Environmental issues in New York City | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-14

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_New_York_City


00:01:12 1 Population density in New York City
00:03:28 2 Policy and influence
00:05:09 3 Energy efficiency
00:08:13 3.1 Transportation
00:10:17 3.2 Green building
00:12:29 4 Air pollution
00:12:56 4.1 High cancer risk from airborne chemicals
00:14:05 4.2 Emissions management
00:15:33 5 Water supply
00:20:42 6 Garbage disposal
00:22:20 7 Other issues
00:23:13 7.1 Farmers' markets
00:25:04 7.2 Greenpoint oil spill
00:26:36 8 See also



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Environmental issues in New York City are  affected by the city's size, density, abundant public transportation infrastructure, and location at the mouth of the Hudson River.
New York's population density has environmental pros and cons. It facilitates the highest mass transit use in the United States, but also concentrates pollution. Gasoline consumption in the city is at the rate the national average was in the 1920s, and greenhouse gas emissions are a fraction of the national average, at 7.1 metric tons per person per year, below San Francisco, at 11.2 metric tons, and the national average, at 24.5 metric tons. New York City accounts for only 1% of United States greenhouse gas emissions while housing 2.7% of its population.
In September 2012, New York was named the #1 "America's Dirtiest City," by a Travel+Leisure readership survey that rated the environmental quality of 35 prominent cities in the United States.