Environmental Impact Review in New York
Author : Michael Gerrard
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 22,87 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Environmental impact statements
ISBN :
Author : Michael Gerrard
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 22,87 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Environmental impact statements
ISBN :
Author : William R. Ginsberg
Publisher :
Page : 1644 pages
File Size : 50,95 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Environmental law
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Author : Tatiana Schlossberg
Publisher : Balance
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,54 MB
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 153874709X
*First Place Winner of the Society of Environmental Journalists' Rachel Carson Environment Book Award* "If you're looking for something to cling to in what often feels like a hopeless conversation, Schlossberg's darkly humorous, knowledge-is-power, eyes-wide-open approach may be just the thing."--Vogue From a former New York Times science writer, this urgent call to action will empower you to stand up to climate change and environmental pollution by making simple but impactful everyday choices. With urgency and wit, Tatiana Schlossberg explains that far from being only a distant problem of the natural world created by the fossil fuel industry, climate change is all around us, all the time, lurking everywhere in our convenience-driven society, all without our realizing it. By examining the unseen and unconscious environmental impacts in four areas-the Internet and technology, food, fashion, and fuel - Schlossberg helps readers better understand why climate change is such a complicated issue, and how it connects all of us: How streaming a movie on Netflix in New York burns coal in Virginia; how eating a hamburger in California might contribute to pollution in the Gulf of Mexico; how buying an inexpensive cashmere sweater in Chicago expands the Mongolian desert; how destroying forests from North Carolina is necessary to generate electricity in England. Cataloging the complexities and frustrations of our carbon-intensive society with a dry sense of humor, Schlossberg makes the climate crisis and its solutions interesting and relevant to everyone who cares, even a little, about the planet. She empowers readers to think about their stuff and the environment in a new way, helping them make more informed choices when it comes to the future of our world. Most importantly, this is a book about the power we have as voters and consumers to make sure that the fight against climate change includes all of us and all of our stuff, not just industry groups and politicians. If we have any hope of solving the problem, we all have to do it together. "A compelling-and illuminating-look at how our daily habits impact the environment."--Vanity Fair "Shows how even the smallest decisions can have profound environmental consequences."--The New York Times
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 23,70 MB
Release : 2020-12-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309679702
New York City's municipal water supply system provides about 1 billion gallons of drinking water a day to over 8.5 million people in New York City and about 1 million people living in nearby Westchester, Putnam, Ulster, and Orange counties. The combined water supply system includes 19 reservoirs and three controlled lakes with a total storage capacity of approximately 580 billion gallons. The city's Watershed Protection Program is intended to maintain and enhance the high quality of these surface water sources. Review of the New York City Watershed Protection Program assesses the efficacy and future of New York City's watershed management activities. The report identifies program areas that may require future change or action, including continued efforts to address turbidity and responding to changes in reservoir water quality as a result of climate change.
Author : John Glasson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 33,94 MB
Release : 2005-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 1135357501
First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Michael Gerrard
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 40,48 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Environmental impact statements
ISBN : 9780820517445
An all-encompassing guide to New York's State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) & the environmental impact review process that SEQRA generated. This unique publication takes project applicants, opponents, and regulators through every stage of the exacting compliance requirements & procedures of SEQRA & New York City's Environmental Quality Review. It discusses how to apply the local laws & regulations that fall within SEQRA and analyzes both court & administrative decisions. 2 Volumes
Author : David Stradling
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 22,46 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801445101
Stradling shows how New York's varied landscape and abundant natural resources have played a fundamental role in shaping the state's culture and economy.
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Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,81 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Aquaculture
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Author : National Ocean Survey. Office of Coastal Zone Management
Publisher :
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 27,59 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Coastal zone management
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Author : David Soll
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 29,23 MB
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 080146806X
Supplying water to millions is not simply an engineering and logistical challenge. As David Soll shows in his finely observed history of the nation’s largest municipal water system, the task of providing water to New Yorkers transformed the natural and built environment of the city, its suburbs, and distant rural watersheds. Almost as soon as New York City completed its first municipal water system in 1842, it began to expand the network, eventually reaching far into the Catskill Mountains, more than one hundred miles from the city. Empire of Water explores the history of New York City’s water system from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century, focusing on the geographical, environmental, and political repercussions of the city’s search for more water. Soll vividly recounts the profound environmental implications for both city and countryside. Some of the region’s most prominent landmarks, such as the High Bridge across the Harlem River, Central Park’s Great Lawn, and the Ashokan Reservoir in Ulster County, have their origins in the city’s water system. By tracing the evolution of the city’s water conservation efforts and watershed management regime, Soll reveals the tremendous shifts in environmental practices and consciousness that occurred during the twentieth century. Few episodes better capture the long-standing upstate-downstate divide in New York than the story of how mountain water came to flow from spigots in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Soll concludes by focusing on the landmark watershed protection agreement signed in 1997 between the city, watershed residents, environmental organizations, and the state and federal governments. After decades of rancor between the city and Catskill residents, the two sides set aside their differences to forge a new model of environmental stewardship. His account of this unlikely environmental success story offers a behind the scenes perspective on the nation’s most ambitious and wide-ranging watershed protection program.