 2001

    Libertarian Belle

    Gale Norton Rings in an America Where Polluters Police Themselves and Environmentalists Go Extinct

  • News

    August 22, 2000

    Trading Gas

    Polluters Fight Global Warming—and Government Regulation—With a New Market in Emissions Credits

  • News

    March 7, 2000

    Shock Corridor

    How a Long-Dormant Law Could Spark a Hudson Valley Power Plant Boom

  • News

    February 15, 2000

    Eco Action

    Partial Victory for Dissident NYC Sierra Club Group

  • News

    December 14, 1999

    Green vs. Green

    A Bitter Struggle in New York City Splits the Sierra Club

  • News

    December 7, 1999

    King of the Earth

    Eco-Friendly Leo Rises Above ‘Beach’ Accusations

  • News

    November 23, 1999

    Green With Envy

    Pataki Wrestles Spitzer for Eco-Laurels

  • News

    September 21, 1999

    Unnatural Disasters

    How Humans Are Behind the Weather Weirdness

  • Long Island Voice

    August 24, 1999

    Erode to Knowledge

    How Humans Are Behind the Weather Weirdness

  • More >>
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