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Federal regulators will soon decide whether to permit a pipeline to run under the Rockaway Inlet, connecting the Brooklyn-Queens natural gas grid to a transcontinental pipe three miles offshore.

ByKarla Ann Cote 1Comment

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Dec 2013

Opinion

Failed Deregulation: NYers Pay Too Much for Power

An assemblyman reveals the results of an investigation into how our current electricity rates compare to those we’d have paid before the Pataki administration’s deregulation of the power market.

ByAssemblyman James Brennan 0Comments

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Sep 2013

Government

Fracking Accusation Angers Bronx State Pols

A Common Cause report says donations imply support, but lawmakers insist they’re for moratorium.

ByTyler Pager 0Comments

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Apr 2012

Uncategorized

For Some Landlords, It's Not Easy Going Green

If New York is to meet PlanNYC’s goals, apartment buildings must get greener. While property owners and tenants both benefit from more efficient systems, getting them up and running takes…

ByPatrick Arden 0Comments

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Mar 2012

Uncategorized

Greening Brooklyn from the Ground Up

What role do neighborhood groups play in the global effort to save the environment? What does sustainable living offer to low-income New Yorkers? We asked the experts.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2012

Investigations

Hope, Hesitation as Waste-to-Energy Gets New Look

Amid coverage of what Mayor Bloomberg said in his annual address about schools, cops and wages, the mayor’s reference to a once-controversial notion—”the possibility of cleanly converting trash into renewable…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Sep 2011

Uncategorized

Energy Nonprofits Chilled by Obama Budget Move

The White House wants to cut a weatherization program by billions, saying lower fuel costs justify the move. But nonprofits that do the insulation work fear for their clients—and their…

ByMilesska Contreras 0Comments

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Jul 2011

Government Investigations

Their Smoke, Our Smog: Meet These Midwestern Power Plants

Local car exhaust is one reason why New York officials have had to declare several ozone alert days this year. But out-of-state smokestacks are also a major contributor to air…

ByJake Mooney 0Comments

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May 2011

Uncategorized

A Fracking Film As Cuomo Deadline Nears

The state ban on most forms of the controversial natural gas extraction technique known as “fracking” will soon expire. A film to be shown Monday explores the complex debate over…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2011

Government

Indian Point Worry: Not The Reactor, The Leftovers

Spent fuel rods are at the center of concerns about the nuclear plant just north of the city—and are a factor at several other plants in the tri-state area.

ByPolly Kreisman 0Comments

Deadline Nears for Public Input on Rockaways Pipeline

Failed Deregulation: NYers Pay Too Much for Power

Fracking Accusation Angers Bronx State Pols

For Some Landlords, It's Not Easy Going Green

Greening Brooklyn from the Ground Up

Hope, Hesitation as Waste-to-Energy Gets New Look

Energy Nonprofits Chilled by Obama Budget Move

Their Smoke, Our Smog: Meet These Midwestern Power Plants

A Fracking Film As Cuomo Deadline Nears

Indian Point Worry: Not The Reactor, The Leftovers

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