Environment Archives – QNS

Queens Botanical Garden

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Queens Botanical Garden to host ‘Winter Wonder’ holiday celebration

By Jessica Militello

Hunters Point library renamed Hunters Point Library and Environmental Education Center

Hunters Point library renamed Hunters Point Library and Environmental Education Center

Brooklyn Paper

Four Sparrow Marsh restoration bolsters Jamaica Bay environment

Smash, not trash, your leftover Halloween pumpkins this year at the Queens Botanical Garden.

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Save your Halloween pumpkins for smashing at Queens Botanical Garden’s catapult event

By Iryna Shkurhan

New art installation unveiled at Long Island City waterfront

Fall on Jamaica Bay

Climate change is displacing fish in Jamaica Bay, Queens College study finds

By Iryna Shkurhan

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City applies for extensive cleanup of Richmond Hill development prior to construction of new school

By Ethan Marshall

Long Island City

Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens unveils youth mural inspired by borough’s clean energy transition

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Long Island City

Sky Farm LIC expansion celebrated by community members and leaders

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Long Island City

Socrates Sculpture Park celebrates opening of new education and administration building

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Astoria

Astoria students learn about drones and green energy jobs at STEM event

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Astoria

Mayor’s Office launches new interactive map to tackle environmental inequity in NYC

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UBS Arena unveils new sustainability agenda to enhance Long Island, Queens border for 2nd anniversary

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Brooklyn Paper

Oil slicks and ‘black mayonnaise’: 45 years after historic oil spill, Newtown Creek is still recovering

Queens

Flushing

Queens Botanical Garden gets more than $1.4M in City Council funding

By Rachel Butler

BP Climate Expo

Climate orgs promote initiatives at borough’s inaugural Climate Expo in Kew Gardens

By Iryna Shkurhan

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Schneps Podcasts

New York’s Wind Power Future with Erik Antokal Director of Workforce Development, Orsted

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Astoria

Artificial intelligence (AI) parking garage opens in Astoria, first of its kind in Queens

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New Offshore Wind Site Acquired to Cleanly Power Ravenswood Generating Station

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Astoria

New Offshore Wind Site Acquired to Cleanly Power Ravenswood Generating Station

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AMNY

Mayor says 925 electric vehicles will replace gas guzzlers in city fleet, backed by $10.1M federal grant

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Brooklyn Paper

First leg of Con Edison’s ‘Reliable Clean City’ projects halfway done in Queens; construction underway in Brooklyn and Staten Island

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Astoria

Youth at Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens in Astoria mentored on green energy career paths

By Bill Parry

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Mauricio Pochettino USA USMNT World Cup Draw

World Cup 2026: Mauricio Pochettino wants USA to balance pragmatism with push for glory

Kristen Chenoweth as Jackie Siegel in “The Queen of Versailles."

Meandering and unfocused, ‘The Queen of Versailles’ collapses under its own weight

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Schneps Podcasts

Dan Rattiner speaks with Rue Matthiessen, an East End–based writer – Episode 258

14 Christmas Tree Delivery Services in NYC

New York Family

14 Christmas Tree Delivery Services in NYC