Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Climate Change

Masdar: Arabic for Chutzpah?

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 22, 2008 | 54 Comments

The world’s first car-free, zero-carbon city is slated to rise near the Persian Gulf by 2013. Even though it derives almost all of its wealth from oil and gas, the emirate of Abu Dhabi is making a splashy effort to wean itself from fossil fuels, reports Agence France-Presse. Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed al-Nahayanis […]

Resolved: More Driving for Teachers, Less for Everyone Else

By Brad Aaron | Jan 18, 2008 | 15 Comments

Another DOE employee not abusing a parking placard, courtesy Uncivil Servants Following United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten’s "deeply troubling" letter to Mayor Bloomberg earlier this month protesting the city’s directive to reduce parking placard issues by 20 percent, this week UFT chapter leaders and delegates approved a resolution not only demanding an exemption […]

Bloomberg Touches on Safe Streets, Pricing in State of the City

By Ben Fried | Jan 18, 2008 | 5 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg delivered his seventh State of the City Address yesterday morning at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The speech had several nuggets of news and info related to livable streets issues. Touting the good news from 2007, the Mayor noted that New York City’s streets are getting safer: In 2007, we made the safest big […]

Green Subways: An Answer Blowing in the Wind?

By Sarah Goodyear | Nov 13, 2007 | 7 Comments

As part of its "Steal This Idea" series, Good magazine has a suggestion for a way to move toward a more sustainable New York: offering subway riders the chance to pay a little extra for a wind-powered ride. Each year, the New York subway system uses 1.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, making it the city’s […]

Bloomberg Declares Support for a National Carbon Tax

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 2, 2007 | 7 Comments

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will declare his support today for a national carbon tax, according to a report posted this morning on the New York Times City Room blog by metro reporter Sewell Chan: Mayor Bloomberg plans to announce today his support for a national carbon tax. In what his aides are calling […]

Warning: Driving Could Be Hazardous to Your Health

By Jason Varone | Oct 30, 2007 | 2 Comments

Last week, the European Parliament proposed that car advertisements throughout the EU include tobacco-style health warnings about the environmental impact of automobiles. The New York Times reported: Under the plan, 20 percent of the space or time of any auto ad would have to be set aside for information on a car’s fuel consumption and […]

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