Tag: air quality

An updated “New York City Community Air Survey” just dropped and the results for our neighborhood are grim. According to the report, car free zones do enjoy cleaner air. First, let’s look at NO, a pollutant that primarily comes from… Read more “Confirmed: traffic impacts our Air Quality”

The Departement of Environmental Protection (DEP) is in the midst of hearings and rule making on idling enforcement. Some changes could gut the idling laws, while others will make it much more difficult for citizens to report commercial idling scofflaws.… Read more “DEP’s mission: Protect the air we breathe or polluters’ bottom line?”