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CURRENT NEWS

PLANS TO ACCELERATE RENEWABLES

Town of East Hampton Climate Action Plan

10/1/15

Accelerating climate change continues to escalate the need for communities and municipalities to develop strategies combating current challenges to local infrastructure and the projected intensity of impacts on community assets, natural resources and public health. The…

East Hampton Comprehensive Energy Vision

10/2013

KEY RESOURCES

Energize East Hampton

The Town of East Hampton’s 100% renewable energy goals require a diversified portfolio of energy technologies and approaches.

Energy Sustainability Committee

The Energy Sustainability Committee (ESC) was appointed in 2013 by the East Hampton Town Board to assist the Town in its participation in the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Climate Smart Communities Program.

Clean Energy Communities

Town of East Hampton is named a New York State Clean Energy Community for completing 4 high impact action items, becoming eligible for a $100,000 grant.

Renewable Energy Long Island

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Renewable Energy Long Island (reLI), established in 2003, is a membership-based, 501-c-3 not-for-profit organization promoting clean, sustainable energy use and generation on Long Island. reLI is committed to transitioning Long Island to a 100% renewable…

Win With WIND

We are private citizens of the South Fork of Long Island who believe that becoming the first communities in New York State to be powered by offshore wind is a once-in-a lifetime opportunity that should…

Drawdown East End

Drawdown East End is a grass roots, non-partisan organization that inspires and supports our communities to actively engage in solutions to reach drawdown.* Our vision is to achieve drawdown and reverse global warming by 2050…

South Fork Wind

South Fork Wind brings unparalleled experience to Long Island. This offshore wind farm will be the first to connect in New York State and help the Town of East Hampton meet its 100% renewable energy…

South Fork

BOEM has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the South Fork Wind Farm and South Fork Export Cable Project. The following documents are available for your viewing.

MORE NEWS

The East Hampton Star

Wind Farm Forum Coming Thursday

By Christopher Walsh 12/31/2020

The New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund will host a meeting on the proposed South Fork Wind farm on Thursday, Jan. 7, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Renewable…

The East Hampton star

Once More Unto the Blowers

By Christopher Walsh 12/24/20

The East Hampton Town Board concluded its 2020 meeting schedule last Thursday with public hearings on code amendments that would curb the use of gas and diesel-powered leaf blowers, opponents of which decry the ubiquitous…

The East Hampton star

‘Soft Solution’ for Beach in Montauk

By Christopher Walsh Photo by Eugene Alper 12/23/20

The single best thing about 2021 may prove to be that it is not 2020. The second best thing, in Montauk at least, may be the long-anticipated implementation of the Fire Island Inlet to Montauk…

The East Hampton Star

‘Soft Solution’ for Beach in Montauk

By Christopher Walsh 12/23/2020

The single best thing about 2021 may prove to be that it is not 2020. The second best thing, in Montauk at least, may be the long-anticipated implementation of the Fire Island Inlet to Montauk…

WSHU Public Radio

Long Island Looks At Competitive Bidding For Energy As A Greener, More Accountable Option

By J.D.Allen Photo by Kyle Rabin 12/22/2020

Suffolk County lawmakers will look in the New Year into creating a digital platform to help town and village governments join and operate pacts to lower energy costs for consumers.

The East Hampton star

Orsted Wind Farm Cable Survey Comes Ashore

By Christopher Walsh 12/22/20

The developers of the South Fork Wind farm will conduct site assessments and soil borings as part of survey work having to do with the wind farm’s onshore transmission cable installation starting as soon as…

The East Hampton Star

$29 Million Wind Farm Deal Ready for Its Close-Up

By Christopher Walsh 12/17/2020

An agreement that would see the Town of East Hampton reap an almost $29 million payment from the developers of the South Fork Wind farm in exchange for allowing a 138-kilovolt cable to be buried…

The East Hampton star

State-Held Stocks Go Green

By Christopher Walsh 12/17/20

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced last week that the state’s $226 billion Common Retirement Fund will transition its portfolio to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.

The East Hampton star

A Call for New Climate-Oriented Building Restrictions

By Christopher Walsh 12/11/20

While the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act signed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo last year provides a roadmap to a New York free of greenhouse gas emissions by midcentury, the window of opportunity to…

The East Hampton star

Looking for Energy Answers

By Christopher Walsh 12/10/20

Long Island is typically second only to Hawaii in the cost of electricity, but only 5 percent of that electricity is derived from renewable sources, Suffolk Legislator Bridget Fleming, who chairs the county’s community choice…

The East Hampton Star

Looking for Energy Answers

By Christopher Walsh 12/10/2020

The East Hampton star

Trade Unions and Orsted Join Up

By Christopher Walsh 11/25/20

Orsted, the parent company of Orsted U.S. Offshore Wind, has announced a partnership with North America’s Building Trades Union, which represents more than three million craft professionals. The partnership will create a national agreement designed…

The East Hampton Star

Urging Speed on Renewables

By Christopher Walsh 11/19/2020

The meeting had reached the 90-minute mark and adjournment before the last item on its agenda could be considered, but the Town of East Hampton’s energy sustainability committee was already acting as though that topic,…

The East Hampton star

Urging Speed on Renewables

By Christopher Walsh 11/19/20

The East Hampton star

Tougher Building Efficiency Rules Proposed

By Christopher Walsh 11/18/20

Adopting a building construction code that would mandate greater energy efficiency and solar and electric vehicle-charging readiness would move East Hampton closer to the goal of achieving its energy needs from renewable sources and help…

The East Hampton star

Water Authority Bans Some Geothermal Systems Citing Threat to Aquifer

By Christopher Walsh 11/12/20

On Tuesday, in its second virtual meeting in a week, the East Hampton Town Board discussed several environmental matters. Ty Fuller, Suffolk County Water Authority’s director of Strategy Initiatives, issued a warning about the impact…

The East Hampton star

Fossil Fuel vs. Renewables: Pressure Is on LIPA

By Christopher Walsh 11/5/20

The East Hampton Town Board is expected to vote today to begin the process of adopting a community choice aggregation program. Community choice aggregation, or C.C.A., allows a local government to procure electricity and/or natural…

The East Hampton star

Wind Farm Delayed a Year

By Christopher Walsh 10/28/20

Federal permitting delays will continue into next year, representing a significant setback for the developers of South Fork Wind, the proposed 15-turbine wind farm to be constructed approximately 35 miles east of Montauk Point.

The East Hampton star

Toxic Algae Was Everywhere This Summer

By Jamie Bufalino Photo by Christine Sampson 10/23/20

Every major bay and estuary on Long Island was afflicted this summer by toxic algae blooms, oxygen-starved waters, or fish kills, all caused primarily by high levels of nitrogen from household sewage, according to a…

The East Hampton star

Five State Agencies Sign On to Wind Farm Plan

By Christopher Walsh 10/15/20

The joint proposal that the developers of the South Fork Wind farm filed with the New York State Public Service Commission last month in support of their application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and…

The East Hampton star

Trustees on Board With Offshore Wind Plan

By Christopher Walsh 10/1/20

The East Hampton Town Trustees unanimously approved signing on to the joint proposal submitted two weeks ago by Orsted U.S. Offshore Wind and Eversource Energy to the New York State Public Service Commission in support…

The East Hampton star

Plastic Bag Ban Will Be Enforced

By Christopher Walsh Photo by Christine Sampson 9/23/20

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced that the plastic bag ban will be enforced as of Oct. 19. The law took effect on March 1, but it was not enforced per…

The East Hampton star

Wind Farm Benefits Package Totals $29 Million for East Hampton Town

By Christopher Walsh Photo by Durell Godfrey 9/10/20

The Town of East Hampton and the town trustees will share a community benefits package worth almost $29 million in exchange for easements allowing Orsted U.S Offshore Wind and Eversource, partners developing the proposed 15-turbine…

The East Hampton star

East Hampton Town Reaches Breaking Point on Leaf Blowers

By Christopher Walsh Photo by David E. Rattray 8/20/20

The Town of East Hampton appears to be following the lead of other municipalities on the South Fork in moving to enact restrictions on the use of gas or diesel-powered leaf blowers.

The East Hampton star

Town on Path to Get More Energy From Renewables

By Christopher Walsh 8/20/20

East Hampton can take a large step toward deriving its energy needs from renewable sources by joining 61 other municipalities in New York State with an active community choice aggregation program, speakers said during a…

win with wind

Wainscott Village Inc. Taken to Task

By D. Posnett 7/11/20

I have been in and out of politics and government, at every level, for over 40 years. As for political ads, I am not easily shocked.

Avenuemagazine

Meet the Hamptons Landscape Designer Detoxing Lawns and Gardens

By Nancy Kane Photo by Allan Pollok-Morris 5/26/20

When a landscape designer on a mission to save the Earth met a pair of local filmmakers who shared her vision, it was a match made in compost. East Hampton–based landscape designer Edwina von Gal…

The East Hampton star

LIPA Board Hears From Alt-Power Advocates

By Christopher Walsh 05/07/2020

Southampton Town adopted enabling legislation for C.C.A. last year. Brookhaven and Hempstead have also passed enabling legislation, but only Southampton has taken the next step, issuing a competitive bid and selecting Joule Assets of Katonah,…

the East Hampton star

Of Capped Landfills and Contamination

By Christopher Walsh 2/6/20

A team of environmental science consultants told the East Hampton Town Board on Tuesday that groundwater contamination beneath the now-capped Springs-Fireplace Road landfill is slowly diminishing, as expected. However, as the board noted, ongoing testing…

The East Hampton Star

Wind Farm Stakeholders Can Have Say in Southampton

By Christopher Walsh 04/10/19

Those wishing to participate in Tuesday’s settlement negotiations between the developers of the proposed South Fork Wind Farm and the New York State Public Service Commission will be able to do so without traveling to…

The East Hampton Star

Clean Energy Economy Grows

By Christopher Walsh 10/03/19

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has announced that New York’s growing clean energy economy employed nearly 159,000 workers in 2018, according to the state’s 2019 Clean Energy Industry Report.

The East Hampton Star

Orsted Wind Plans Montauk Operations Site

By Christopher Walsh 03/10/19

An operations and maintenance facility for the proposed South Fork Wind Farm will be sited adjacent to Inlet Seafood, just inside Montauk Harbor, the wind farm’s developers announced last week. But whether the facility represents…

Sag Harbor Express

Climate Change Is Happening on the East End

By Alisha Steindecker Photo: Kevin McAllister 9/25/19

The flooding on sunny days on Dune Road in East Quogue or the harmful algal blooms found in Georgica Pond in Wainscott or Lake Agawam in Southampton are no accident. The earth is warming, and…

The East Hampton Star

South Forkers Join Youth Climate Strike

By Christopher Walsh 23/09/19

Some 30 students walked out of East Hampton High School on Friday to observe the strike. Others from the South Fork traveled to New York by bus to attend the gathering that Mayor Bill de…

Newsday

Students demonstrate on Long Island to demand action to stop climate change

By Khristopher J. Brooks and Jean-Paul Salamanca Photo: James Carbone 9/20/19

Whether they trekked into Manhattan or traveled from school grounds to Town Hall, students on Long Island spoke up in unison Friday as youth across the globe demanded action from world leaders on climate change.

The East Hampton Star

Rallying for Clean Energy

09/19/19

New York City leaders are taking climate change seriously, to the point that they are allowing the 1.1-million public school students to leave classrooms and take part in the protests without penalty. Closer to home,…

The East Hampton Star

Southampton Makes Big Strides on Sustainability

By Christopher Walsh 18/07/19

The Town of Southampton is making significant progress on a range of sustainability initiatives to protect the environment, members of the town’s sustainability advisory committee told the town board last Thursday, and in its annual…

The New York Times

The Hamptons Love Green Energy. But That Wind Farm?

By Debra West Photo: Johnny Milano for The New York Times 6/20/19

This affluent enclave on the East End of Long Island is steeped in eco-conscious pride, with strict water quality and land preservation rules and an abundance of electric cars on the roads.

The East Hampton Star

Divided on Wind Cable

By Christopher Walsh 13/06/19

A divide among neighbors and generations was apparent on Tuesday as the New York State Public Service Commission hosted its first information sessions and public hearings on the proposed South Fork Wind Farm, a 15-turbine…

The East Hampton Star

Former Supervisor Explains Origin of Wind Farm Support

By Christopher Walsh 06/06/19

“This is about us,” the speaker told a gathering in East Hampton last Thursday. “There’s a global issue, which we’re all aware of, but East Hampton is going to change dramatically if we don’t turn…

The East Hampton Star

Cable Fight Obscures Greater Issue

By the Editorial Board 23/05/19

Right here, we can already observe the changes climate change has wrought on our ecosystem, from the northward expansion of certain types of ticks and the southern pine beetle to more-frequent flooding and the accelerated…

The East Hampton Star

Scaling Back Montauk Hamlet Study

By Christopher Walsh 11/04/19

The ongoing Montauk hamlet study was the subject of more discussion when the East Hampton Town Board met at the hamlet’s firehouse on Tuesday with the board and the consultant who has updated it as…

The East Hampton Star

Method to Wind Farm Madness

By the Editorial Board 01/31/19

Try as one might, it is almost impossible to find any substantial, factual basis in the recent statements withdrawing support for the Orsted-Deepwater Wind South Fork Wind Farm by State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr.

27east

What Happens To Our Recycling, Part Three: The Way Forward

By Cailin Riley Photo: Cailin Riley 12/11/18

The men and women who work in the recycling industry describe it these days in bleak terms. From a business standpoint, recent market changes have made it much harder for recycling vendors or any entity…

27east

What Happens To Our Recycling, Part Two: The Work Of Recycling

By Cailin Riley Photo: Cailin Riley 12/4/18

Mike Vitale saw the writing on the wall, even when no one else did. It was the early 2000s, and single-stream recycling was the newest, hottest trend in the recycling market. Waste Management, the garbage…

27east

What Happens To Our Recycling, Part One: The Recycling Myth

By Cailin Riley Photo: Cailin Riley 11/27/18

For most of the 80,000 people who live in the towns of Southampton and East Hampton, the region’s recycling effort comes down to this: Four men, wearing dust masks and gloves, standing on either side…