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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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Greenpoint

State agency says National Grid’s proposed gas vaporizers ‘not needed,’ final DEC decision looms

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Coney Islanders frustrated by delayed repairs to Riegelmann Boardwalk, lack of transparency by city

By Jada Camille

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Cleaning Our Waterways

‘We must get it right’: Northern Brooklyn examines the Army Corps plan for post-Sandy resiliency

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Parks Department divers help fish out boats from the depths of Sheepshead Bay.

Smooth sailing ahead: Park Dept. removes abandoned ships from Sheepshead Bay

By Kylie Capuano

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AMNY

‘Too weak to eat’: Alligator rescued from Brooklyn pond on feeding tube, has bath stopper lodged in stomach

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