Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Sorry that I’ve been out of the Switchboard loop for awhile. While I was away, my friends at USPIRG held a “21st Century Transportation” video contest and you can watch the winner here. (Kudos to Streetsblog for highlighting this today,...continued→
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
By now, of course, anybody who has followed the saga of congestion pricing in New York knows the outcome: on Monday, the New York State Assembly failed to vote on the congestion pricing program, ensuring that it won’t go forward,...continued→
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil
Mariano Rivera is taking the mound now, trying to do his magic to pull out a win...Crain's, the Washington Post, the NY Daily News, the NY Post are all telling various stories of last-minute negotiations, hallway discussions, and everything else...continued→
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
On Monday, the New York City Council passed, by a margin of 30-20, the congestion pricing bill, kicking off an intense week of lobbying for its passage in Albany.This was a huge victory for Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council...continued→
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
Over at the Times' City Room blog and Andy Revkin's dotearth blog, there’s some lively debate about a recent poll that showed that more than two-thirds of New York City residents think that, over the next fifty years, parts of...continued→
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
The start of the New Year presents a great opportunity to take stock of the old year and to plan for the new. It's also time to make some wishes. I live in New York, and much of my work is...continued→
