Here
is a snapshot of the sustainability issues that faced the borough and city this
past September. The links were complied by Rebeccah
Welch, Associate Director of Public Affairs, at the Center for the Urban
Environment (CUE). To learn more about CUE, visit  www.thecue.org.

More
Delays and Changes at Whole Foods [Brownstoner]

Tappan
Zee Replacement Plans Aim High [NY Post]

Eat Well
Goes to Brooklyn [The Green Fork]

Green
Brooklyn Conference Held at Borough Hall [Brooklyn Eagle]

Wind
Farm Site Considered 10 Miles From Queens Shore [New York
Times]

Signs
Commemorate Revolutionary War in B’klyn [Brooklyn Eagle]

Planning
Commission Approves Willets Point Plan [Crain’s]

11th
Avenue Mantis [Brooklynometry]

Flatbush
Frolic Environmental Fair Photo Gallery [Sustainable
Flatbush]

Mayor
Opposes Carbon Tariff [NY Sun]

Grand Army Plaza Designs Unveiled
[Brownstoner]

Atlantic Yards Postponed Again
[Crain’s]

Advocates Push for No Cars in Prospect Park
[NY Daily News]

Restoring New York’s Oysters
[Scienceline]

Urban Environmentalist NYC: Ask the Expert
[GL]

Water
Board Chief Resigns [NY Post]

Toll
Brothers’ Gowanus Rezoning Certified by DCP [Brownstoner]

Where Brooklyn
Worked [forgotten new York]

Gowanus Water
Station Examined [Brooklynometry]

Officials
Say Green Cabs Are Safe [NY Post]

Urban
Environmentalist NYC – Ask the Expert [OTBKB] 

Hearing
to Focus on Upstate Drilling [NY Sun]

Officials
Hope to Keep Astroland Open [Daily News]

A
Look at New York’s New Glass Skyline [New York
Magazine]

New
MTA Hybrid Buses Take to the Streets [NY Times]

East
New York Farmers Market Celebrates 10 Years [Sustainable
Flatbush]

Perhaps
a Park Slope Energy Coop? [GL]

Disappearing
Mom-and-Pop Shops at BHS [Brooklyn Eagle]

Closing
Bell: Pigeons and Gentrification [Brownstoner]

Urban
Environmentalist NYC: The Blue Jewel Revealed [GL] *