David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
Officials, Advocates Float Legal Action Over Congestion Pricing Pause
Governor Kathy Hochul’s abrupt halt to congestion pricing has triggered potential lawsuits from a coalition of environmentalists, disability rights advocates, and businesses in Manhattan, aiming to reinstate the tolling plan by its initial June 30 rollout date. The sudden reversal has stalled essential transit upgrades, impacting accessibility and financial commitments, while sparking legal uncertainties.
Louisiana’s toxic air is linked to low-weight and pre-term births
Originally published by The 19th All three of Ashley Gaignard’s children were born preterm and at low birth weights. It was a fact that Gaignard didn’t think about much at the time — her children are now in their twenties…
Microplastics: A Cause for Concern in Our Environment and Health
Are Microplastics Harmful? The presence of microplastics, tiny plastic fragments less than 5 millimeters in size, has become a growing concern for both environmental and human health. Their pervasiveness throughout ecosystems and their potential to enter the human body raise…
Kelp Farming May Help Clean New York’s Polluted Waterways and Fight Climate Change
Paddling their boat in a creek inlet in Greenpoint, Shanjana Mahmud and Luke Eddins, volunteers with the Newtown Creek Alliance, headed to a series of yellow buoys. Against a background of the piles of metal at a recycling facility and…
The East River Pollution: A Cautionary Tale of Neglect
The East River in New York City, despite not being a true river but a tidal estuary, has suffered from severe pollution due to industrial waste and sewage. The Clean Water Act of 1972 marked progress in improving its water quality, but challenges remain, as the aging sewer system causes ongoing pollution. Efforts to address this are crucial for the river’s recovery and the surrounding ecosystem. Individual and community actions, such as reducing plastic use and supporting local initiatives, can contribute to the conservation of the East River.
AN EARTH DAY TECHNOLOGY WORTH INVESTING IN
Global emissions of methane are skyrocketing. But if we act now, we can start getting it out of the atmosphere. By Daphne Wysham | April 13, 2022 for The Roosevelt Island Daily News This year’s Earth Day comes on the heels of…
The Leaf Blower Menace: Why These Noisy Machines Should be Banned
Every autumn, the sound of leaf blowers fills the air. It sounds like every homeowner in America has one, and they are used with impunity to clean up leaves that have fallen from trees. But these noisy machines should be…
Peaker Power Plant Pollution, A National Story with Local Roots
On February 1st, 2022, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, introduced the Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act, legislation to curb deadly air pollution from fossil fuel-fired sources and advance an equitable transition to clean energy alternatives…
Amid Covid, the Air Hazards of Gas Appliances Draw New Scrutiny
December 2, 2020 by Jonathan Mingle Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News As a physician and epidemiologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, T. Stephen Jones spent his career fighting major threats to public health…
Is it time to ban leaf blowers now, end the noise and air pollution?
Ban leaf blowers now. That thought burned across my mind as the crew outside entered its third hour of noise and air pollution. By David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large & Small Introduction to an unjustifiable public nuisance… “The noise is…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor