Posted January 18, 2013 by Johanna Dyer in Health and the Environment
For more than five decades, high levels of highly toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have polluted the lands, waters and native species of the Hudson River Valley. And for generations, this contamination has threatened the health of New York residents, burdened...continued→
Posted November 19, 2012 by Johanna Dyer in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment
General Electric is preparing to pull its dredging equipment from the Hudson River for the winter, as it reaches the halfway mark in its clean-up of toxic PCB pollution that it dumped there decades ago. Last week, the U.S. Environmental...continued→
Posted November 6, 2012 by Johanna Dyer in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
On Saturday afternoon, like many New Yorkers who had been forced out by Superstorm Sandy, I finally moved back into my apartment in downtown Manhattan. After a couple of post-storm nights in my home—which Sandy had left without power,...continued→
Posted September 20, 2012 by Johanna Dyer in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming
So New York City’s taxi saga continues. This morning, the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) voted to approve the Taxi of Tomorrow program, which will create a nearly exclusive-model vehicle that will serve as the city’s new taxi. This...continued→
Posted August 14, 2012 by Johanna Dyer in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming
I hope you all enjoyed National Farmers’ Market Week as much as I did last week! To commemorate it, I stopped by my local Union Square market (more than once, I must confess) to buy some fresh, healthy local food...continued→
Posted April 25, 2012 by Johanna Dyer in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
As the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee continues its Farm Bill discussions this month, it’s a good time to take a look at America’s broken food system and how it contributes to so many of our most pressing environmental problems. Apparently...continued→
Posted August 12, 2010 by Johanna Dyer in Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
Anyone walking along 25th Street in Chelsea on Tuesday morning may have wondered about the queue of people outside the recreation center building – some of them in costume – who were blowing bubbles, chanting and playing drums....continued→
Posted July 20, 2010 by Johanna Dyer in Curbing Pollution, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
As everyone knows, most New Yorkers don’t drive. Fortunately, we have a walkable, bikeable city and a plethora of public transit options. However, the truth is that 44 percent of New York City households do own cars and drive them. ...continued→
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