The number of comments counted so far is a record for a state environmental department issue. (green.blogs.nytimes.com)
One big question in New York, going forward, is whether the existing energy and environmental departments of government have the capacity or interest to oversee a big expansion of gas drilling, using hydraulic fracturing or any other means. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
This resulted in the first Municipal Environmental Department in the Galapagos, and in the recycling center. (treehugger.com)