A study this week shows the unequal impact the pandemic had on Long Island’s downtowns. It says businesses in lower-income communities and businesses of
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Suffolk to invest $100M to improve water quality By: Adina Genn April 22, 2021 Comments Off on Suffolk to invest $100M to improve water quality
Suffolk County is investing $100 million in funding to improve water quality, with projects expected to bring jobs to the region and boost the economy.
The plan includes eliminating outdated cesspools and septic systems that researchers say are the primary source of excess nutrients that have led to “fouled local bays, contributing to harmful algae blooms, beach closures and fish kills,” according to a press release from Suffolk County.
With funding from federal, state and county sources, the region is expected to see completed sewer projects throughout south shore river corridors. The initiative also includes additional funding for a Suffolk program that gives grants to homeowners choosing to upgrade to new nitrogen-reducing septic systems.
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“Long Island Solar Roadmap” is the title of a just-released report on how solar power has “the potential to generate more electricity than Long Island uses each year.”
Shelter Island is also covered in the report.
The report was “spearheaded” by The Nature Conservancy and Defenders of Wildlife and involved a “consortium” of “38 local stakeholders,” says a statement issued with the report.
This included people from: the Sierra Club; Renewable Energy Long Island; Long Island Regional Planning Council; Suffolk Legislator Bridget Fleming (D-Noyac), who represents Shelter Island; Peconic Land Trust; Clean Energy of New York; Sustainability Institute of Molloy College; Long Island and New York State power authorities; Suffolk Community College; Land Trust Alliance; and from individual Long Island towns.
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Long Island has a trash problem, according to environmental and community advocates. However, they don’t agree what should be done about it.
The Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE) endorsed this week trucking in over 1,900 tons per day of construction and demolition debris to a waste transfer station proposed in Medford. The trash would then be hauled away by railway. It’s one of three transfer stations proposed, including Brentwood and Yaphank. But CCE does not support the other two because of potential health hazards.
Progressive grassroot organizations, including the Brookhaven Landfill Action and Remediation Group, are concerned that the transfer station, as well as two other similar proposals in Suffolk County, disproportionately affect low-income and communities of color. They call for the Town of Brookhaven to consider environmental justice in their approval process of permitting what to do with trash in central Suffolk County when the Brookhaven Landfill is expe