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You Think It’s Hot Now…

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! After narrowly missing the record low during the winter of 2007 polar sea ice rebounded in the summer to reach an all-time low during the summer of 2007. Although, according to British researchers, we haven’t seen anything […]

Meet Your New Violent Weather Overlords

If this summer is anything like last summer, violent and sudden thunderstorms are the new black.
Last night violent storms that moved through Westchester and flooded roads, knocked down trees and left the UES without power for about an hour yesterday. It also left thousands of subway passengers stranded in the sweltering heat.
The storms […]

GreeNYC Goes with the “A Little Birdie Told Me” Approach to Going Green

This cute little bird is here to teach you how to stop being so wasteful and how to help make NYC Green.  He’s part of NYC’s new greeNYC campaign to educate people on the simple steps they can take to help reduce carbon emissions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh4fVjw-os0

Here’s a list of tips of things you can do to […]

Dumpster Diving Out, Freegan Movement In

Entitled, spoiled NYU students end their semester by throwing out such treasures as a working iPod, a painting of a Mediterranean harbor and body lotion. Freegans are of course, there.
In case you’re unfamiliar, Freegans are anti-capitalist hippies that dig through other people’s garbage to prove that they’re better than the rest of us. […]

Looks Like the First Responders Weren’t the Only Ones the U.S. Lied to About Toxic Ground Zero Dust

It seems like after 9/11 the Environmental Protection Agency vacillated between telling Giuliani the air at Ground Zero was toxic amd trying to convince residents of the area that the air was was actually A-OK to breathe.
In 2002-2003 the EPA led a residential cleanup program for residents whose apartments had been contaminated by the […]

Bloomberg Plans to Use Solar Panels on Government Owned Buildings

Bloomberg isn’t messing around about making NYC the leader in green technology.  Hopefully this new solar commitment will not only help make the city more environmentally friendly, it will allow ConEd to not blackout the city everytime the thermostat goes above 95.
The city will officially solicit bids this fall from private solar developers to […]

What Exactly is Up with Bloomberg’s Congestion Tax Plan?

Am I missing something? In the past Metadish hasn’t been shy about its support of Bloomberg’s congestion tax plan, but now we’re starting to second guess ourselves.
Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan is getting a big push forward today from his fellow Republicans - with a top President Bush aide boosting the proposal just […]

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