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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Green News Round-Up by Rebeccah Welch

Merits and Flaws Seen in Free Crosstown Bus Plan [NY Times]

City Beaches Earn Mixed Report Card [Crain's]

Can Oysters Return to Jamaica Bay? [Queens Courier]

Fort Greene Park to Get $300,000 Facelift through Federal Aid [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]

Bike Ridership Increases by 35% in a Year, Changing Street Dynamics [Daily News]

City to Drain Mott Haven Swamp [Bronx News Network]

Your Land is Their Land [Brooklyn Paper]

East River Esplanade Takes Step Forward [Metro]

This Barge Makes Global Warming Look Cool [Brooklyn Paper]


Prototype Hybrid Garbage Trucks Start Rounds in September [NY Post]

Waiting to Wade [Gotham Gazette]

Trees Ravaged During Storm [Daily News]

In the 33rd district, Six Candidates Speak on Brooklyn Bridge Park

[Brooklyn Paper]

Combatting Mayhem at Intersections [Report-Transportation Alternatives]

compiled by Rebeccah Welch

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  • Conserve our Ocean Legacy
  • Do Not Mail Registry
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  • Food Bank for NYC
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  • Green Beat Brooklyn Blog
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  • http://www.sustainableparty.com
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  • NYC DEP
  • NYC Stuff Exchange
  • online energy use calculator
  • Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn
  • Park Slope Civic Council
  • Park Slope Food Coop
  • Plastic Is Forever blog
  • Recycle-A-Bicycle
  • Red Hook Farmer's Market
  • Riverkeeper
  • SEED
  • Solar One
  • Sustainable Flatbush
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  • SustaiNYC reblog
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