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3 By Anna Sanders 11/03/11 12:39pm

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Assemblywoman Linda B. Rosenthal, Eric Goldstein from the Natural Resources Defense Council, former Commissioner of the NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection Albert F. Appleton, Deborah Goldberg from Earthjustice, and actor/activist Mark Ruffalo.

Mark Ruffalo Attends Tension-Filled Hydrofracking Forum on UWS

Last night, actor Mark Ruffalo was on hand at an Upper West Side public forum to voice his opposition to the proposal allowing  hydrofracking in New York State.

Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal arranged the forum as a means for her UWS constituents, along with other New Yorkers, to discuss the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's proposal to open the Marcellus Shale to natural gas drilling, which comes after the moratorium on the practice was lifted in June. The DEC has opened its Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS), which explores the controversy surrounding hydrofracking, to public comment through Dec. 12.  Read More

By Staff 12/17/09 7:24pm

State Loses Big Environmental Appeal Over Solow’s ConEd Site

The Paterson administration was handed a potentially costly loss at the hands of a state appellate court Thursday, as the state Department of Environmental Conservation was denied in its attempt to appeal a brownfield cleanup case against enigmatic developer Sheldon Solow.

The state now stands to pay a previously estimated $250 million to Mr. Solow Read More

By Eliot Brown 3/03/09 9:44pm

State to Developers: Mind Climate Change!

As environmental advocates and climate change wonks are often quick to note, the vast majority of carbon dioxide emissions created in New York City do not come from cars, trucks or buses. Rather, some 77 percent of the city’s carbon emissions comes from its buildings, in the form of the energy spent to keep them Read More

By Eliot Brown 1/06/09 11:53pm

Solow Tact

Few have complained of a shortage of lawsuits flowing from Sheldon Solow’s offices at 9 West 57th Street. The 80-year-old billionaire developer is known as one of the most litigious names in the local real estate scene, described by friends as someone who has a strong feeling of right and wrong, and derided by critics Read More