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Pages in category "Environmental organizations based in New York City" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The group was founded in 1987 with a commitment to improving the environment by working with community members. The first campaign was designed to introduce New York City residents to the connections between everyday choices and purchases and environmental issues such as rain forest destruction, animal testing, energy consumption, air quality, and water pollution through a series of campaigns.
In October 2005 the Forum for Urban Design held its inaugural event "New Orleans Rebuilds" just two months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast.. In 2007, the "Cities Conference on Urban Design" brought together city planners from Boston, London, New York, Singapore, Toronto, and Vancouver to discuss public-realm design challenges in the city's financial core.
The New York City Workforce Development Board (WDB) oversees Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act activities, and is the local board counterpart to the New York State Workforce Investment Board. The Tweed Courthouse, headquarters of the Department of Education. The Mayor's Office of Ethnic and Community Media (MOECM) focuses on the diverse ...
Working primarily along the Hudson River between New York City and Albany, the organization acquires land and conservation easements to create parks and preserves, protect lands of high scenic and ecological importance, and conserve farmland. Much of its land protection work is completed in partnership with private landowners, local land trusts ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary General António Guterres launched a two-day, climate-themed "Summit for the Future" on Sunday as part of the U.N. General Assembly, where some leaders warned of ...
The research perspective of cities and climate change, started in the 1990s as the international community became increasingly aware of the potential impacts of climate change. [27] Urban studies scholars Michael Hebbert and Vladmir Jankovic argue that this field of research grew out of a larger body of research on the effects of urban ...
(Reuters) -Dozens of climate activists were arrested after protesting at Citigroup's headquarters in New York on Friday as part of what they called a "Summer of Heat" campaign. Climate groups have ...