-
Agriculture
New Study: EPA’s ‘Safe’ Levels of this Chemical in Your Food Aren’t So Safe After All
Last summer, the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) announced that our testing of Ben & Jerry’s popular ice cream flavors for glyphosate (the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller) turned up positive results in 10 of 11 samples we tested.
Our critics
Learn More
-
Activism
National Recycling Coalition on China's Recycled Material Embargo
National Recycling Coalition Press Release Issued May 15:
Recycled materials and trash should look very different from each other, but for years they have been converging in the U.S. China has not been the creator of today's crisis in the industry
Learn More
-
Trees of the Heather Garden Tour with Leslie Day
Take a walking tour of the Heather Garden in Fort Tryon Park with Leslie Day, author of Field Guide to the Street Trees of New York. Learn about Fort Tryon’s majestic elms, sequoias, Franklinias, and the unique syringa flowering trees! Find out which
Learn More
-
Jane's Walk - Zoning in Action: Building Blocks of the Upper East Side
Floor area ratio, R8B, and POPS, oh my! Zoning is one of the fundamental factors that shapes the look and feel of our city, but NYC’s zoning resolution weighs in at nearly 4,000 pages – not exactly light reading. Led
Learn More
-
Jane's Walk: Will Central Park Become Central Dark?
The East River Fifties Alliance's Lisa Mercurio joins Save Central Park NYC to explore megatowers in development and invading our skyline. Casting shadows on residential blocks, landmark designated buildings, and Central Park, it's a creep-like phenomenon with strong implications. Walk
Learn More
