East Hampton Declares Climate Emergency
The East Hampton Town Board unanimously adopted a resolution declaring a climate emergency March 4, joining more than 1,800 municipalities and nations around the world in pledging...
Public Service Commission Approves Wind Farm Cable Landing
New York State’s Public Service Commission voted to approve the transmission cable from the South Fork Wind Farm Thursday, March 18, along a route that comes ashore...
State Approves Offshore Wind Farm Cable Landing
In a major step forward for the proposed South Fork Wind farm, the New York State Public Service Commission voted unanimously last Thursday to issue...
Guestwords: Aging Energy Infrastructure
On the South Fork of Long Island, we all know about yearly brownouts during peak demand for power in the summer. Indeed, energy demand on...
‘They aren’t used to losing’: wealthy New York enclave battles over offshore windfarm
Should Joe Biden’s plans for a huge expansion of renewable energy across the US survive the gamut of congressional bickering, a very different obstacle threatens...
East Hampton Town Makes Climate Mitigation a Guiding Principle
Following the lead of 1,903 jurisdictions in 34 countries — places such as New York City, Boston, Bar Harbor, Me., and 10 townships on Cape...
Is Your Compost Really Compost?
Composting for my western neighbor involves putting the fallen fall leaves into a big pile near the back of the garage. Twigs and branches get...
Group Sues to Block Wind Farm Cable in Wainscott
Charging "bad faith, authoritarian motives, and irrationality," Citizens for the Preservation of Wainscott filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in State Supreme Court, Riverhead, against the...