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Cold war! Restler introduces legislation banning ice cream trucks from using fossil fuels

By Isabel Song Beer

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Cooling centers open throughout Brooklyn as ‘excessive’ heat warning takes effect

By Isabel Song Beer

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Greenpoint

What makes Greenpoint green: Kingsland Wildflowers Festival introduces neighbors to environmental solutions

By Ximena Del Cerro

AMNY

AIR QUALITY ALERT | NYC hit by another round of unhealthy Canadian wildfire smoke this week

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Bedford-Stuyvesant

Bed-Stuy’s Magnolia Tree Earth Center, at risk of closing, gets $20k grant from Borough President

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Gowanus

EPA honcho retires after over a decade overseeing Gowanus Canal Superfund scrub

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Industry leaders gather to discuss the borough's role in sustainable, renewable energy on June 22, hosted by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce.

Chamber of Commerce hosts summit on future of Brooklyn’s energy sector

By Jada Camille

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AMNY

Compelled to compost: City Council supermajority passes mandatory food waste bill, likely conflicting with mayor’s voluntary program

AMNY

THE BIG HAZE: Air quality alert for New York remains Thursday as Canadian wildfire smoke won’t go away just yet

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Concerts, outdoor events canceled in Brooklyn as wildfire smoke threatens public health

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Adam Daly

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QNS

City agrees to clean up radioactive material from city-owned land in Ridgewood: Feds

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Greenpoint

Greenpointers invited to join Meeker Avenue Plume Community Advisory Group, help shape Superfund cleanup

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Brooklyn start-up to launch world’s first ammonia-powered vessel down Hudson River in bid to reduce maritime carbon emissions

By Adam Daly

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Activists rally against ‘climate-wrecking bills’ and Iroquois Pipeline expansion that would bring more fossil fuel to Brooklyn

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Bay Ridge

‘Beautifying our planet can begin right here at home’: Bay Ridge Cares plans Earth Day park clean-up

By Isabel Song Beer

Mayor Eric Adams charges the first Revel vehicle at newly opened charging hub.

Revel opens ultrafast EV charging hub in South Williamsburg

By Isabel Song Beer

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Just in time for spring! Nonprofit leads clean up of Coney Island beaches

By Jada Camille

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Greenpoint

National Grid axes plans to build two new gas vaporizers in Greenpoint — for now

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Schneps Podcasts

New York’s Wind Power Future with Erik Antokal Director of Workforce Development, Orsted

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Bay Ridge

New multimedia exhibition, ‘Bay Ridge Through an Ecological Lens,’ explores climate change in nabe

By Isabel Song Beer

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