Category Archives: climate change

South Fork Wind Farm Cable Approved by PSC

Posted on March 18, 2021 by D. Posnett MD

Press Release: For Immediate Release South Fork Wind Farm Cable Approved by PSC East Hampton, New York – March 18, 2021 — This morning the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) voted unanimously to grant South Fork Wind (“SFW”) … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, Environment, long island, sustainable energy, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Legalize Commercial Kelp Farming in our Bays – Let’s Blue-Green Our Economy

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Mary Foster Morgan

Join us in signing onto this petition to Legalize Kelp Farming in our Bays . Dear Senators Kaminsky and Stec, Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, and Assemblymen Englebright and Smullen, Chair and Ranking Member of the Assembly … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, long island, Uncategorized, water quality | Tagged blue-green economy, Drawdown, kelp | 4 Comments

Update on the South Fork Wind Farm & Call to Action

Posted on February 14, 2021 by D. Posnett MD

To: Win With Wind supportersFrom: Win With Wind steering committeeDate: Feb. 14, 2021Topic: Update on the South Fork Wind Farm Dear friends of WWW, We would like to update you regarding where we stand in the 4-year-long process of getting the South Fork Wind … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon neutral energy, climate change, East Hampton, Environment, long island, sustainable energy | Tagged SFWF, south fork wind farm, Town Board, trustees, wainscott | Leave a comment

And Now, For Some 2020 Good Climate News

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Mary Foster Morgan

Looking for 2020 good news on climate? Get ready to set some priorities and make some New Year’s Climate Resolutions. Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, long island, public health, science, sustainable energy, Uncategorized, water quality | Tagged climate chane, climate solutions, long island, science | 2 Comments

Friend of clean water, biodiversity, climate-friendly regenerative businesses and safe-guarding our shorelines? Read on…..

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Mary Foster Morgan

Dear Friend of the Shellfish Farmer, If you are a friend of clean water, biodiversity, climate-friendly regenerative businesses, coastline protection, Earth and her oceans read on….. Join us in support of our shellfish farmers, and support the inclusion of commercial … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, economy, long island, science, water quality | Tagged climate solutions, regenerative best practices | 2 Comments

We have been warned.

Posted on September 4, 2020 by D. Posnett MD

Rather than denial and political inertia from the Republican party now in power, what if we had acted immediately on what our science community understood and warned us about, the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic? The resulting health, economic, and … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, Coronavirus, long island, Nancy Goroff, science, Zeldin | Tagged CD-1, climate change, goroff | Leave a comment

Complete Lee Zeldin Environmental Voting Record

Posted on July 8, 2020 by D. Posnett MD

Lee Zeldin’s League of Conservation Voters (LCV) score for 2019 was 28%. This seems like an improvement from his scores from prior years, which hovered around 10%, but to put things in perspective: The average Member of Congress score in … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 elections, Air Pollution, carbon neutral energy, climate change, Environment, long island, science, SCOTUS, sustainable energy, Uncategorized, water quality, wind energy, Zeldin | Tagged environmental, record, voting record, Zeldin | Leave a comment

Anxiety, or A Day in the Life of a Covid-Vulnerable

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Mary Foster Morgan

May. Late morning, midweek. Parked at the curb of our village post office, I was in the passenger seat waiting for my gloved-and-masked husband to return with our mailbox key and any mail. I noticed a 30-something couple out bicycling. … Continue reading →

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4 Bests

Posted on April 5, 2020 by D. Posnett MD

1. Best mask ever 2. Best read this morning: What We Pretend to Know About the Coronavirus Could Kill Us https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-fake-news.html?referringSource=articleShare 3. Best video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxF_CDDJ0YI Tony Schwartz: The Truth About Trump | Oxford Union Q&A. This is the … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, Coronavirus, Health Care, Trump, Uncategorized, Zeldin | Tagged China, Fake News, false information, masks, NASA, nitrogen, Nitrogen oxide emissions, The Art of the Deal, Tony Schwartz | Leave a comment

Climate and Real Estate

Posted on January 3, 2020 by D. Posnett MD

GUESTWORDS in the East Hampton Star By David Posnett January 1, 2020 There is already evidence of a real estate slump in the United States. A housing recession is predicted for 2020. The average price of luxury home sales is … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon neutral energy, climate change, Environment, long island, Paris Climate Accord, Uncategorized, wind energy | Tagged climate, flooding, home prices, home values, montauk, Real Estate, showtime, slump, the affair | 6 Comments

Panic or Empowerment? Brought to You by Greta, Alexandria, 1.6M+

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Mary Foster Morgan

photos from their instagram Feeling inspired? I am. Thrilled, actually, to witness the clear clarion call to climate action….. by young people who have their whole lives to live, and so much to loose. UNITE BEHIND THE SCIENCE, … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Pollution, climate change, Environment, Paris Climate Accord, Women | Tagged Drawdown, Greta Thunberg, student strike for climate | 2 Comments

The People You Meet Picking Up Beach Plastic

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Mary Foster Morgan

Serenely beautiful, surreal, spiritual. Three weeks on the sugar-white sands of Tulum, contemplating the sometimes jade, sometimes topaz, sometimes evening blue Caribbean. On days when the sea was perfectly flat and clear you could watch the sting rays and barracudas … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, Environment, long island, sustainable energy, Uncategorized, water quality | 9 Comments

Extreme Weather: Monster Storm Ulmer

Posted on March 13, 2019 by D. Posnett MD

Reporting from Harrison NE, 4 PM. I am on what was supposed to be a leisure trip: my first transcontinental drive from coast to coast, New York to Calfornia and back. It turns out that I got caught in super … Continue reading →

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Oil Giant Takes Climate Change Seriously

Posted on March 8, 2019 by D. Posnett MD

This is hilarious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=34&v=D1BOWxFMT5Q And this is serious: BY STEVEN MUFSON, The Washington Post, March 5th The chief economist of one of the world’s biggest oil companies is urging other companies to take climate change seriously — and sooner … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, Environment, Paris Climate Accord, Uncategorized, wind energy | Tagged big oil, BP, business, oil companies | 2 Comments

Spring is Looking Up. March 15 #FridaysForFuture, April 4-23 #DrawdownEcoChallenge

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Mary Foster Morgan

March 15th. The Ides of March, notable to the ancient Romans for settling debts, as a holy day when sheep were sacrificed, and of course, a day to beware, as a seer warned Julius Cesar. What is this year’s prophecy? … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, Education, Environment, Paris Climate Accord | Tagged #ClimateStrike, Drawdown | 6 Comments

Happy Valentine’s Day, Dear Earth, #LoveOurPlanetNotPollution

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Mary Foster Morgan

Some of us have been meeting at the Southampton library to discuss ways we can scale up existing efforts that draw down carbon from the atmosphere, based on the top 100 solutions outlined in the New York Times bestseller Drawdown: … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Pollution, climate change, Congress, economy, long island, Paris Climate Accord, science, sustainable energy, wind energy, Zeldin | Tagged Environment, Politics, science | 4 Comments

Greta Thunberg, What Can We Do? Individual + National Actions

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Mary Foster Morgan

Dear Friends, David Posnett recently posted a compelling video of 16 year old Greta Thunberg reading a letter “Our House is On Fire” at Davos. “I want you to panic” she says. It is worth finding other news about her, … Continue reading →

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Greta Thunberg: 16-year-old star speaker in Davos

Posted on January 26, 2019 by D. Posnett MD

Take a look at a 16 year old lecturing the leaders of the world! Impressive. Our house is on fire! On TED! On ScientistsWarning.Org?

Posted in climate change, Environment, Paris Climate Accord, science, Uncategorized | Tagged Davos, global warming, Greta Thunberg | 2 Comments

Carbon Dividends: 2 New Proposals

Posted on January 9, 2019 by D. Posnett MD

(1) Carbon Dividend Talking Points. (From James Ewing) In November 2018, three Republicans and three Democrats in the House of Representatives led by Congressman Deutch (D-FL) proposed the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (“Deutch proposal”—HR7173), the first bipartisan carbon … Continue reading →

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Let’s Get Real about Climate Change