pollution

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,…

2 weeks ago

Louisiana’s toxic air is linked to low-weight and pre-term births

Originally published by The 19th The Roosevelt Island Daily News All three of Ashley Gaignard’s children were born preterm and…

4 months ago

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…

5 months ago

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,…

1 year ago

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…

2 years ago

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.…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago