The Road to Environmental Justice 2021
We are excited with the work of the students. We asked them to help us find out why the Bronx is still 62 at a 62 in the state for health outcomes. The program helped BCEQ find the road to...
View ArticleThe Road to Environmental Justice in the Bronx
Student Research Project Spring and Summer 2021 – Data Collection and Analysis The Bronx Council for Environmental Quality is conducting a research project with two local colleges (Columbia University...
View ArticleWatersheds and MS4 Westchester County
https://bceq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/presentation/index.html?webmap=4680cd4753e24ce0a5d8214aefa8e813&slide=1
View ArticlePutnam Trail Daylighting Map ACS 2021
https://bceq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/presentation/index.html?webmap=a7ddea51a30648789e9abb366f4d2eb2&slide=1
View ArticleMovie: The Great Invisible – about the Deepwater Horizon
THE GREAT INVISIBLE October 27, 2014 In this thought-provoking documentary which impressed audiences and won the Grand Jury Prize at the SXSW Film Festival, Peabody Award winning documentarian Margaret...
View ArticleCement, Rent, Environment
While all agree to protect our future by cutting down on greenhouse gases. The question is just how much are we willing to give up. Cement manufacturing accounts for 8% of the world’s CO2...
View ArticleNOAA Learn from past weather
We had a Special Guest Speaker Nelson Vaz, a local NOAA Meteorologist, to discuss what we can learn from past Weather events. Check out this Bronx Council for Environmental Quality Presentation_final...
View ArticleConnections for the Harlem River Greenway
Working toward an Harlem River Greenway one misconnection at a time. West 230th to West 225th Street along the old Putnam Rail sold to MTA in around 1986. UPDATED September 7th Walking Tour – Before...
View ArticleVan Cortlandt Park Alliance “Cultivating the Bronx” Award May 16, 2024
President’s Blog Van Cortlandt Park Alliance’s “Cultivating the Bronx” award and the Tibbetts Daylighting Project honor what BCEQ set out to do. In 1971, a group of Bronx environmentalists, inspired...
View ArticleMetro North Marble Hill Waste Transfer Station
Metro North Plans Marble Hill Waste Transfer Station Ignoring Community Plans for a Greenway to Clean the Harlem River Continues the Putnam Greenway / Daylighting Project Extends the Empire State...
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