Today's Environmental News: Oct 19, 2012

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Sens. Tony Avella And Joseph Addabbo: Fracking Could Contaminate City Water
(Queens Times Ledger)

Fracking Comes To NYC In New Pipeline: Activists In New York And Across The Country Protest Fossil Fuel Escalation
(Alternet)

Joseph Martens, Commissioner Of The State Department Of Environmental Conservation: Fracking Health Experts Coming ?Soon?
(Democrat and Chronicle)

New York City Business Integrity Commission, Department of Environmental Protection, and Mayor?s Office of Policy and Strategic Planning Launch Comprehensive Strategy to Help Businesses Comply With Grease Disposal Regulations
City Commences $69 Million Upgrade Of Sewer And Water Infrastructure In Springfield Gardens, Queens
Statement by Environmental Protection Commissioner Carter Strickland on 40^th Anniversary of Clean Water Act and 75^th Anniversary of the Wards Island Wastewater Treatment Plant
(NYC DEP)

Indian Point Settlement Calls For Hudson To Be Tested For Radioactivity
(Mount Pleasant Daily Voice)

Fed Approval For NY/NJ Gas Pipeline Stands
(Wall Street Journal)

EPA Awards New York State $218 Million For Clean Water Projects
(Bloomberg)

City Begins $69M ?Green? Sewer Upgrade In Southern Queens
Family Still Searching For Answers Months After Man?s Unsolved Bike Death
Brooklyn Fifth Avenue Bike Lanes Rejected
Pelham Bay Park Animals Shot With Darts, Officials Say
(DNA Info)

Long Island Profits From Solar Power
Energy Audits And Retrocommissioning: It?s Final
(Urban Green Council)

Dredging The World Of New York City?s Waterways
(VICE)

Thinking Of Greening Your Historic Rowhouse?
(Municipal Art Society)

DEC, Cornell And Local Stakeholders To Work Together On Improving Cayuga Lake Water Quality
(NY DEC)

Gillibrand Announces More Than $25,000 To Establish Southern Tier Food Hub ? Connect More Local Farms to Markets, Support Business Development, Jobs ?
(Senator Gillibrand)

Capital Region Economic Development Council And NYSERDA Announce Pepsi Beverages Company Investment In Latham Bottling Facility Improvements
(NYSERDA)

Challenging The Reputation Of Hospital Food On A Rooftop Farm
(New York Times)

The Impact of Urban Farming In New York City
(Sustainable Cities Collective)

Union Avenue Could Be Turned Into More Green Space For McCarren Park
Foster + Partners Unveil Plans For Pedestrian-Friendly Makeover Of Grand Central Station
(Inhabitat)

Refugees From War-Torn Lands Tend Drew Gardens In?Bronx, Harvesting Solace Along With Vegetables ?
(New York Daily News)

Lead Poisoning Persists In Queen City
(WLVB)

To Fight New York?s Georgica Pollution
(East Hampton Star)

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Photo credit: Karen Frantz

Source: http://ecoanchornyc.com/2012/10/todays-environmental-news-oct-19-2012/

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