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NY District Coastal Storm Risk Reduction Projects and Studies Map

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nan.usace.army.mil

Click the names of projects and studies in the link below to learn more about them

http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/About/Hurricane_Sandy/CoastalStormRiskReductionProjectsandStudies.aspx

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Tree Giveaways in All Five Boroughs - April 26-27

 submitted by Samuel Jimenez

      

nyrp.org

Happy Earth Day! In honor of the greenest week of the year, pick up a free tree this Arbor Day weekend.

Make sure to register for your free tree and arrive on time. Some trees will be available for walk-up on a first-come, first-served basis. 

If registration is full, check our calendar for more tree gvieaways, happening through May 18.

 

QUEENS 

Saturday, April 26, 2014, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM 

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A New Car-Share System Could Change the Urban Landscape

     

A new car-share system could change the urban landscape William Lark, Jr., MIT Media Lab

newsweek.com - by Jillian Rose Lim - April 16, 2014

Traffic congestion, limited space and air pollution are a few of the many plagues of urban life. But what if a network of svelte electric cars were waiting at hubs in your city, charging up their batteries until their next drivers come along?

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New York - Hurricane Sandy - Grants and Resources

submitted by Seth Golbey

April 9, 2014

New York - Hurricane Sandy - Disaster Recovery Resources

New York - Hurricane Sandy - Grants Information: Funders, Resources, and Grant Writing Tool

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FEMA - Overview - Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act

submitted by Seth Golbey

fema.gov - March 28, 2014

A fact sheet about the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordabillity Act of 2014. This law repeals and modifies certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act and makes additional program changes to other aspects of the National Flood Insurance Program.

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Overview - Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act
(5 page .PDF file)

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New York’s 2014 Energy Plan – GHG-Reductions Ahead

vliscony.com

Green Finance reform should be the central focus of our climate change efforts, for under proper analysis reducing Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions goes hand in hand with improving property values. The 2014 New York State Draft Energy Plan indicates a paradigm shift. The stated benchmark objectives are:

  • 50% GHG emissions reduction by 2030
  • 80% GHG emissions reduction by 2050

There is only one way to get anywhere close to that, and that is with massive adoption of renewable energy (RE), and in particular Site Derived Renewable Energy (SDRE), and green finance needs to catch up.

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Wetland Program Development Grant: 2014-2015 WPDG Request for Proposal

submitted by Goldie Rosenberg

water.epa.gov

Federal Agency Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds

Funding Opportunity Title: FY 2014 and FY 2015 National Wetland Program Development Grants

Announcement Type: Request for Proposals

Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-OW-OWOW-14-02

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 66.462

Dates: Hard copy proposals must be received by EPA (See Sections IV and VII of this RFP) by 5:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) April 17, 2014. Proposals submitted electronically via Grants.gov must be received by11:59 P.M. EDT April 17, 2014. Late proposals will not be considered for funding. Questions must be submitted in writing via e-mail and must be received by the Agency Contact identified in Section VII before April 11, 2014.

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS (22 page .PDF file)

http://water.epa.gov/grants_funding/wetlands/grantguidelines/

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Video - Sandy - Storm Surge

submitted by Albert Gomez

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New Jersey's Handling of Superstorm Sandy Funds Questioned

      

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie takes questions at a town hall meeting last week in Toms River, N.J. “I never promised you, nor would I, that this was going to be mistake-free,” he said of delivering aid after Superstorm Sandy. (Mel Evans / Associated Press / March 4, 2014)

With many homeowners still waiting for help, officials including Gov. Chris Christie – already battered by the George Washington Bridge scandal – have been accused of incompetence or even favoritism in delivering federal recovery money.

latimes.com - by Joseph Tanfani - March 12, 2014

POMONA, N.J. — His state wrecked and reeling from Superstorm Sandy, Chris Christie made himself the face of New Jersey's comeback effort with a take-charge tour de force that became a cornerstone of an expected run for president.

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