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The New York NAACP joined environmental groups to ask a judge to force the Town of Brookhaven to conduct a full environmental review of a proposed warehouse project ahead of a planned waste transfer station in Yaphank.

New York has identified so-called disadvantaged communities on Long Island and the rest of the state that will be targeted with funding to fight climate change. A 2019 state law requires these communities to receive at least 35% of state funding for clean energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

A proposed bill in New York would allow the Town of Brookhaven to eliminate a zoning requirement that protects open space to allow for expanded rail access and proposed waste transfer service on Long Island. State NAACP officials warn its location would disproportionately harm communities of color.

The New York State NAACP has condemned a plan to haul garbage out of Long Island at a proposed waste transfer station in Yaphank. The push follows months

April 30, 2021 By Waterways Journal Custom Dredge Works (CDW), based in Topeka, Kan., has announced the launch of a new 14-inch electric chain-ladder cutter suction dredge to mine sand and gravel for Winter Bros. Material Company, a third-generation, family-owned business celebrating its 75th birthday this year.  Winter Brothers, one of the top producers of Meramec River sand and gravel in the region, recently opened a new sand mi...