Here is a snapshot of sustainability issues that faced the borough and the city in the month of July. The links were compiled by Rebecca Welch Associate Director of Public Affairs, at the Center for the Urban Environment. To Learn more about the Center, go here. www.bcue.org
Report:
Small Downtown Brooklyn Retailers Being Forced Out [ Brooklyn
Daily Eagle]
Bike-Friendly
Businesses Honored By Advocates [NY 1]
Report
Rates Orchard Beach City’s Most Polluted [Daily News]
Reading
the River and Its Contents, With an Eye on Its Health [NY Times]
Paterson
Approves Law on Risky Gas Drilling [ Albany
Times Union ]
Urban
Environmentalist NYC: Tri-State Biodiesel [Gowanus Lounge] *
Maybe
Beloved Shops Don’t Have To Disappear [City Limits]
Survey
Shows Parks Deteriorating [ Brooklyn
Eagle]
17
Projects Honored by Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce [Brownstoner]
*
Helping
Building Owners Go Green [CityRoom]
Federal
Help Sought for Newtown Creek [Daily News]
Bike-Share
Coming to NYC? DOT Says It Will Test the Waters [streetsblog]
How
the City Has Reduced Soot [ Gotham
Gazette]
Keeping
City Beaches Safe and Clean [ Gotham
Gazette]
Is
‘Green’ the Place to Look for Job Growth? [City Limits]
A
Locally Grown Diet With Fuss but No Muss [NYT]
IS
‘Green’ The Place to Look For Job Growth? [City Limits]
Bloomberg
Proposes Plan for City to Make Eco-friendly Upgrades [Daily News]
The
Unanticipated Impacts of Rezoning and Development in Downtown Brooklyn [Report-Pratt]
Green
State Lawmakers. [Report-Environmental Advocates of
New York ]