The Environmental Committee is co-sponsoring an great event on Monday June 24 at 7 PM at the Greenwood Baptist Church! Please join City Coun...
Showing posts with label legislation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label legislation. Show all posts
Saturday, 22 June 2013
Sunday, 27 January 2013
The Food Coop's Environmental Committee has enjoyed collaborating with other committees. Check out their blogs to learn more about some...
Sunday, 30 December 2012
The risk to the clean water and produce we enjoy from upstate New York, not to mention the beautiful land itself is at risk from hydrofracki...
Sunday, 16 December 2012
The following is about protecting our air and water from hydrofracking—please read what Sandra Steingraber has to say and help out by sendin...
Thursday, 8 November 2012
This chart, published by Cornucopia Institute, contains interesting information. One can quickly recognize the logos of familiar companies ...
Sunday, 5 August 2012
As the battle to gain statewide legislation banning hydraulic fracture drilling from New York State continues, various municipalities are p...
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Hawaii became the first state in the nation to ban the distribution of plastic bags at checkout counters. Rather than passing statewide legi...
Saturday, 5 May 2012
The Vermont House of Representatives voted 103-36 today to pass legislation that will make Vermont the first state in the nation to ban hydr...
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
A New York State judge ruled on Tuesday, February 21, that the town of Dryden in Tompkins County can ban natural gas drilling within its bo...
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
We consider the Coop a pretty progressive place. But is it? Regarding the Phase Out of plastic bags from the produce aisle (one of our miss...
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
They did it—can we? From the 11/29/11 NY Times: Seattle Bans Plastic Bags, and Sets a Charge for Paper By William Yardley SEATTLE — The City...
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
We are holding three last workshops to create effective letters commenting on the problems in the DEC's proposed hydrofracking regulatio...
Friday, 25 November 2011
There's still time, though not much, to write a letter to the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) about the proposed hydrofra...
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
We have until December 12 to comment on the Supplementary Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS)--after that hydrofrack drilling c...
Monday, 26 September 2011
Slowing Down the DEC on the Fast Track to Frack New York State Governor Cuomo and the Department of Environmental Conservation are putting...
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Why NYS won't be protected if fracking takes place: On July 8, 2011, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) r...
Thursday, 14 July 2011
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) reached this morning with the United Egg Producers (UEP_, which could result in a complete ma...
