Saturday, February 19, 2011

City Postpones "Shore Power" Resolution Hearing - Carnival Breaks Records - Residents Left Waiting ...... and Continuing To Pay With Their Health

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Photo by Joshua Kristal (edited) , South Brooklyn Post As I noted in the updates to my previous post, the City's Committee on Waterfront...
Thursday, February 10, 2011

Council of the City of New York To Hold Hearing on Shore Power Resolution, while Con Edison asks, "Who Should Pay?" (NEW UPDATE - HEARING POSTPONED!)

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UPDATE (2/14/11): HEARING POSTPONED - TENTATIVELY RESCHEDULED FOR MARCH 8TH. UPDATE : An article in the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance...
Saturday, February 5, 2011

Despite Carnival paying only 1.1% Tax, the Quibbling Continues about Who Pays For the Cost of Shore Power at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal

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There was a New York Times article this week, " The Paradox of Corporate Taxes ", by David Leonhardt, that detailed how little man...
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Rally For "Shore Power" at Red Hook Cruise Terminal Generates Much Needed Publicity

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Yesterday, representatives from government and the community braved the cold to hold a rally and press conference to try to push forward the...
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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Rally For Shore Power - Monday, Jan 3rd, Noon. Cnr. Pioneer and Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn.

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Photo, above, by Joshua Kristal, from South Brooklyn Post article - here . There has been much frustration in the community about the inab...
Monday, December 6, 2010

Oh, and another thing .... Greenhouse Gases and Black Carbon (UPDATED: w/ Link to NY Times Article)

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Observed black carbon - from NASA This blog has mainly concentrated on the substances in the smoke-stack emissions from ships that are harmf...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

"South Brooklyn Post" Sheds Further Light on the Fight To Plug Idling Ships into Shore Power at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal

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Today I was thankful to read the 'front page' story in the new on-line newspaper, the " South Brooklyn Post ", on the batt...
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