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City Sierran Newsletter
THE CITY SIERRAN
Sierra Club NYC's quarterly newsletter.
* Do green buildings really save energy? Engineer Henry Gifford says we need to raise the bar far beyond LEED standards. * Mia MacDonald reports from annual food policy conference; environmental progress to come through local food security. * Dan Miner points out that "Drill, baby, drill" was long since debunked - by the Bush Administration's own DOE. * Judy Francis reviews inappropriate development plans in Brooklyn: Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Gowanus Canal. * Population committee looking for volunteers. * Patrick Centolanzi looks at NYS plans to replace the Tappan Zee Bridge and add commuter bus & rail. * Challenges of China's encounter with factory farming. * Candidate statements for Sierra Club NYC Executive Committee elections.
Fall 2008 City Sierran
Solar power in NYC * A look back at congestion pricing * Protecting NYC's Catskills watershed from overdevelopment * Plans to cut NYC carbon emissions 30% by 2017 * Restoring Jamaica Bay * Flawed planning at Brooklyn Bridge Park moves ahead * Re-licensing of Indian Point opposed * Preparing NYC for even higher oil prices * Relocalizing NYC area agriculture for climate protection: a draft resolution for City Council. * SC NYC Executive Committee seeks candidates for winter election.
Spring 2008 City Sierran
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