As climate deniers score, Earth Day’s down – but not out
By GREGORY ZELLER // Earth Day is not what it used to be, in amazing and terrible ways. Though an overwhelming majority of U.S. citizens recognizes climate change’s scientifically undeniable…
Environment
Bipartisan clean-water act flows toward Suffolk ballot
Innovative cleantech targets Northwell medical waste
Albany eyes preparedness as ’23 storm season surges
With billions in the pot, Albany dives into clean water
SoMAS study: Peconic Bay die-off is only the beginning
Stony Brook, Aussie experts unite on biomass mission
Scrappy students show their metal in annual e-drive
Sound beaches earn mixed water-quality grades
Coming soon: Drought-inspired mass human migrations
By GREGORY ZELLER // Worldwide droughts will cause mass human migrations over the next century, with entire populations on the move in Mexico, South America, Africa and elsewhere. That’s the…
Water, water everywhere – and around LI, it’s toxic
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University scientists have completed a comprehensive, months-long assessment of Long Island coastal waters. Unfortunately, the good news stops there. The Island’s bays and estuaries…
Shell of a sustainable effort on the Nissequogue River
By GREGORY ZELLER // A range of sustainable green features and a mandate to protect the state’s marine habitats mark the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s new Suffolk…
Stratospheric sunshield can’t deflect critical questions
By GREGORY ZELLER // Earth – SAI Control Center 04.27.2121 Solar Geoengineering Project: Day 913 Chief engineer’s log: The Stratospheric Aerosol Injection proceeds uninterrupted. SGP drones continue to inject reflective…
Clean water center eyes natural anti-pollutant shield
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island drinking water has the highest concentration of the likely human carcinogen 1,4-Dioxane in the country. Fortunately, the New York State Center for Clean Water…
We’ll always have Paris: Biden re-ups, activists rejoice
By GREGORY ZELLER // Regional environmental activists are over the moon about President Joseph Biden’s swift action rejoining the Paris Agreement. Anne Reynolds, executive director of the Albany-based Alliance for…