Why Elizabeth Warren’s Punt on Light Bulbs Hurts Climate Advocacy
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Tackling and overcoming the climate crisis will require even more fundamental change than dismantling Big Oil.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Climate Change
Lower East Side ‘Resiliency’ Plan Hits New Potholes
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Electeds, residents demand independent review of proposal that digs up a park and endangers cyclists while sparing a highway.
Manhattan Beep Stalls Plans for Lower East Side ‘Resiliency’ Project
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Locals are concerned, among other things, about its effect on a riverside bike path.
‘Progressives’ Should Support Public Transit Over Private Vehicles
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If you want to call yourself a "progressives" you need to stop opposing transit that serves the many, not the wealthier few with automobiles. Only then will we attain a safe and sustainable city.
Op-Ed: To Meet New York’s New Climate Law, We’ll Have To Break the Car Culture
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Transportation is the number-one source of greenhouse-gas emissions in New York State, and the number-one offender is the internal-combustion engine. It will be a huge challenge, but we need to reduce the use of cars.
Reform of Rogue Sanitation Companies Will Save Lives — And the Planet
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A new report to be issued today by the Transform Don’t Trash NYC coalition bolsters Brooklyn Council Member Antonio Reynoso's call to create exclusive zones where only a single trash company could operate and put an end to the current free-for-all of up to 50 private carters picking up trash in each neighborhood.