Emily F. Keller

Development Biggest Threat to Beaver Lake

    King County contractors have released a comprehensive study of water quality in Beaver Lake that could influence future development plans in Sammamish. However, it remains unclear what the study's impacts will be, in part because its future modeling component was incomplete.

    The 2007 Beaver Lake Management Plan is the second update to a 1993 study that led the county to adopt its most stringent storm water treatment standard for the lake. The city of Sammamish maintained that standard when it incorporated.

    Published in the Sammamish Review. Click here to read page one. Click here to read page two.

New York Under Water

    New York Under Water is a series of self-published videos and audio slideshows about flooding impacts on New York City's transit system, harbor water, waterfront residents and low-lying neighborhoods. Please click here to view the project.

A Bigger, Greener N.Y.C.

    This story is the first news profile of Rohit Aggarwala, director of New York City's sustainability and planning office. Published in the New York Daily News. Read the story.

 

Environmentalists Discuss Mayor's Sustainability Plan

    Environmentalists in New York City discuss Mayor Michael Bloomberg's launch of the Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability, an initiative to achieve sustainability in the city by 2030.

    The podcast includes interviews with Jane Hodge and Molly Norton of Just Food, an advocacy organization that promotes sustainable farming, New York City Councilmember James Gennaro (center), who chairs the council's Environmental Protection Committee, and Andrew Darrell of Environmental Defense.

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Planning for Trash Equity

    New York City officials are working to change the way residential trash will be removed from the city. The 20-year Solid Waste Management Plan now under scrutiny by the New York City Council would send trash out of the city on barges rather than trucks, reducing air pollution for local residents.

    However, some critics say the plan focuses too much on disposal and not enough on reducing, reusing and recycling waste.

    Published in The Queens Ledger/ Brooklyn Star. Click here to read page one. Click here to read page two.