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Great Neck, New York, United States 40°46′42″N 73°44′33″W / 40.77833°N 73.74250°W / 40.77833; -73 The Belgrave Sewer District (also known as the Belgrave Water Pollution Control District ) is a public sewer district in Nassau County , on Long Island , in New York , United States.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (informally referred to as NYSDEC, DEC, EnCon or NYSENCON) is a department of New York state government. [4] The department guides and regulates the conservation, improvement, and protection of New York's natural resources; manages Forest Preserve lands in the Adirondack and Catskill parks, state forest lands, and wildlife management ...
Flooding, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel during Hurricane Sandy. Flooding was the second highest cause of weather related fatalities in the United States in 2018. [12] The projected 11-21 inches of sea level rise in New York City by 2050 [13] and 4.17–9 feet by 2100 [14] will compound the impacts of coastal flooding.
It shows what the US, from California to Ohio to New York, looked like from 1971 to 1977. Of the 81,000 images the photographers took, more than 20,000 photos were archived, and at least 15,000 ...
Superfund sites in New York are designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). CERCLA, a federal law passed in 1980, authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) is a plan signed into law on July 18, 2019 [1] to address climate change and reach net zero emissions in New York State. The Act sets the goals to reduce emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and then to 85% below 1990 levels by 2050.
Climate change is real, and New York should continue to invest in energy efficiency, renewable electric power and other greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies. These actions can have direct ...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported a 32% decrease of nitrogen dioxide in New York City and a 42% decrease in Atlanta between the periods of 2005–2007 and 2009–2011. [78] During June 2023, due to early season wildfires in Canada, cities like New York and Washington D.C. suffered from dangerous levels of air ...