Time for the big guns in the war on climate change
By ERNIE FAZIO // The prospect of having to deal with the most obnoxious regimes in the world is repugnant to all of us. On the other hand, we still…
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No. 666: Devilish fun with Lady Liberty, Mark Twain and flying cows – plus, fast times at Kellenberg High
A little off: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we wrap up a surprisingly springlike week of socioeconomic innovation and look forward to a well-earned three-day weekend – at…
LI ceremony kicks off state’s first offshore-wind farm
By GREGORY ZELLER // The future of the national energy industry is now rising off the Long Island coast. Construction of the South Fork Wind Farm – officially, New York’s…
As climate teeters, private investors must embrace ESG
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Get ready to hear a lot about ESG. ESG is an acronym for Environmental, Social and Governance, a set of factors used to evaluate investment…
With billions blowing around, Albany inks wind deals
By GREGORY ZELLER // For the second time in one week, New York has surged toward its offshore-wind destiny – this time, finalizing megawatt power contracts with billion-dollar implications. A…
Auction sets New York Bight’s offshore-wind course
By GREGORY ZELLER // Get your bids ready – the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has scheduled a Feb. 23 “wind auction” to divvy up 480,000 watery acres off…
Critics dunk on Hochul’s expensive State of the State
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Department of High Ambitions comes Gov. Kathy Hochul and her 2022 State of the State, a multibillion-dollar action plan including 228 “bold initiatives” and…
At COP26, last chance for Long Island – and the world
By JOHN PARKER // It’s fall in America and an impactful event is about to begin on the other side of the Atlantic: The 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference of…
Challenging course, winning path for AEC 2021/22
By DAVID HAMILTON // Last week, Stony Brook University’s Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center was finally able to remind the world how amazing it is. After a year-plus COVID…
Ambitious nonprofit spins in center of LI’s windstorm
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new Long Island-based nonprofit organization is aiming to become an online hub for offshore wind-generated power – generated not just off the Island, but across…
So much to gain, everything to lose in offshore wind
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // There’s big news off Long Island’s shorelines, where the development of offshore–wind power will lead the Island to the front of the line in achieving…
Episode 9: Kenneth Bowes – Long Island is a Gale Force
Kenneth Bowes is no farmer – but he’s trying to grow Long Island’s all-time most-bountiful harvest. Exciting socioeconomic winds are blowing across the nation, and nowhere do those forward-looking gales…
Biden’s offshore wind plan shines bright on Long Island
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Biden Administration has announced an ambitious plan to dramatically increase the use of offshore wind power along the East Coast – and stakeholders of all…
In NYSERDA’s ‘Strategic Outlook,’ a sunny LI forecast
By GREGORY ZELLER // You have to say this about NYSERDA: They think big. The New York State Energy Research & Development Authority has unveiled a three-year “Strategic Outlook” combining…
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…