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Category Archives: opinion
Do Property Taxes Pay Back Wastewater Infrastructure Costs?
Today, while river advocacy groups are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act with Swimmable Action Day, I’m reflecting on the economics of these efforts to reduce sewage pollution. Often when I read anything truly descriptive about what … Continue reading
Posted in opinion, water pollution
Tagged 1972, 40th, anniversary, Clean Water Act, CSO, economics, environment, Hoboken, New York City, property tax, sewage, sewer, smell, sulphur
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Is there a Future to Skiing in the Adirondacks?
I often find myself correcting environmentalists about their mis-representations of certain aspects of the scientific consensus on climate change. For example, after Hurricane Katrina trashed New Orleans, I think that hurricanes seemed to be a politically useful topic for getting … Continue reading
Posted in climate, opinion
Tagged Adirondack, Big Tupper, climate change, Dewey Mountain, global warming, Lake Placid, McCauley Mountain, Mt. Pisgah, New York, ski, snow, snowpack, Wanakena
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Jamaica Bay Restoration for JFK Airport Expansion?
Would you consider a trade-off of JFK Airport expansion for billions of dollars in funding to improve the environment of Jamaica Bay and surrounding neighborhoods? What is the expansion of JFK Airport worth to New York City, State, and the … Continue reading
Posted in opinion, water
Tagged airport, beach, Bergen, Brooklyn, Canarsie, East New York, erosion, expansion, flood insurance, Howard, Jamaica Bay, JFK, Kennedy, Mill Basin, New York City, Ozone Park, Queens, restoration, Rockaway
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Jamaica Bay Restoration: Anything is Possible if You’re Strategic
[This is a guest post from Charles "Si" Simenstad, Research Professor; Wetland Ecosystem Team, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, in response to the question posed in a prior post, "What specific actions would you propose, if … Continue reading
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Tagged Baylands, estuary, Jamaica Bay, oxygen, Puget Sound, resilience, restoration, revitalization, San Francisco Bay, shoreline, Simenstad, urban, wetland
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Jamaica Bay: What Restoration Steps would you Propose?
In an earlier post, I argued that Jamaica Bay is not New York City’s “crown jewel” and has many problems, such as sewage spills, low-oxygen dead zones, and disappearing marshes and islands. Hundreds of thousands of people living in neighborhoods … Continue reading
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Tagged Chesapeake Bay, CSO, dead zone, ecosystem, estuary, Everglades, Jamaica Bay, marsh, New York City, oxygen, pollution, Puget Sound, restoration, Salazar, San Francisco Bay, sea level rise, South Florida, urban, wastewater
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