Here is a
snapshot of the sustainability issues that faced the borough and City this past January. The links were compiled
by Rebeccah Welch, Senior Associate Director of Communications at the Center
for the Urban Environment (CUE). To learn more about CUE, click  www.thecue.org.

  What's
Happened to the Plant in the Park [Gotham Gazette]

 Brooklyn
Businesses Hit Hard by Recession [Crain's]

  Recession-addled
Bronx Stores Forced to Close [Daily News]

  "Defend
Gowanus" Petition Signers Leave Some Insightful Comments [PMFA]

 Community
Board Approves City Proposals on Staten Island Waterfront
[Staten Island Advance]

 Urban
Environmentalist NYC – Eco Lens [OTBKB] *

 Atlantic
Yards Looks to Slash Transit Upgrade [NY Post]

 Proposed
Budget Shuts Out Zoos, Aquariums and Gardens [NY Times]

 Can
Obama Help Save New York [Gotham Gazette]

 Aqueduct
Plans Revealed [Queens Courier]

 Bloomberg
Says Plan Would Create 400,000 Jobs [Newsday]

Exciting
Youth Program for Holiday Break: CUE Labs [Green
Brooklyn] *

Storage
for Bicycles Sought [NY Post]

 Lost
City’s Guide to Carroll Gardens [Lost City]

 Sunday
Snaps: Drawn to Greenpoint [Greenpointers]

 Rejuggling
of Plans for Red Hook Waterfront [Brownstoner]

 A New Name for Our Premier Waterway  [Gotham Gazette]

 Cutbacks
Coming for Botanic Garden, Aquarium [Brooklyn Eagle]

 Air
Cleaner in Lower Manhattan in 2008, Report Says [Downtown
Express]

 The
Gas Rush [Gotham Gazette]

Neighborhood
Electricity Substations [Report-Manhattan Institute]