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Reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has sued Illinois-based exterminator company Clarke Environmental for improperly spraying mosquito pesticide in New York City. Allegation that the company failed to properly train its employees on how to apply pesticides against mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus and to provide them with adequate protective equipment.

Focuses on the proposal by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to eliminate a policy requiring state monitors at most hazardous waste sites. Potential benefit of the proposal to owners of the sites; Contention by environmental groups that the proposed change would weaken the policing of the state's worst polluters and jeopardize natural resources and the health of residents.

Reports on the downsizing of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation since 1994. Environmental Advocates of New York's argument that the job cuts weaken oversight and allow more violations; Agency's insistence that the state was continuing to enforce environmental laws.

Reports that Engelhard Corp. has been fined and ordered to donate to a Hudson River environmental group after pleading guilty to two counts of solid-waste violations at a pigment manufacturing plant it owns in Peekskill, New York.

Reports on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's plan to add New York City's suburbs to the list of areas it believes are not meeting federal small-particle air pollution standards.

The article reports on an agreement reached by the New York State government for wind projects off the coast of Long Island. Topics covered include Governor Andrew Cuomo's signing of a bill requiring the state to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the projects' construction by a division of Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor and a joint venture between Danish company Orsted and American firm Eversource Energy, and the state's potential for clean energy production.

The article discusses the self-immolation of L.G.B.T. rights lawyer and environmentalist David Bucknel in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York on April 1, 2018, including in regard to his concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump's policy on environmental protection and climate change.

The article discusses New York governor Andrew M. Cuomo's decision to ban the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) methods for extracting natural gas in New York due to health concerns that fracking could contaminate air and water. Topics addressed include advocacy for fracking as a source of economic revival for depressed communities, a scientific study on health risks commissioned by Cuomo, and environmentalists support of his decision.

This article discusses a recent meeting held on Long Island, New York about a plan to build 40 wind-turbine generators in the ocean just off Jones Beach. The Long Island Power authority was proposing the turbines as a way to produce clean electricity without relying on oil from OPEC, but residents were opposed and wondered why the turbines weren't proposed for the beaches closer to the richer precincts.

Suggests that the current Governor of New York, George E. Pataki, has yet to leave behind a clear, definitive legacy aside from being the man famous for defeating former Governor Mario M. Cuomo. Submission that Pataki's most notable achievements have come in terms of his work as an environmental conservationist; Summary of the legacies of past governors of New York; Comment from Cuomo on how he believes Pataki will be remembered.

Reports that New York City, in an effort to reduce harmful emissions while raising the fuel economy of its huge fleet of vehicles, is set to impose strict environmental standards on cars and vans it buys, and to require that diesel trucks and buses be modified. Outlook for the City Council to approve a wide-ranging package of environmental bills intended to reduce tailpipe emissions; How the additional costs of using clean fuel and modifying existing engines with filters will be offset by savings in fuel consumption and lower health care costs; Implications for the city; Other changes, including antipollution devices for school buses; The city's focus on cleaning up diesel engines that have been identified as major sources of pollution.

Examines in the effect of New York City's environmental protection legislation on the debate surrounding the potential construction of a new football stadium in the West Side of Manhattan. Author's view that environmental impact statements are often used by community groups and green advocates to delay development by holding construction companies and government officials accountable for environmental damages; Report that construction companies often use environmental impact statements against each other; Influence of the environmental issue and environmental impact statements on development projects in New York City.

Reports on the status of the water pipeline tap request by the Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel in Orange County, New York. Aim of the request to provide water to the growing community of Kiryas Joel by connecting to the New York City water supply line; Concern by the county of the impact of the tap on adding fuel to the rapid growth of the community on the county's natural resources and potential political, economic and social influence due to its population size; Recognition of the community's propensity to vote as a bloc giving it political clout unmatched by its neighboring communities; Citation of the efforts of the community to annex real estate to meet its growing demands.

Reports that New York's Environmental Conservation Commissioner Thomas C. Jorling has decided to withdraw the state from a group of Northeastern states working on a regional plan, because he thinks New York is being asked to take too much waste.How the plan works and who is involved; Reaction from environmentalists.

The article focuses on the speech delivered by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in response to the impact of Hurricane Sandy in New York City. Bloomberg mentions that he would pursue to expand the evacuation zones and look for ways to strengthen the critical infrastructure in the city. Moreover, it says that deputy mayors including Howard Wolfson and Robert K. Steel traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana to meet officials to talk about the recovery, flood protection measures, and lessons from the storm.

In 1881, New York's special committee on Effluvium Nuisances reported that ''intolerable stenches'' were coming from the area known as Newtown Creek. On its banks were mills and offal rendering shops, oil refineries and fertilizer factories. Over the years, industry thrived in the area, leaving tons of toxic residues. The federal government is finally coming to the rescue. The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that the putrid 3.8-mile creek between Brooklyn and Queens is now an active Superfund site. The E.P.A.'s first tasks are to figure out what sort of cleanup would work best and begin identifying any of the polluting companies still in existence to pay their share of the tab. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While most residents were sleeping, a twin-engine Shrike Commander flew serial missions over the city recently, cruising low like Superman and back and forth like a lawn mower. Equipped with a laser system, the plane collected highly precise images of the city, its rooftops, trees, wetlands and much of what lies in between. The early morning flyovers are expected to yield the most detailed three-dimensional picture of New York City to date, with an emphasis on structures, elevations, sun and shade, and nooks and crannies relevant to the city's emergency response system and its environmental goals. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

New York State's environmental regulators have proposed rules to govern drilling in the Marcellus Shale -- a subterranean layer of rock curving northward from West Virginia through Ohio and Pennsylvania to New York's southern tier. The shale contains enormous deposits of natural gas that could add to the region's energy supplies and lift New York's upstate economy. If done carefully -- and in carefully selected places -- drilling should cause minimal environmental harm. But regulators must amend the rules to bar drilling in the New York City watershed: a million acres of forests and farmlands whose streams supply the reservoirs that send drinking water to eight million people. Accidental leaks could threaten public health and require a filtration system the city can ill afford. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In its struggle to make New York more green, the Bloomberg administration has tried discouraging people from using plastic bags. It has taken out ads beseeching residents to use cloth bags and set up recycling bins for plastic bags at supermarkets. But now the carrots have been put away, and the stick is out: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has called for charging shoppers 6 cents for every plastic bag needed at the register. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents information about the plantation of trees in New York City. In Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's tree plantation plan called Million Trees NYC, a quarter of the trees will be planted on streets. The parks department has planned to plant 380,000 plants on existing parkland. Of all, East New York neighborhood will receive most plants as it has more asthma cases.

The article presents information about the travel of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to Paris and London to talk with local officials on security and environmental measures. Bloomberg will be accompanied by his two deputy mayors, Patricia E. Harris, and Kevin Sheekey, spokesman John Gallagher, and an official photographer.

The article reflects on the environmental review program for New York City mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's plan of improving infrastructure and housing of the city. It criticizes the environmental review for it doesn't meet demands of increasing population, however, it states that the mayor can improve the same by creating executive orders and exempting many small projects.

The article reports that on June 21, 2007, New York City's Department of Environmental Protection has informed the Jerome Park Conservancy, a community group, that the Jerome Park Reservoir would remain off limits to the public. The reservoir is surrounded by a 10-foot tall, chain-link security fence. The decision has upset the residents of the Northern Bronx. According to Anne Marie Garti, president of the Jerome Park Conservancy, it is difficult to see the water from outside the fence.

The article focuses on an environmental protection movement in Woodstock, New York, aimed to bring down the net carbon emission level of the city to zero by 2017. The resolution was unanimously passed by the Town Board on March 13, 2007. In accordance with the resolution, a task force will be created by the town to inventory the use of energy. The task force will also make recommendations for improvements.

The article focuses on New York's efforts to convert the state's hybrid vehicles into electric vehicles to reduce the dependence on oil and improve the environment. Recently, Google Inc. has invested in a company developing an electric/alcohol vehicle. A $10 program has been started in Albany, New York, to convert 600 hybrid vehicles into electric vehicles. The introduction of hybrid vehicles is already being encouraged by New York City.

Reports on the introduction of agreements that will reduce pollution from coal-fired power plants in New York by Governor George Pataki and Eliot Spitzer. Implication of the initiative for the companies; Application of the federal Clean Air Act; Implementation of New Source Review, the provision which requires power plants to install modern pollution controls.

Reports that a court-appointed monitor told a federal judge that officials of New York City's Department of Environmental Protection tried to impede investigations of possible violations of federal health, safety and environmental laws in regards to the city's water supply. Charges that one employee who voiced concerns about equipment and emergency response procedures was ordered to leave a site as inspectors were arriving to conduct interviews about compliance; Other examples of alleged obstruction by the agency; Comments from acting commissioner, David B. Tweedy on the need for an open culture in the agency.

Reports on the efforts of Pleasant Valley, New York to use wind power to fuel its street lamps, parks and municipal needs. How the efforts at conserving the environment ran head on into a law that says towns and cities must use the least expensive source for a commodity; The law at the root of the issue which is intended to protect taxpayers from graft; How the law could affect plans of New York Governor George Pataki who has promised to get the state to use renewable energy for 25 percent of its needs by 2013; Frustration of towns that are trying to reduce environmental damage from power generation; Likelihood that the state will take action against the towns; Efforts to pass laws that would allow towns to pay 15 percent above the lowest bid for a commodity.

Reports on thee lead-paint legislation in New York. Provisions of the legislation; Impact on nonprofits and private developers' plan to redevelop buildings for low- and moderate-income tenants.

Reports on federal mercury standards in New York.

Reports on an Environmental Protection Agency plan to stop dredge waste from being deposited into Long Island Sound.

Reports on the release of an environmental statement in New York regarding the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site. Concerns on the impact of redevelopment activities on animal life in the area; Approval of the environmental statement by the board of Lower Manhattan Development Corp.; Urgency of the environmental statement.

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it was proposing to remove Love Canal from its Superfund list, the federal roster of the most contaminated toxic waste sites in the U.S. There is now a landfill over the canal itself, and New York began selling houses more than a decade ago in the then-vacant neighborhood north of the site, a place now called Black Creek Village. Delisting Love Canal is a way of saying that the area is clean, though the agency has promised to monitor the site and intervene with additional cleanup if necessary.

Reports that eight fuel cells will be used to convert waste gases into energy that will help provide power, and eliminate odors, at four sewage treatment plants in New York.

Reports that New York State told the Entergy Nuclear Northeast plant to begin taking steps to prevent the deaths of large numbers of fish each year. Details of the proposal such as the requirement that the nuclear plant begin taking steps to install a new water cooling system; Statement that the proposal was set forth by the state's Department of Environmental Conservation; Effect of the heated water on the Hudson River ecology.

Focuses on recycling in New York City. Controversial compromise in the city's budget agreement on recycling plastic and glass; Comments of sanitation commissioner John J. Doherty; Observation that residents are losing interest in recycling; How the changes are threatening relationships among neighborhood residents and those who collect and return nickel deposit containers.

Reports on the proposal of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to remove metal, glass and plastic from the city's recycling program.

Reports the eradication of automobile emission test for replacement of computerized system in New York. Plan of the Department of Environmental Protection for termination of the test to cars; Relevance of the plan for enforcement of clean air standards; Analysis of the contract on installment and operation of the inspection system.

Reports that Consolidated Edison plans to restart an oil-burning power plant, part of the Hudson Avenue Generating Station in New York City. Statement that the facility is the most polluting plant in the city; Tentative approval of state regulators to let it resume operation without an environmental review, citing the risk of power shortages in the summer of 2001; Response of environmentalists, who claim that restarting the plant is illegal.

Reports that a judge in the State Supreme Court ruled that New York State repeatedly violated its own environmental laws in its haste to install a mini-power plant in Queens. Decision that the project will be halted until a thorough environmental review is conducted; How the plant is part of a plan orchestrated by the administration of New York Governor George Pataki to increase New York City's power supply by the summer of 2001; Reactions to the decision; Asthma and other respiratory problems in the area.

Reports on the initiative of New York State officials to develop state-operated public swimming beaches under the Hudson River protection program. Result of the pollution controls adopted by government agencies since the 1972 Clean Water Act; Public parks used as access to the Hudson River.

Reports on the court rulings given by Acting Justice Dan Lamont of the New York State Supreme Court in Albany that the Department of Environmental Conservation failed to comply with laws on air pollution. Review of the enactment of the Clean Air Act in 1990; Significance of the law; Information on the submission of environmental plan by the state to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Reports the controversy surrounding members of Sierra Club. Details on the conflict and dispute among members of the environmental organization; Information on some environmental issues and problems faced by the organization; Condition of the New York City, New York chapter and the status of its rules.

Focuses on early 2000 proposals for industrial plants in New York's Hudson River Valley, including a power plant in Athens, a paper recycling and power plant in Ulster, and a cement factory in Greenport. Governor George Pataki's recruitment of the industries; Environmentalists' concerns about the impact on efforts to reclaim the Hudson from industrial pollution and promote tourism; Public relations efforts in towns along the river.

Focuses on the oil industry in New York and how the state environmental authorities are requiring that the industry spend thousands of dollars per well to plug oil holes that have been abandoned for decades; Contamination of tap water in homes; Status of New York State's oil and gas industry.

Discusses the opposition to recycling by New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Use of old road debris as recycled material in dumps; Opposition to his policies from environmentalists; His cuts to the recycling program's budget; His legal obligation to improve the recycling rate; Impact of the closing of the city's dump.

Focuses on the clean-up standards for pollution-blighted properties or brownfields in New York. Failure of the environmental policy to solve pollution problems; Comments from Aaron Maier, an environmental activist; Views of some people on the standards.

Discusses the environmentalist efforts of New York Governor George Pataki and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. Spitzer's action on environmental campaign pledges; Pataki's reputation as a conservationist; Competition and cooperation.

Reports the scheduled order by New York Governor George E. Pataki that power plants in the state make sharp cuts in smokestack emissions sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides that cause acid rain and smog. Effects of the move on electricity rates and on the state's cleanup schedule set by the Federal Clean Air Act; Reaction to the planned order.

Looks at the proposal of New York Governor George E. Pataki to spend nearly $4 billion to extend the state's main program for cleaning up toxic waste. Easing of the programs standards; Renewal of the program known as Superfund; Political impact of his proposal.