[GreenYes] update on NYC

["Marjorie J. Clarke" <mclarke@shiva.hunter.cuny.edu>]

We're still reeling from the recent events downtown. 

I just heard a statistic of interest:  So far 13,000 tons of
material, in 1400 trucks have been brought to Fresh Kills and they have
barely scratched the surface.  There were millions of square feet of
office space involved.  I have not heard whether it will be
recycled.  I can't imagine how many tons of steel there must be, but
each of the vertical beams just on the outside of the building were
spaced 3 feet apart, 110 floors up.

Maggie Clarke, Ph.D.
Environmental Scientist and Educator
http://everest.hunter.cuny.edu/~mclarke/index.htm
New York City