WASHINGTON — Karine Jean-Pierre, who grew up in Hempstead, was named White House press secretary by President Joe Biden on Thursday, becoming the first Black woman and first openly gay person in the position.
New Biden spokesperson has environmentalist roots
A year later, Biden's offshore wind goals experience a Northeast tailwind
Last year, 2021 set the pace for the United States to develop offshore wind in the Atlantic Ocean. The Biden administration wants America to generate 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030.
A year later, there was a flurry of development offshore in New York and Connecticut. Because New England’s offshore winds are speedy and steady, with shallow waters, the region is ideal for the future of America’s offshore wind.
Long Island communities beam with pride after local Karine Jean-Pierre promoted to White House Press Secretary
NEW YORK -- For the first time in U.S. history, the president has named a Black, openly gay woman to be White House Press Secretary.
Enthusiasm and pride are bubbling over in the Long Island communities where Karine Jean-Pierre grew up and attended school, CBS2's Jennifer McLogan reported Friday.
State awards $8 million in Adirondack clean water grants, Indian Lake largest recipient
What’s offshore brewing?
Suozzi announces more than $33M for LI Sound
After losing out on state grant funding for Manorville water project, what’s next for Riverhead?
Riverhead Town officials remain hopeful additional federal funding could eventually allow for homes in Manorville to connect to the Riverhead Water District after the town did not receive funding as part of the $638 million allocated to 199 water infrastructure projects through the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation.
Navy pushed to pay $3M to help Riverhead residents get hooked up to public water
The "Make New York EV Ready" Bill Promoting the Development of New Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Passes NY State Senate Along With Package of Environmental Legislation
CARLE PLACE, NY (April 25, 2022) - Today, Senator Anna M. Kaplan (D-North Hills) passed legislation, S.23A/A.4386, to promote the development of new electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure to help ease the transition to electric vehicles by New Yorkers. The bill passed as part of a package of legislation supported by Senator Kaplan that will combat climate change and promote environmental conservation.
Senator Kaplan & Senate Majority Advance Environmental Protection Package in Honor of Earth Day
(Albany, NY) Senator Anna M. Kaplan (D-North Hills) and the Senate Democratic Majority today advanced legislation to better protect the environment, support renewable energy, and strengthen regulatory standards across New York. The bills include agreements related to renewable energy development rights on reforestation areas, an exemption from requirements for the alienation of parkland for certain renewable energy generating projects, directives for the state to study and make recommendations on renewable energy resources at decommissioned or dormant electric generating sites.
On Tax Day, Suffolk Officials, Homeowners and Environmentalists Issue Plea to IRS
Using Tax Day as a backdrop, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone was joined by elected officials, impacted homeowners and environmentalists in blasting the IRS for failing to follow through with a ruling it said would be issued last year declaring that grants under the County’s landmark Septic Improvement Program (SIP) should not be considered taxable income for homeowners. The County Executive called on Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to intervene and direct the IRS to act to end the double taxation of funding Suffolk County approved by Suffolk County voters to protect and improve water quality.
10 million clams will be seeded through increase in historic Long Island Sound funding
Experts assess impact of climate change on LI
Riverhead sought $9 million for public water extension to homes near former Grumman plant in Calverton. It got $3.5 million. Now what?
Digester to reduce food waste heralds a greener future
The waste that goes into the anaerobic digester facility under construction in Yaphank is as important as the products that come out.
What goes in: organic materials like food past its prime and the leftover scraps from restaurants, cafeterias, and commercial kitchens.
Beneficial items that come out: compost and the kind of liquid fertilizer in high demand by agricultural businesses. The facility will produce enough energy to run itself. Excess water will be sent to a treatment plant. And, also importantly, the byproduct of biogas will go into the National Grid distribution system, heating people’s homes and running their stoves.
PSC greenlights clean energy infrastructure
Green energy on its way to Long Island thanks to food scraps
Combating water pollution on Long Island Sound
Ghost Fishing, Nitrogen Pollution, Rubber Debris Targeted in Local Efforts to Clean Up the Sound
Twenty years ago, rising water temperatures, nitrogen pollution and disease wiped out the lobster population in Long Island Sound.
Lobstermen picked up and left, in many cases leaving their traps behind.
But on the floor of the Sound, tens of thousands of traps are still working, catching the few remaining lobsters along with other species.
It’s called ghost fishing.