Backyard Matters: How To Get A Green Collar Job
The $63 Billion Question -- And Answer
"Backyard Matters" by Scenic Hudson President Ned Sullivan is a regular monthly feature on TheDailyGreen.com.
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"Backyard Matters" by Scenic Hudson President Ned Sullivan is a regular monthly feature on TheDailyGreen.com.
Scenic Hudson Hires Director of Land Use Advocacy
James SlaughterJames A. Slaughter has joined Scenic Hudson as its director of Land Use Advocacy. He will lead the development and implementation of strategies for preventing poorly designed, large-scale projects along the shores of the Hudson River and promoting reuse and restoration of the waterfront as a public and natural resource.
PARKS FESTIVAL:
Saturday, August 25
Scenic Hudson's first-ever Parks Festival features a day full of FREE events in three of our most spectacular parks.
Our first-ever Parks Festival will be full of fun events for the whole family
8 a.m. — Mount Beacon Bluegrass Breakfast (FULL)
The festival kicks off with a morning
Brownfield Redevelopment
Your neighborhood needs you.
Abandoned, contaminated properties known as brownfields threaten the quality of life in communities throughout the Hudson Valley. Ranging from vacant gas stations to former factories (see It Might Be a Brownfield If...), these sites lay fallow because it seems too expensive and too risky to redevelop them.
Increased Environmental Protection Fund to Benefit Hudson Valley
Scenic Hudson President Ned Sullivan issued a statement on July 18 commending Gov. Spitzer for signing legislation that will increase the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) to an all-time high of $300 million by 2009.
Scenic Hudson Joins Groups in Praising Governor for Signing Critical Environmental Legislation
Environmental Protection Fund Increased to $300 million by 2009
ALBANY, NEW YORK – On Wednesday, July 18, 2007, Governor Eliot Spitzer signed legislation that will increase the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) to an all-time high of $300 million by 2009. The EPF was created in 1993 as a dedicated annual funding source for capital projects that directly benefit New York’s land, air and water.