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NYC Committees & Issues of Focus
Sierra Club NYC is concerned about a wide range of environmental and policy issues. Please feel free to contact beyondoilnyc@yahoo.com to request SC NYC support or guidance. Our Executive Committee and core members have extensive experience and contacts. We are all volunteers, so we may not have the capacity to take on all the projects that need civic attention. Click through the list of our issue Committees, and contact the Committee Chair to become more involved with that issue.
he Biosolids/Combined Sewer Overflow Committee works with the NYC Department of Environmental Protection as an oversight and advisory group to improve the operation of the NYC wastewater treatment plants and their biosolid and water products as they affect the harbor water and air quality.
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Sierra Club NYC Report Prepares City for Higher Fuel Costs
Building on New York City’s PlaNYC 2030, the Sierra Club NYC report, “Sustainable Energy Independence for NYC,” prepares for sharply higher fuel prices, and their local impacts on transportation, heating, shipping and food costs. Download at www.beyondoilnyc.org, or read an online version with links to all references. Those wishing to join the list of endorsing organizations, or to arrange a presentation, may contact author Dan Miner, Sierra Club NYC Chair, at beyondoilnyc@yahoo.com.
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Read the Latest Issue of the Photography Committee's Newsletter
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The Transportation Committee meets regularly to discuss transportation-related current events, technology updates, national trends, energy, national fuel security, and air quality, in order to make transportation public policy recommendations to the Executive Committee. The Transportation Committee has also been involved in the active advocacy of transportation projects and programs across the New York City Metropolitan Region.
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A sustainable planet is unattainable unless we address overpopulation both in the United States and abroad. "The human population is living far beyond its means and inflicting damage to the environment that could pass points of no return, according to a major report issued Thursday by the United Nations." (NY Times 10/26/07)
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Eating as if the Climate Mattered: a Resolution for the NYC Council
By Mia MacDonald, NYC Group ExCom
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The Brooklyn waterfront is priceless property. When most of the waterfront industry moved to New Jersey, neighborhood residents realized that they had to come up with a plan to not only preserve open space, but design a vision for a world class waterfront park. Through countless meetings they decided on 13 "Guiding Principles" to develop the land as a public park.
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The Atlantic Yards Task Force monitors the Atlantic Yards construction project.
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The Air Quality Committee is committed to improving the air of our City by testing, reporting the test results, and campaigning for better laws and practices in the burning, of fuels in the City air.
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