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Our 2018 agenda charges the legislature and executive with four distinct but interconnected directives: ensure adequate funding for the environment, address the causes and effects of climate change, protect the health of New Yorkers and their communities, and conserve natural resources. Though we will support nearly fifty policies this year, we have identified the four issues below as top priorities.
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The New York City Council's legislative session ended in a flurry of activity, with Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito moving a number of environmental bills in the last stated meeting of her speakership.
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The Regional Plan Association (RPA) published their Fourth Regional Plan on November 30th, 21 years after the previous one was
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In 2016, Volkswagen settled for $14.7 billion with the Environmental Protection Agency for knowingly equipping vehicles with computer software designed
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Air pollution causes health problems. This is well known and widely accepted, and this awareness is heightened in New York
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A massive toxic plume in the Nassau County Hamlet of Bethpage has been expanding beneath for years, sickening residents who
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New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli recently released a report urging the State and Federal government to take action to
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On Tuesday, the New York City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings heard testimonies in relation to Intro 0385-B
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