Astoria school buses get lift from EPA in quest to scrap old diesel engines
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"The rebates provide children with a safe and healthy way to get to school.”
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New York gives Queens CUNYs cash to meet green energy goals
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"The more efficiently our facilities are constructed and rehabilitated, the more we reduce our carbon footprint.”
Read MoreAOC reintroduces Green New Deal to kick off Earth Week
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“The Green New Deal has three core components: jobs, justice and climate.”
Read MoreQueensbridge solar program powers homes and job prospects
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“Green energy jobs will grow and this has positioned the NYCHA residents for more opportunities in the future.”
Read MoreDe Blasio urges New York to kill Astoria peaker plant plan
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“We must break our addiction to fossil fuels.”
Read MoreAdams says he’ll turn NYC into a wind energy manufacturing hub
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“There is no reason New York City shouldn't be a leader in wind power.”
Read MoreNYC leaders urge feds to kill Williams Pipeline once and for all
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“We take climate change seriously.”
Read MoreQueens deserves better than a new peaker plant
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We can't afford to keep burning gas and oil and hoping for a better result
Read MoreNYC council passes bill to score sustainability of city-funded projects
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“As a city on the sea, we are literally on the front lines of the fight.”
Read MoreCity Planning Commission approves NYC coastal resiliency plan
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“ZCFR is a game-changer for the residents and businesses who call New York City’s floodplain their home.”
Read MoreReports of bird deaths soar as Queens residents take in nature from home
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Up to a quarter-million birds die in collisions with NYC buildings every year.
Read MoreQueens councilmembers earn high marks on annual environmental scorecard
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Queens councilmembers have earned high marks for their environmental policy records
Read MoreAOC and NYC House colleagues pan Astoria peaker plant plan
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“A gas-fired power plant would further degrade air quality in neighborhoods already ridden with toxic fossil fuel power plants.”
Read MoreMayor says NYC will fund resiliency office as federal grant runs dry
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Funding for the Mayor’s Office of Resiliency is set to run out next year.
Read MoreNY Senate passes package to protect low-income communities from pollutants
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“We need to change the law so those communities closest to the pain are the first stakeholders considered.”
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