This year’s Earth Day, which took place Tuesday, April 22 was celebrated by Women’s Caucus who successfuly sold roses for a dollar to support the 34 Million Friends Campaign. Also, Grassroots is celebrating Earth Day by having a celebration with bands, games and info about the environment this Friday from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Wilson Quad which is where this tree grows. This Friday is also Arbor Day, a nationally celebrated observance that encourages tree planting and tree care.
books
Forget D-day, It's E-Day!
Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” is among the most famous examples of a secondary world, with Tolkien himself having coined the term. But beyond providing a backdrop for his books, Tolkien’s vast library of encyclopedic appendices presents a continuous narrative of Middle Earth’s fictional history. Read More
Congestion Pricing
Forget D-day, It's E-Day!
Traffic mitigation, the main goal of the congestion relief program, has been an inarguable and impressive success. The major bridge and tunnel crossings into the tolled area of Manhattan saw an astounding 23% average decrease in rush hour travel time, ranging from 6.7% on the Manhattan Bridge all the way to 51% in the Holland Tunnel. Read More
Climate Change
Forget D-day, It's E-Day!
This creates a dilemma. If we only mandate what is easy for companies to implement, emissions keep rising. If we pretend everything can be decarbonized quickly, climate policy collapses under its obvious failures. A serious approach has to accept two tenets at once: we need full decarbonization everywhere that it is possible, and we need honest promises from sectors where it is not. Read More
