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May 24, 2012
Bad Science? Peer-Reviewed Study Promoting Fracking Was Not Peer Reviewed (UPDATE)
If you have been following the fracking controversy clusterfuck at all, you will know this: hydraulic fracturing, still under consideration by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has gotten a lot of flack for reportedly polluting water, as well as posing other potential health risks. So when a peer-reviewed, univer ... More >>
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February 23, 2012
Lucy Lawless, Xena Warrior Princess, Captures Oil-Drilling Ship
Lucy Lawless -- of Xena, Warrior Princess and Spartacus -- has taken over an Artic-bound, oil-drilling ship along with several other Greenpeace activists today. Lawless and the Greenpeace members boarded the Shell-contracted ship this morning, in hopes that their protest would keep it from leaving ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
There's a Lot of Trash in Williamsburg and Greenpoint
Two neighborhoods in New York City are trashier than ever, at least, in a manner of speaking. According to a new study released today, there are more garbage trucks in Williamsburg and Greenpoint, where 19 of New York City's 58 waste transfer stations are located -- "362 trucks per hour at si ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2011
Motorcycle Crackdown in Northern Manhattan
Watch your bikes. Cops are cracking down on illegal, "dangerous" motorcycles "common in Northern Manhattan," says the NYPD. Twelve such motorcycles were seized over the weekend for being unregistered, uninsured, altered illegally, or part of the problem of noise pollution and generally hazard ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2011
Cruise Ships in Brooklyn to Get 'Giant Electrical Outlet' to Plug Into
We've come a long way, people. At one point we thought the world was flat! Now cruise ships docking at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal will get to plug into a giant electrical outlet instead of spreading their diesel fumes into Red Hook. It's taken two years of "plug negotiations" (not the offic ... More >>
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March 26, 2011
Earth Hour Is Tonight
Tonight, New York will join a host of international cities observing Earth Hour by shutting off the lights in a bunch of landmark buildings. This includes the Empire State Building, the U.N. headquarters, the New York Public Library, and a whole bunch of others, including some signs in Times Squa ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
Gowanus Canal Is Totally Grody, Finds EPA
After a yearlong evaluation of Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, the EPA has released their report on the levels of contamination in the waterway. The results, published yesterday, aren't good for the Superfund site. Two suspected carcinogens -- PAHs and PCBs -- were found to be "widespread" in the ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 29, 2010
SWITCHING IT UP
A film festival for the ‘green’ generation
Blogs
September 20, 2010
Kurt Vonnegut Tries to Spoil Earth Day
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 30, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 18 Vonnegut & Earth Day by Anna Mayo It was the night before Earth Day. Kurt Vonnegut, set off by the ambience of the Algonquin Hotel, looked more like Mark Twain than Hal Holbrook. He was talking about th ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg Toys With Charging for Trash Collection, Nothing is Off Limits
Budget cuts: necessary stink, but potentially smellier if trash collection moves up on Bloomberg's agenda to get our city back in the black. At a recent press conference, the mayor mentioned possibly charging residents for garbage collection as the city already does for restaurants and busine ... More >>
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July 12, 2010
That Oil Spill in the Gulf Really Isn't Helping Anyone
Usually when something bad happens, at least you have the look-on-the-bright-side quality of being able to say, hey, at least we learned from this, and we sure won't do it again next time, or some such. Not so, it seems, with the oil spill in the Gulf. Sure, it's killed innocent animals and p ... More >>
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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 >>
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March 27, 2010
Empire State Building Goes Dark Tonight as New York Observes Earth Hour
The Empire State Building will be shutting off its lights tonight for an hour at 8:30 in observation of Global Earth Hour 2010. Earth Hour is an initiative of the World Wildlife Fund, which asks "individuals, schools, organizations, businesses and governments" to turn off or dim their lights ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2010
State "Cash for Appliances" Program Extended
Being renters, we didn't even know there was a state program offering to partially pay for certain large appliance purchases. The Great Appliance Swap-Out passed its deadline this weekend, but New York announced that it would extend part of the program to spend out unused funding. The progra ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 26, 2010
TU B’SHEVAT SHABBAT WITH JEWISH NATIONAL FUND
Being renters, we didn't even know there was a state program offering to partially pay for certain large appliance purchases. The Great Appliance Swap-Out passed its deadline this weekend, but New York announced that it would extend part of the program to spend out unused funding. The progra ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2010
EPA warns about oil drilling in NYC watershed
The EPA is warning the state Department of Environmental Conservation that they need to do a lot more homework before they finalize the rules for natural gas drilling in the city's upstate watershed.
Blogs
December 28, 2009
John Mackey and Whole Foods Profiled in The New Yorker
Dan Winters for the New YorkerJohn Mackey eats his vegetables, denies global warming You might remember the brouhaha when Whole Foods co-founder and CEO John Mackey came out against government-backed health care reform this summer. You may also recall the incident about two years ago when it ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 24, 2009
SOUND OF MELTING ICE
DJ Spooky gives a voice to Arctic glaciers
Film
September 8, 2009
No Impact Man Tests Limits of Man's Carbon Footprint, Wife's Patience
DJ Spooky gives a voice to Arctic glaciers
Film
August 11, 2009
Earth Days Revisits Environmentalism's Early Years
DJ Spooky gives a voice to Arctic glaciers
Blogs
May 15, 2009
25-Year-Old Hudson River Cleanup Plan Starts Today
Down on the Hudson River by Fort Edward, New York, General Electric, supervised by the EPA, started dredging today. They're looking to remove from the river the PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) GE dumped there decades ago. When the government announced in the 1970s that PCBs are harmful to both f ... More >>
Film
November 13, 2007
Everything's Cool
Down on the Hudson River by Fort Edward, New York, General Electric, supervised by the EPA, started dredging today. They're looking to remove from the river the PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) GE dumped there decades ago. When the government announced in the 1970s that PCBs are harmful to both f ... More >>
Art
November 7, 2006
The Starting Line
At Baruch, campus entrepreneurs scratch their itch to get businesses off the ground
News
February 14, 2006
Truth Out
Sick of being lied to by the EPA, 9-11 plaintiffs use the courts to force the answers they seek
Columns
September 13, 2005
Natural Selection
Go with the grain: furniture made out of pure, recyclable materials
News
August 30, 2005
Dusted
Long after 9-11, some people say the dust is still making them sick. Now they want the EPA to do something about it.
News
May 10, 2005
Polar Eclipse
Hey, remember when climate change was a swell idea? Coconuts were in the offing.
News
March 1, 2005
Out of Breath: The Dangers of Diesel Fumes
Hey, remember when climate change was a swell idea? Coconuts were in the offing.
News
February 1, 2005
Bush's Mandate From Above
Hey, remember when climate change was a swell idea? Coconuts were in the offing.
News
September 7, 2004
Burning for Bush
Misled over air quality, shortchanged in federal funding, union wants four more years
News
July 8, 2003
Spoon-Feeding Poison
EPA Opens the Door to Testing Bug Killers on People
News
May 20, 2003
Paradise Regained?
A Plan to Restore Iraq's Wetland Graveyard
News
April 15, 2003
Leaving a Mess in Mesopotamia
Long-Term Damage From a Short-Term War
News
March 11, 2003
Bio-Whatchamacallit
Tom Ridge's 'Crazy' Plan to Watch the Sky for Spores
News
November 5, 2002
Nation
Tom Ridge's 'Crazy' Plan to Watch the Sky for Spores
News
September 10, 2002
The Unkindest Cuts
Lost Jobs Tough to Recycle
News
September 25, 2001
The Dust May Never Settle
How Dangerous Was That Dark Cloud Hanging Over Manhattan?
News
July 17, 2001
Mutant Malathion
How New York’s Mosquito-Spray Campaign Spawned a Deadly Neurotoxin
News
April 10, 2001
Prez Wakes Up in Wonderful World
Friends and Foes Hail Bush, the Conquering Hero
News
April 3, 2001
Power Mad
The Anti-Pollution Fight Heats Up in Williamsburg
News
March 20, 2001
Air Wars
Activists Struggle to Link Proposed Power Plants to Asthma
News
January 16, 2001
Nation
Activists Struggle to Link Proposed Power Plants to Asthma
News
January 9, 2001
Interior Secretary Nominee Pushed States' Rights During Heyday of Secessionist Groups
Norton's Remarks Not About Slavery, but Attacking Power of Feds
News
October 31, 2000
Nader Accuses Gore of Deceit on Environmental Record
'For Eight Years, Gore Has Flat-Out Lied'
Specials
December 28, 1999
Letters
'For Eight Years, Gore Has Flat-Out Lied'
News
December 7, 1999
Nation
'For Eight Years, Gore Has Flat-Out Lied'
News
November 16, 1999
Wood You Believe This?
City Still Using Tropical Trees for Benches
News
August 10, 1999
Read My Rips
Clinton Confronts Governors
News
November 10, 1998
The Green Menace
Clinton Confronts Governors
News
October 13, 1998
Greenwash
Clinton Confronts Governors
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