Author: Steve Cohen3

Supporting and Saving New York City’s Community Gardens

In nearly every neighborhood in New York City, you will see community gardens tended to by local gardeners, and these essential spaces are a critical element of the social and environmental fabric of the city.
The Importance of Sustainability Metrics to Sustainability Management

A key step in developing the management capacity to build an environmentally sustainable economy is creating meaningful, actionable sustainability metrics.
The Financial Reality of Regulating Lead and Methane

The path to environmental protection runs through the reality of financial feasibility.
Regulating Technological Complexity

It is in the public interest to regulate new and emerging technologies to reduce the harm they create. Broad policies can be set by law, but the detailed rules must be left to experts in administrative agencies.
The Mismanagement of New York City’s Government, and the Repeated Delay of Food Recycling

To enhance New York City’s services, local government must focus on management rather than politics and substance and outcomes rather than image and public relations.
The Accomplishments and Limits of Environmental Policy

For environmental policy to be effective, it must encourage the transition already underway in many private businesses, focusing on continuous improvement rather than the achievement of symbolic goals, with a broader scope than climate change alone.
America’s Groundwater Crisis

The future of America’s water supply is an open question. The need for an adequate water supply is not open to question.
The Reality of the Transition to an Environmentally Sustainable Economy in New York City

Environmental impact has gone from the fringes to the center of our consciousness. Government, entrepreneurs, individuals, and major institutions play important roles in the transition to environmental sustainability.
Wind Power and the South Shore of Long Island

The public must be engaged in the process of planning and implementing projects that support the transition to a renewable resource-based economy, and projects must be modified to address the concerns of communities. There are no shortcuts to meaningful change.

Supporting and Saving New York City’s Community Gardens

In nearly every neighborhood in New York City, you will see community gardens tended to by local gardeners, and these essential spaces are a critical element of the social and environmental fabric of the city.
The Importance of Sustainability Metrics to Sustainability Management

A key step in developing the management capacity to build an environmentally sustainable economy is creating meaningful, actionable sustainability metrics.
The Financial Reality of Regulating Lead and Methane

The path to environmental protection runs through the reality of financial feasibility.
Regulating Technological Complexity

It is in the public interest to regulate new and emerging technologies to reduce the harm they create. Broad policies can be set by law, but the detailed rules must be left to experts in administrative agencies.
The Mismanagement of New York City’s Government, and the Repeated Delay of Food Recycling

To enhance New York City’s services, local government must focus on management rather than politics and substance and outcomes rather than image and public relations.
The Accomplishments and Limits of Environmental Policy

For environmental policy to be effective, it must encourage the transition already underway in many private businesses, focusing on continuous improvement rather than the achievement of symbolic goals, with a broader scope than climate change alone.
America’s Groundwater Crisis

The future of America’s water supply is an open question. The need for an adequate water supply is not open to question.
The Reality of the Transition to an Environmentally Sustainable Economy in New York City

Environmental impact has gone from the fringes to the center of our consciousness. Government, entrepreneurs, individuals, and major institutions play important roles in the transition to environmental sustainability.
Wind Power and the South Shore of Long Island

The public must be engaged in the process of planning and implementing projects that support the transition to a renewable resource-based economy, and projects must be modified to address the concerns of communities. There are no shortcuts to meaningful change.