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By Break the Norms October 26, 2012
How to widen our circle of compassion to include all creatures.
By Amy Gernon October 26, 2012
LIPA announced its decision on Thursday to allow third-party solar leasing on Long Island, which makes the technology, and LIPA-offered incentives, available to many more homeowners.
By Amy Gernon October 25, 2012
A resolution passed Tuesday by the Brookhaven town board saves the Wildlife and Ecology Center in Holtsville by merging two other town agencies.
By Amy Gernon October 25, 2012
At the state's first Beer, Wine and Spirits Summit, Gov. Cuomo announced a new $1 marketing campaign to promote beer, wine and liquor producers in New York.
By Amy Gernon October 24, 2012
Hong Kong customs agents seized over 1,200 elephant tusks in two major shipments this week.
By Amy Gernon October 23, 2012
The unusual series of exotic animal trappings on Long Island continued over the weekend when Suffolk County SPCA captured an alligator at a local pond.
By Amy Gernon October 19, 2012
The Town of Islip has selected shellfish farmers to fill 13 vacant lots in the Great South Bay.
By Amy Gernon October 17, 2012
Michael Vaughan, a 72-year-old research geophysicist at Stony Brook University, contracted the Hantavirus while backpacking in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks.
By Amy Gernon October 12, 2012
A baby walrus named Mitik, rescued from the ocean off the coast of Alaska, will be joining the exhibit at the New York Aquarium next spring.
By Amy Gernon October 11, 2012
Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have announced a plan to fund the desperately needed dredging of the Fire Island Inlet and replenishment of eroded beaches on Fire Island.
By Amy Gernon October 10, 2012
A major wind energy project expected to generate 3,000 megawatts was announced for southern Wyoming by the Secretary of the Interior this week.
By Amy Gernon October 03, 2012
Gov. Cuomo's administration is expected to miss the Nov. 29 deadline for its decision on whether to permit hydraulic fracturing and develop regulations.
By Amy Gernon September 25, 2012
Severe shoaling has made the Fire Island Inlet nearly impassible for most boaters.
By Debbi Spiegel September 20, 2012
Earn your hiking stripes and bragging rights by exploring Long Island’s finest trails this Autumn.
By Amy Gernon September 18, 2012
Unusual weather has had a severe impact on the nation's grape and apple production this year.
By Amy Gernon September 12, 2012
West Nile Virus is becoming more pervasive in New York State. Nassau County health officials will be holding a forum Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. in Freeport Memorial Library to discuss the disease.
By Amy Gernon September 05, 2012
Four separate incidents of whale beachings along the east coast of the United States and off the coast of Scotland have marine biologists concerned.
By Amy Gernon August 29, 2012
Hurricane Issac is on track to test the flood prevention system designed after the devastation wreaked by Katrina.
By Amy Gernon August 22, 2012
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. ruled on Tuesday that an E.P.A. regulation for cleaning up air in downwind states exceeded the agency's authority.
By Amy Gernon August 15, 2012
A multi-year project involving researchers from New York, Connecticut and federal agencies will map the Long Island Sound sea floor.
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