Category: New York
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Arbor House in the Bronx Provides a Green Community for Low-Income Residents
New York City’s new Arbor House, a green building located in the Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx, is a $37.7 million project designed as part of Mayor Bloomberg’s New Housing Marketplace Plan, which has a goal of providing 165,000 affordable housing units in the city by 2014. Built by Blue Sea Development, the eight-story…
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Electronic Recyclers International Launches New York Offices
Now the largest privately held recycler of electronic waste in the US, and the world’s first dual-certified electronic waste recycler, Fresno-headquartered Electronic Recyclers International is licensed to de-manufacture and recycle televisions, computer monitors, computers and other types of electronic equipment. ERI serves public sector clients via GSA contract GS-10F-0051Y and processes more than 200 million…
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A Passage Through Ice
THE EXPLORERS CLUB — On, Monday, March 11, at The Explorers Club in New York City and sponsored by EcoWatch, A Passage Through Ice expedition team will share the story of its voyage into the Arctic to follow an undetermined route along the polar ice cap to track this summer’s Arctic sea-ice retreat …
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Latest Move on Fracking Shows Democracy is Alive and Well in NY
PAUL GALLAY — Years from now, New Yorkers will be glad Governor Cuomo decided to take a hard look at fracking instead of rushing to embrace this dangerous new form of drilling before its health and environmental impacts were …
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Yet Another University Entangled with the Fracking Industry
FOOD & WATER WATCH — The University of Tennessee should not join the world of frackademica, and instead, should seek out research opportunities that can help wean the U.S. off its fossil fuel addiction and make clean, renewable energy …