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Queens Botanical Garden to host ‘Winter Wonder’ holiday celebration

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Hunters Point library renamed Hunters Point Library and Environmental Education Center

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Hunters Point library renamed Hunters Point Library and Environmental Education Center

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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
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New art installation unveiled at Long Island City waterfront

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

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

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

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Sky Farm LIC expansion celebrated by community members and leaders

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Socrates Sculpture Park celebrates opening of new education and administration building

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

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

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

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

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

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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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New Offshore Wind Site Acquired to Cleanly Power Ravenswood Generating Station

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

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

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