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By Robert Ottone January 08, 2013
Hurricane Sandy responsible for around 95, 000 damaged buildings in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
By Amy Gernon January 05, 2013
A special shotgun season for deer hunting is opening in Suffolk on Monday, and this year hunters will have access to expanded territories.
By Robert Ottone January 04, 2013
Erosion continues to be a hot-button issue on the east end of Long Island.
By Amy Gernon January 02, 2013
In an era of strict partisanship, lawmakers from both parties have come together to condemn House Speaker Boehner's failure to put the Sandy relief package up for vote.
By Amy Gernon January 02, 2013
The Coast Guard has reported that there are no visible leaks of oil or natural gas from an oil barge that ran aground off the Alaskan coast during a powerful storm on Monday.
By Eric Anderson December 30, 2012
Despite opposition from the GOP, the benefit package for Hurricane Sandy victims is passed.
By Amy Gernon December 27, 2012
A 60-foot finback whale died after attempts to rescue it after it became stranded on a beach in Breezy Point, Queens, failed on Thursday.
By Robert Ottone December 27, 2012
Alec Baldwin's charity makes large donations to Long Island and New Jersey libraries.
By Amy Gernon December 26, 2012
NYSERDA announced that $250 million will go toward modernizing the state's aging renewable energy infrastructure.
By Lyndsay McCabe December 19, 2012
Multiple Target stores across Long Island were found selling pesticides that are illegal in the region due to the sensitive nature of the local aquifer.
By Amy Gernon December 12, 2012
A coalition of seven states led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman notified the EPA that it intends to file a suit in federal court against the agency for not setting methane emission standards ...
By Robert Ottone December 08, 2012
Eastenders convey to tackle mounting erosion issue.
By Robert Ottone December 06, 2012
Relief workers taking part in Hurricane Sandy cleanup might suffer from health hazards later on.
By Vickie Moller December 06, 2012
New York State Senator Kenneth P. LaWalle, Chairman of the New York State Senate Committee on Higher Education said that technologies being developed at Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory may hold the solution ...
By Amy Gernon December 05, 2012
Typhoon Bopha, which has left hundreds of thousands of people homeless after it stormed across the Philippines this week, puts the spotlight on devastating storms as world leaders begin to wrap up climate change negotiations ...
By Vickie Moller December 04, 2012
As part of its partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership, Hofstra University announced that it has increased its purchase of green power
By Eric Anderson December 04, 2012
Four significant scientific discoveries were made last week.
By Amy Gernon December 03, 2012
Two Long Island hikers were rescued from Slide Mountain in the Catskills on Sunday.
By Lyndsay McCabe December 03, 2012
“Gasland” filmmaker Josh Fox uses “Occupy Sandy” to send a message about inequality and the damaging effects of pollution.
By Lyndsay McCabe December 01, 2012
Horseshoe crab harvesting will end at midnight on December 1, as harvesting rates have already surpassed the annual quota of 150,000 crabs.
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