Amy Eddings

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The first of its kind snapshot of New York City's contribution to global warming found most of the city's greenhouse gasses -- 79 percent -- are coming from the buildings we live and work in. A solution to this is to build greener buildings that ...

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Could power plants be charged if they emit too much carbon dioxide? It's an idea New York wants to try. Starting in 2009, New York will join nine other states in a new program to discourage pollution. The program, the first of its kind, was ...

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San Francisco's recent ban on plastic shopping bags is generating a lot of interest in New York City. WNYC's Amy Eddings reports.

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As part of a new city program, New Yorkers will be encouraged to recycle when they're out and about. WNYC's Amy Eddings has more.

REPORTER: Starting Monday, big green cans will appear in parks and at the Staten Island ferry terminals at Saint George and Whitehall. ...

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REPORTER: The more things change, the more things stay the same…especially when it comes to whether we should burn garbage. To the chagrin of many environmental advocates, the issue has been resurrected, nearly 20 years after the defeat of a proposed incinerator at the Brooklyn ...

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Months after a federal monitor found State Senator Wayne Bryant had a no-show job at the state's medical school, U-S Attorney Chris Christie has indicted the powerful Democrat on corruption charges.

Senator Bryant is accused of funneling almost $13 million in state aid to the University ...

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The Asian Longhorn beetle has come to Staten Island, and the city's parks commissioner, Adrian Benepe, is calling it the worst infestation here yet. WNYC's All Things Considered host Amy Eddings speaks with reporter Arun Venegopal about the city’s efforts to fight the bug.

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One day after Police Commissioner Ray Kelly defended an NYPD surveillance program of groups planning to protest the 2004 Republican National Convention, Mayor Bloomberg weighed in. He, too, says the police were justified in spying on demonstrators.

But revelations of the extensive spying, detailed over the ...

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When the dancer known as Tamango came to the U.S. he had only $300 dollars and a pair of tap shoes. He’s gone on to create productions that break new ground in dance, music and video arts. Tamango’s latest project is called "Bay Mo Dilo ...

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A recycling company says a bill in Albany to expand the state's bottle deposit program would undermine the city's recycling program. WNYC's Amy Eddings reports.

Sims Hugo Neu is about to enter into a 20 year contract with the sanitation department to process its metal, glass, ...

That widely broadcast video of rats scampering around a KFC-Taco Bell restaurant in Greenwich Village was a public relations nightmare for the fast food joint’s owners. Hoping to turn the tide, Yum Brands, the parent company of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut, pre-emptively shut down ten other New York ...

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The journalist Lawrence Wright has written extensively about the history of Al Qaeda, Islamic terrorism and the U.S. response. Now, he's telling his story on stage. He appears in a new one-man production at the Culture Project, called "My Trip to Al Qaeda".

Long-time theater critic ...

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Stand back Batman – over 30 thousand comic book fans are about to descend on New York City in time for the 2nd annual New York Comic Con. The Convention brings together comics writers, graphic novelists, and video game makers for 3 days of shopping, ...

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New York state is getting Supreme Court scrutiny of the way it nominates its judicial candidates. The case, first brought by Brooklyn judicial candidate Margarita Lopez Torres, is shining a bright light on the closed door style of party politics that have driven the process ...

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A casino in the Catskills. It's an idea that has been batted about for decades but it took a big step forward this week when Governor Spitzer announced a deal with the St. Regis Mohawks to let the tribe build and run a casino near ...

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Murky tax dealings and jaw-dropping salaries made big news in the arts world today. The New York Times reported today that Glen Lowry, the director of the Museum of Modern Art, has received millions of dollars through tax-exempt trust set up by museum's benefactors. That ...

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Starrett City has been sold for $1.3 billion. The sale is sure to turn into a huge battle for the future of affordable housing for the low and middle income residents of the sprawling Brooklyn housing complex. Already, some local politicians and housing officials are ...

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In the first budget address of his term as governor, Democrat Eliot Spitzer announced an ambitious plan to cut property taxes and pour what some are calling an "hisotirc" amount of money into the state's education system, and health care for uninsured children. Spitzer says ...

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One of the state's most powerful labor leaders says he's leaving the local union office, and heading to the national one. The announcement by SEIU Local 1199 President Dennis Rivera comes as Governor Spitzer begins tackling the union and other, quote, "entrenched interests" in order ...

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A blistering report by state regulators faults Con Edison for its decisions during last summer's nine-day blackout in Queens and the Public Service Commission says Con Ed's own failure to fix problems with the maintenance, operation, and oversight of its Long Island City network led ...