A Medford-based landscaping company will pay a $100,000 penalty after the company chopped down trees, bulldozed land and excavated soil in the protected Long Island Central Pine Barrens 12 years ago without a permit, State Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday.
Palumbo hosts roundtable meeting in Riverhead to discuss environmental issues
Calone, Romaine talk environmental problems in county executive debate
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Legislator Lafazan, Citizens Campaign for the Environment: Help fight climate change by making Nassau County carbon neutral by 2035
Nassau County Legislator Joshua A. Lafazan (D – Woodbury) joined with members of the Legislature’s Minority Caucus and advocates from the Citizens Campaign for the Environment to unveil legislation that would require Nassau County to become carbon neutrality in its municipal operations by Jan. 1, 2035.
Suffolk sewer upgrade plan includes tax hike
NAACP again intervenes to protest Yaphank waste transfer facility
A truck transports waste.
A bill that would allow the Town of Brookhaven to eliminate a zoning requirement that protects open space to allow for a rail spur extension faces pushback from the New York NAACP and local chapters.
Eliminating a conservation easement would allow a proposed waste transfer station in Yaphank to connect to the freight system on the Long Island Rail Road. State NAACP officials warn that hauling away “thousands of tons of trash” by rail would disproportionately harm nearby communities of color.