EAST HAMPTON

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PLANS TO ACCELERATE RENEWABLES

East Hampton Comprehensive Plan

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

Town of East Hampton Climate Action Plan

KEY RESOURCES

Energize East Hampton

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

South Fork Wind Farm

East Hampton Town Board adopts a memorializing resolution allowing the environmental and regulatory review of proposed South Fork Wind Farm to move forward. More here.

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.

Accabonac Solar Farm

The Accabonac Solar Farm (ASF) in Springs is the first megawatt scale solar farm on Long Island’s South Fork.

Renewable Energy Long Island

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…

East Hampton Community Microgrid

Final Report – NY Prize Stage 1: Feasibility Assessment

South Fork Wind Farm

The South Fork Wind Farm will produce enough clean, renewable energy every year to power 70,000 typical homes. It will help the Town of East Hampton meet its 100% renewable energy goal, and help New…

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…

MORE NEWS

The East Hampton Star

Crying in the Wind

By Christopher Walsh 25/07/19

What is it, really, about wind that pushes otherwise reasonable people over the edge?

The East Hampton Star

State Awards Contracts for Two More Offshore Wind Farms

By Christopher Walsh 18/07/19

Governor Cuomo said that New York State will lead the way in development of offshore wind. The two wind farms will jointly generate 1,700 megawatts of electricity.

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…

Newsday

East Hampton officials eye outside experts to review offshore wind farm plan

By Vera Chinese Photo: The South Fork Wind Farm project 7/16/19

East Hampton Town officials say they may seek outside experts to review a proposed 15-turbine offshore wind farm 35 miles off Montauk for potential environmental impacts.

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

Heated talk of climate change and Nimbyism

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

East Hampton Teens Call for Climate Action

By Christopher Walsh Photo: Durell Godfrey 3/18/19

Perhaps the greatest lesson, for students of all ages, is that one person really can make a difference.

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…