Posts Tagged new york
Carina
September 22, 2011
We are thrilled to announce that the City Atlas is now launched and running. We are still in a beta testing mode, but all of our content is up there and the site will be functioning, updated, and utilized from now on! Please do come and check it out for your self but a recap [...]
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Nathan Storey
November 15, 2010
Last year New York governor Paterson announced an ambitious goal to reduce carbon emissions for the state to 80% below 1990 levels by the year 2050. Last week, the New York Climate Action Council, the committee formed to prepare a plan to achieve this goal, released their first interim report. There will be a 6 [...]
Thor Ritz
February 2, 2010
Governor Paterson recently announced a project that would dramatically increase the production of solar energy across New York State. Photovoltaic (PV) systems that could produce a total of 100 megawatts will be made available to a wide array of public institutions through a proposal process with the New York Power Authority (see full text below). [...]
Thor Ritz
August 6, 2009
When people talk about productive urban solar power installations, I tend to think of the sun drenched cities of the South: Phoenix, Albuquerque or even Miami. Their cool and cloudy cousins further north seem to be unlikely candidates for major solar energy infrastructure (especially with summers like the one we’re experiencing in New York!). However, [...]
Michael Brady
July 29, 2009
Since we spend a majority of our time in our workplace, wouldn’t it be nice if it was not only a little more earth friendly, but also healthier and more people friendly? Learn why workplace greening is critical—even the smallest steps count—and how to do it for yourself and your workplace. Dan Miner, Chair of [...]
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