Tag: environmental-justice

AM Zohran Mamdani announces tree-planting partnership with ‘Rise Light and Power’ and ‘Big Reuse’ to improve air quality in Queens

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Dec. 9, 2024 By Colum Motherway Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani and Rise Light & Power have announced a new streetscape beautification and tree-planting partnership with Big Reuse in Western Queens. Big Reuse is a nonprofit organization that fights climate change through community-based environmental and zero-waste initiatives. Executive Director Justin Green was elated to accept this… Read more »

New Offshore Wind Site Acquired to Cleanly Power Ravenswood Generating Station

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Ravenswood Generating Station (Photo by Michael Dorgan)

Jan. 26, 2023 By Michael Dorgan, with additional reporting by Paul Frangipane The plan to transform the Ravenswood Generating Station into a clean energy hub has taken a big step forward with its operators announcing that they have acquired an offshore wind site to deliver power to the plant. Representatives of Rise Light & Power,… Read more »