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New York is facing its most serious transportation challenge in decades. Subway reliability is way down, and the bus system is shedding riders at an alarming rate. And because transit is so...
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The Port is pushing the envelope with clean air goals through year 2023. -from Port of Long Beach on YouTube The post Pulse of the Port: CAAP Update appeared first on InfrastructureUSA: Citizen...
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View ArticleNYC: Where Does the Trash Go?
New York City has one of the largest sanitation departments in the world, but, with declining landfills, we follow waste from sidewalks and garbage trucks to treatment facilities and upstate farms....
View ArticleBenchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the...
CERES Preface The 2019 Benchmarking report is the 15th collaborative effort highlighting environmental performance and progress in the nation’s electric power sector. The Benchmarking series began in...
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