Judge Halts Start Of Public Review Process For Gowanus Rezoning Plan Pending Hearing
arrow The Gowanus Canal rests in a neighborhood the city looks to rezone. Nathan Kensinger / Gothamist
A Brooklyn State Supreme Court judge has ordered the city to hold off on starting the public review process for the long-planned and complex Gowanus rezoning, which is expected to create thousands of affordable housing units by 2035.
The public review phase was supposed to start January 19th, until Judge Donald S. Kurtz issued a temporary restraining order Friday to stop it pending a hearing on January 27th. The city had planned to conduct the review phase, known as the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, virtually, given concerns over the pandemic. This worried community activists who felt it would restrict Brooklynites without internet access from voicing concerns.
John McCain’s Apache Land Grab Is Finally Happening
The fight for a copper deposit beneath sacred lands shows the extent of the government’s extractive greed.
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In 2014, the late Senator John McCain quietly slid a dagger into the backside of the Arizona tribal nations he was ostensibly elected to represent. Deep in an appropriations package for military funding, McCain tacked on a rider, known as Section 3003. The rider accomplished what the Arizona Republican had been trying to do through standalone legislation since 2005 hand over 2,400 acres of sacred Apache lands to the mining company Rio Tinto, which has long eyed an area known in the English tongue as Oak Flat for the massive deposits of copper that rest miles beneath its surface. Speaking with the
Five lonely wind turbines spin in the state waters off the coast of Rhode Island. They’re the entirety of the Block Island Wind Farm, the United States’ only commercial-scale offshore wind facility currently in service, with an installed capacity of just 30 megawatts.
By contrast, on-land renewables are growing. We’ve installed more than 100 gigawatts of onshore wind capacity and 89 gigawatts of solar.
The Block Island project, completed in 2016, remains a monument to possibility, though. And it’s one that’s about to be realized.
Admittedly, no new commercial-scale offshore wind energy projects will break water this year in the United States. Despite that, the industry is poised for a big year. And we desperately need it, experts say.
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Your assertion that aerial gondola systems don’t “offer sufficient capacity or expandability to meet West Seattle’s needs long-term” is inaccurate. At 4500 passengers per hour, SkyLink will offer more than twice as much capacity as Sound Transit predicts West Seattle will need by 2040. Also, aerial systems are easily expandable, as they offer different system capacities for different throughput requirements. The SkyLink 3S system could be expanded from the Junction area station to link with the Admiral business district and the WS Water Taxi. And/or an expansion could run from the Delridge node to mid-Delridge or Westwood, and/or over the hill from mid-Delridge to Morgan Junction, or from the Alaska Junction area to Morgan Junction. All at 80%-90% less cost than extending light rail. Increased passenger requirements could be carried by BRT.
Bureau of Land Management authorizes year-round drilling in Converse County, tribes opposed
January 6, 2021
CONVERSE COUNTY, WYO. After a seven-year environmental analysis, the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management has given authorization for year-round oil and gas drilling in Converse County, Wyoming.
The Converse County Oil and Gas Project allows for the development of up to 5,000 new oil and natural gas wells inside a 1.5 million-acre project area. This project is expected to generate roughly 8,000 jobs and $18 to $28 billion in federal revenues.
“Projects like this strengthen the energy independence of the United States while creating jobs and fostering economic development,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Casey Hammond.