NYC Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:07:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 NYC Considers Food Recycling to Generate Electricity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nyc-considers-food-recycling-to-generate-electricity-20130617/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nyc-considers-food-recycling-to-generate-electricity-20130617/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:07:06 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=38476 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has already made many drastic changes in the city, from banning smoking in parks and restaurants, trying to curb soda consumption, and encouraging bike riding as a mainstream mode of transportation, and he’s at it again. This time, Bloomberg has dreams of requiring New Yorkers to gather and separated […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nyc-considers-food-recycling-to-generate-electricity-20130617/feed/ 0 38476 Climate Change Means More Heat-Related Deaths in NYC https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-means-more-heat-related-deaths-in-nyc-20130522/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-means-more-heat-related-deaths-in-nyc-20130522/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 03:14:42 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=37553 A new study released Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change found that in the 2020s, heat-related mortality may rise by up to 20%. In the very worst cases, by the 2080s, that number might rise to 90%. The study is the most thorough examination to date of the impact global warming will have on […]

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