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Ahead of this week’s Regional Plan Association annual assembly on “Innovation and the Global City,” an environmental thinker says more data is needed to direct efforts at greening New York…

ByRon Dembo 0Comments

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Nov 2010

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Green Energy Company Gets New, Fossil-Fuel Burning Owner

As environmentally laudable as Green Mountain’s Energy’s product may be, the company has long had corporate ties to the fossil fuel industry, and those ties have only gotten closer.

ByJake Mooney 0Comments

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Nov 2010

Government Housing and Homelessness

Election 2010: Polls Closed, Policy Awaits

Election night confirmed what polls had predicted for weeks: Andrew Cuomo will be New York’s next governor. Here’s a look at what that means for the state’s economy, schools, power…

ByCity Limits 0Comments

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Sep 2010

Economy Government Investigations

Got Juice?: Choices Loom After Power Project's Demise

A year after the collapse of a plan for new transmission lines to New York City, questions remain. Was the need for new infrastructure a myth? Or are tougher choices…

ByJake Mooney 0Comments

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Sep 2009

Government

City Wants Answers, Input On Upstate Drill Plan

A huge underground reserve of natural gas is luring fuel companies to upstate New York. But local officials and advocates are worried about what the drilling will do to the…

BySarah Crean 0Comments

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Sep 2009

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Green Taxi Case Heads Toward Showdown

The Bloomberg administration’s hopes for a hybrid-car taxi fleet may hinge on whether a federal appeals court thinks a city plan passes Constitutional muster.

ByHashim Rahman 0Comments

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Jun 2009

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings

Filling policy shoes at FPWA, a new city family services coordinator, and a host of other moves around government and nonprofits this fall.

ByJillian Jonas 0Comments

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Jul 2007

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Blackout Insurance: Solar City Rooftops

Last week’s brief electricity loss spotlights the stiff energy demands on Con Ed. The company’s load could be lightened – but that would require a few changes to its business…