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Advocacy group: Toxic chemicals in LI water need better screening, standards

Advocacy group: Toxic chemicals in LI water need better screening, standards

More than 1 million Long islanders are ingesting at least trace levels of highly toxic chemicals every time they drink water from the faucet, according to new data from local water providers analyzed by a Farmingdale-based environmental group.

How safe is the tap water on Long Island? New map shows amount of toxic chemicals

How safe is the tap water on Long Island? New map shows amount of toxic chemicals

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - How safe is your tap water?

It's easier now for Long Island residents to find out. 

An environmental group has launched an interactive map that shows the amount of some toxic chemicals in the public water supply. 

Hochul Announces Construction Starts on Canada-to-NY Clean Energy Transmission Line

Hochul Announces Construction Starts on Canada-to-NY Clean Energy Transmission Line

The 339-mile transmission line will deliver enough hydroelectricity to power over a million homes

What to Know

  • The project aims to deliver hydroelectricity from Hydro-Québec in Canada to New York City

  • The transmission line's construction will create $3.5 billion in economic benefits to New Yorkers

  • It is expected to create 1,250 megawatts of clean energy upon its 2026 completion

Governor Hochul Announces Start of Construction on 339-Mile Champlain Hudson Power Express Transmission Line to Bring Clean Energy to New York City

Governor Hochul Announces Start of Construction on 339-Mile Champlain Hudson Power Express Transmission Line to Bring Clean Energy to New York City

Major Project Labor Agreement Executed with New York State Building and Construction Trades to Ensure Line is Constructed by Union Workers

Infrastructure Development Expected to Bring $3.5 Billion in Economic Benefits to New Yorkers and Create Nearly 1,400 Family-Sustaining Jobs

Accelerates Progress to Achieve New York's Goal of 70 Percent of Electricity Statewide from Renewable Sources by 2030 on Path to a Zero-Emission Grid

Governor Hochul Announces $2.25 Million in Federal Funding to Improve Long Island Water Quality and Reduce Pollution

Governor Hochul Announces $2.25 Million in Federal Funding to Improve Long Island Water Quality and Reduce Pollution

Long Island Sound Study Investment to Help Support Multi-Year Septic System Improvement Programs

State Finalizes Nassau County's Watershed Plan to Reduce Nitrogen

Efforts Build Upon Region's Progress to Prevent Harmful Pollution from Affecting Habitat and Water Quality

Manorville residents seek state aid for hook-up to public water

Manorville residents seek state aid for hook-up to public water

Residents in a part of Manorville where toxic chemicals have been found in private wells have urged New York legislators to secure funding aimed at hooking up 64 homes to public water after they were denied a state grant for the work.

Suffolk County homeowners say shuttered naval weapons site is to blame for polluted well water

Suffolk County homeowners say shuttered naval weapons site is to blame for polluted well water

MANORVILLE, N.Y. -- Homeowners in one Suffolk County community are pleading for relief.

They say they are bathing, brushing teeth, doing laundry and dishes and cooking with polluted water. They tell CBS2's Jennifer McLogan that a shuttered plant is to blame and the state won't step in to help them.

After Riverhead, SCWA miss out on state grant funding, residents rally once more for clean water

After Riverhead, SCWA miss out on state grant funding, residents rally once more for clean water

Residents of Calverton and Manorville say their calls for help in getting clean drinking water are falling on deaf ears.

“Calverton needs clean drinking water,” said Adrienne Esposito of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment at a press conference Wednesday. 

SCHUMER REVEALS: ISSUE OF ‘DOUBLE TAXING’ FOR SUFFOLK SEPTIC GRANTS SEES SUCCESS WITH USDA AGREEING LI’ERS SHOULD NOT GET A TAX BILL

SCHUMER REVEALS: ISSUE OF ‘DOUBLE TAXING’ FOR SUFFOLK SEPTIC GRANTS SEES SUCCESS WITH USDA AGREEING LI’ERS SHOULD NOT GET A TAX BILL

Schumer Reveals That After Pushing For Months, USDA Has Agreed With His Stance That Suffolk’s Septic Improvement Program (SIP) Grants Protect & Restore The Environment & Should Be Excluded From Taxable Income

Calverton-Manorville residents to rally for clean water Wednesday, after state denied grant funding for public water extension

Calverton-Manorville residents to rally for clean water Wednesday, after state denied grant funding for public water extension

Calverton and Manorville residents will rally Wednesday for clean water, after a joint funding request by the Suffolk County Water Authority and Riverhead Water District was denied by the state this month.

Governor Hochul Announces Approval of Major Long Island Offshore Wind Transmission Line

Governor Hochul Announces Approval of Major Long Island Offshore Wind Transmission Line

Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that the New York State Public Service Commission approved a transmission line that will deliver electricity from the Sunrise Wind Farm, a proposed wind farm off the coast of Long Island, to the existing electrical grid in New York State. The 25-mile offshore/onshore transmission line will carry electricity from the wind farm to an existing substation in Brookhaven, Suffolk County. 

Governor Hochul Announces Approval of Major Offshore Wind Transmission Line

Governor Hochul Announces Approval of Major Offshore Wind Transmission Line

Approved Transmission Line Will Connect to Proposed 924-Megawatt Sunrise Wind Farm

Offshore Sunrise Wind Farm Will Result in a Direct Investment of More Than $408 Million in New York and Create 800 Jobs

Project Designed to Help Meet Goals of New York's Nation-Leading Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act

Environmental Bond Act ‘a Giant Win’ for Long Island

Environmental Bond Act ‘a Giant Win’ for Long Island

New York State’s Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022, which voters passed by a comfortable margin on Nov. 8, will be of greatest benefit to Long Island, an environmental activist said this week.

NEW YORK: Long Island to Host Offshore Wind Training Center

NEW YORK: Long Island to Host Offshore Wind Training Center

ALBANY, New York, November 14, 2022 (ENS) – A land transfer between New York State and Suffolk County late last month will bring a National Offshore Wind Training Center to the State of New York, Governor Kathy Hochul and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone have announced.

$4M in funding awarded for investigation of 'forever' chemicals at Gabreski Airport

$4M in funding awarded for investigation of 'forever' chemicals at Gabreski Airport

Remediation efforts are expected to begin within the year at Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, where the Department of Defense was found responsible for contaminating the groundwater supply with “forever" chemicals, and a toxic Superfund site was declared in 2016.

Environmental Bond Act approved by voters Tuesday

Environmental Bond Act approved by voters Tuesday

The Environmental Bond Act would change how the state would approach climate change mitigation moving forward.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Voters across New York this election had an opportunity to make their voices heard on the Environmental Bond Act, and on Tuesday voters approved the proposition.

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