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This "doesn’t accomplish the primary objective of triggering a shift to reusables."

The remaining two reactors will be shut down in 2020 and 2021.

NYCHA must remove mold from afflicted units in 15 days or less, and has to maintain these response times 95% of the time for at least three years. Previously NYCHA took months or even years to remove mold.

The move will save us $600,000 each year in costs associated with shipping the 50,000 tons of plastic waste out of town.

The NRDC has a five-star rating system with criteria that involves how long the beach went without violations, how often the beaches are sampled, how beachgoers are notified of closings, etc.

The DEC's new draft report on hydrofracking in New York State is out and it promises lots of money for New York. But critics aren't sold on the potentially dangerous mining procedure just yet.

Oh hey, your DVR is using more energy than your fridge! Hope that episode of Real Housewives is worth it.

Photo of Orchard Beach via mariab3bx's flickr Last summer not only

The Natural Resources Defense Council's New York Urban Program Director Eric

Just last week MTA board member Nancy Shevell was under a