Queens College Earth Fair
An outdoor "earth fair" featuring environmental organizations, environmentally friendly businesses, and educational and interactive exhibitions as well as speakers, including Councilman James Genaro.
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Boston Endorses Parking Reform as Key Green Policy
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An illustration of how Boston will make its transportation system greener. Image: City of Boston "Folks, you ain’t seen nothing yet," Mayor Bloomberg told an Earth Day crowd yesterday. "The best and greenest days are yet to come." The PlaNYC update coming in 2011, he implied, would have a slew of new initiatives to make […]
7/7/07: The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook
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The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook is the official companion volume to today’s Live Earth concerts, 24 hours of nonstop concerts broadcast from around the world on 7/7/07. It’s a fun little book, meant to connect with a younger audience via tongue-in-cheek suggestions, practical advice, factual information, and imaginative, bluesky solutions for climate change. […]
Whose Streets? Eric Duke’s Streets
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"Maybe I just won't pay our property taxes if my street is taken away from me," the TV production studio owner said of the city's plan to dedicate a seven-foot strip of public street space to bicycling.
FROM DC: The GOP’s Smaller Infrastructure Bill Goes All-In On Cars
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Senate Republicans celebrated Earth Day by releasing a counter-offer to President Biden’s infrastructure plan that would only deepen America’s dependence on gas-powered cars.
Lecture: Practical Approaches to Climate Change
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The Earth Institute’s Office of Educational Programs presents, "Practical Approaches to Climate Change," the annual Student Lecture with Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
It Gets Worse: Boxer/Inhofe to Request $50B More for Highways
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Barbara Boxer and infamous global warming denier James Inhofe will present an amendment to the Senate stimulus plan that could funnel as much as $50 billion in additional funding to highways, Streetsblog has learned. Friends of the Earth tells us that Boxer’s staff confirmed she will introduce the amendment, which could bring the total for […]