#’Green’ jobs are booming in NYC and the tri-state area

#’Green’ jobs are booming in NYC and the tri-state area

“#’Green’ jobs are booming in NYC and the tri-state area” Some people equate having buckets of money with success. Others favor fancy job titles and power. For 31-year-old Patrick O’Gara, it’s all about eliminating carbon emissions. O’Gara spends his days helping people make their homes friendlier to the environment by powering heating and air conditioning…

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#Letters to the Editor — March 14, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — March 14, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — March 14, 2021” Blas’ trash failureThe basic job of government is to keep the public safe, clean and livable for the people who pay taxes (“Pig Apple,” March 11). New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray wants a volunteer police force. Mayor de Blasio wants a volunteer Sanitation Department. Subway…

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#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 25, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 25, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 25, 2021” The Issue: A winter storm in Texas that knocked out state residents’ power for over a week. The premise of Kevin D. Williamson’s article rests on a flawed observation that the energy woes of Texas were a result of underperforming renewables. The author failed to note that…

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#Comedy’s Trump-era failure and other commentary

#Comedy’s Trump-era failure and other commentary

“#Comedy’s Trump-era failure and other commentary” From the left: Comedy’s Trump-era Failure Saturday Night Live bungled a golden chance for sharp satire in the Trump years, notes Chapo Trap House’s Matt Christman at The Drift, offering only drab finger-wagging and “apocalyptic moralism.” Right after Election Day 2016, it gave us a lame open of “Kate McKinnon sitting at…

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#The New York Times dilemma and other commentary

#The New York Times dilemma and other commentary

“#The New York Times dilemma and other commentary” Media critic: The Times’ Dilemma The New York Times’ media critic Ben Smith examines recent events and muses that the paper’s “unusual, perhaps unhealthy, central place in American news, culture and politics” makes it “an object of obsession” for others, intensified by its “media ambitions” as it “seeks to…

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#Letters to the editor — Jan. 24, 2021

#Letters to the editor — Jan. 24, 2021

“#Letters to the editor — Jan. 24, 2021” Climate insanityIt was encouraging to read Bjorn Lomborg (“Joe’s Mad Earth Alarm,” Post Opinion, Jan. 16).Lomborg’s “False Alarm” is essential reading for anyone interested in the real effects of climate change. This book carefully explores the human impact on the climate and offers a thoughtful, realistic and…

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#Andrew Cuomo’s poisonous green dreams

#Andrew Cuomo’s poisonous green dreams

“#Andrew Cuomo’s poisonous green dreams” Despite declaring that the state’s economy is in a recession, Gov. Cuomo this week still announced a new $26 billion clean-energy plan that’s guaranteed to make it that much harder to get good times rolling again. “We must replace fossil-fuel plants with clean power. There are no ifs, ands or…

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#Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak launches new company

#Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak launches new company

“#Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak launches new company” Tech maven Steve Wozniak launched a new company this week — more than four decades after he started Apple with the late Steve Jobs. Wozniak’s latest venture, Efforce, aims to use cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to make it cheaper and easier for companies to fund environmentally friendly projects….

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