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CUER and CUNY Students object as Port Authority reneges on Clean Truck Plan
Posted on May 4, 2016 by Rebecca Bratspies
CUER filed official comments raising serious objections to the Port Authority’s plan to abandon its Clean Truck Plan, the ambitious plan that would have dramatically reduced air pollution across the region. CUER alleged: “the Port Authority’s…
Category: Blog, Environmental Justice, Featured, Public Comments Tags: clean truck plan, environmental justice, port authority
Queens environmental group honors CUER’s Professor Bratspies
Posted on October 14, 2015 by Andy Jones
The Eastern Queens Alliance recently honored CUER Director Rebecca Bratspies at its annual Idlewild Wetland and Wildlife Benefit and Award Luncheon. This year’s theme, “Our Communities Matter,” resonated throughout the afternoon, as community activists discussed a…
Category: Blog, Environmental Justice, Featured, Mayah's Lot, Past Events Tags: Bratspies, environmental justice, Mayah's Lot, noise, NYC, public participation
Environmental Justice at City Council
Posted on March 7, 2014 by Rebecca Bratspies
On February 28, 2014, CUER Director Rebecca Bratspies testified before the City Council Environmental Committee.
Category: Blog, Environmental Justice, Featured Tags: air pollution, environmental justice, Mayah's Lot, NYC, public participation
Professor Bratspies writes on Greenpoint’s Environmental Benefit Fund as a Model for Community Participation
Posted on February 25, 2014 by Rebecca Bratspies
At first glance, Greenpoint seems much like many other ethnically diverse New York City neighborhood struggling with rapid gentrification.
Category: Blog, Environmental Justice, Featured Tags: CERCLA, environmental justice, Greenpoint, NYC, public participation
(VIDEO) Transforming Brooklyn’s Urban Backwater: Perspectives on the Gowanus Canal
Posted on February 5, 2014 by Rebecca Bratspies
On Wednesday, February 26, 2014, … hosted at the CUNY School of Law. View the videos below…
Category: Blog, Past Events Tags: CERCLA, environmental justice, Gowanus, public participation
Young, Loud and Something to Say: CUER Joins Global Kids at NYC Talking Transition Tent
Posted on December 15, 2013 by Ethan
This article was jointly written by Andy Jones and Ethan Middlebrooks On Friday, November 22, CUER Fellows Andy Jones and I joined youth from Global Kids, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to fostering global learning and youth…
Category: Blog, Environmental Justice, Noise Pollution Tags: CUER, de Blasio, environmental justice, Global Kids, noise, NYC, PS85, schools, student, Talking Transition
CUER Fellows Comment on Rockaway’s Pipeline
Posted on December 13, 2013 by Rebecca Bratspies
On behalf of the CUNY Center for Urban Environmental Reform, CUER Fellows Andy Jones and Ethan Middlebrooks recently submitted comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the Rockaway Delivery Lateral…
Category: Blog, Energy Justice, Environmental Justice, Featured, Public Comments Tags: coments, CUER, energy justice, environmental justice, pipeline, public participation
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