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Category Archives: Environment
Hudson Canyon: a National Marine Sanctuary
On Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 9:02 PM Judith Weis <jweis@newark.rutgers.edu> wrote: Hi Friends- I just wrote to Dr. Richard Spinrad, Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to urge him to continue supporting the designation of Hudson Canyon … Continue reading
Climate Change Resources
April 25, 2022 If you don’t already receive this excellent weekly climate round-up newsletter, read on. And sign up. Climate Change Resources was created in 2016 by publishers Lena Tabori and Mike Shatzkin to educate and empower us all to … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Environment, Paris Climate Accord, Uncategorized
Tagged Earth Days
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Life on Earth Can Recover … Humans Cannot.
From Joanne Young Doesschate (Port Jefferson) I’ve gotten lots of great news links sent to me about so many different subjects, but then the leaked IPCC report put all but the environment and climate change on the back burner. When … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Environment, Uncategorized, wind energy
Tagged alarm, climate, IPCC, Joni Mitchell
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Right whale #3720
On March 18th Chris Paparo, the manager of Stony Brook University’s Marine Sciences Center reported a sighting of a mother right whale with her calf just 300 yards off an East Hampton ocean beach! #3720, as she is called, had … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Environment, Offshore Drilling, wind energy
Tagged drilling, offshore wind farms, right whale, wind turbines
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South Fork Wind Farm Cable Approved by PSC
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
Update on the South Fork Wind Farm & Call to Action
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
Zeldin’s complete Environmental Record
Latest update of Zeldin’s environmental voting record below. The spreadsheet itself (all 193 bills since Zeldin was first elected) is linked in Excel format: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19e5j3Z3xupufWNReLsO-P69eL316sJDLBbf8EZDFklg/edit?usp=sharing This is our last update before the November 3rd election. It covers the 21 bills tracked … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 elections, Environment, EPA, Trump, Zeldin
Tagged league of conservation, lee zeldin, voting record, zeldin record
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Complete Lee Zeldin Environmental Voting Record
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
Plastic Pollution of the Oceans
LTE: Washes Up East Hampton Star January 13, 2020 To the Editor: On Jan. 5 Lee Zeldin tweeted, “So ridiculous. Apparently, this is from a new county law here in Suffolk.” The tweet was accompanied by a photo of a … Continue reading
Climate and Real Estate
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
How Solar-friendly is your town on Long Island?
Great resource: Long Island Solar Report Card 2019. An in-depth evaluation of 19 municipalities and solar policies on Long Island. Municipal regulations to promote vs. discourage solar panels! Interesting. I did not know how different the rules are from one … Continue reading
Posted in carbon neutral energy, East Hampton, Environment, Uncategorized, wind energy
Tagged energy, regulations, rules, solar
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Trump: no more federal aid to California as fires continue to burn!
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-california-wildfires-twitter-gavin-newsom-federal-aid-latest-a9183216.html What’s next for us? No more aid in case of a hurricane? (At least as long as NY state votes democratic.)
Posted in Environment, Trump, Trump atrocities, Uncategorized
Tagged california, corruption, fires
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Green Tsunami in Switzerland!
Across the globe there has been a sweep by nationalistic, right-wing and even far-right movements large enough to win elections, and form governments: Jair Bolsonaro in Brasil, Viktor Orbán in Hungary, Matteo Salvini in Italy, Andrzej Duda in Poland, Erdogan … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, democrats, Environment, GOP, Trump, Uncategorized
Tagged authoritarians, nationalist, Swiss
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Panic or Empowerment? Brought to You by Greta, Alexandria, 1.6M+
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
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The People You Meet Picking Up Beach Plastic
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
Extreme Weather: Monster Storm Ulmer
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
Posted in climate change, Environment, Uncategorized
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Oil Giant Takes Climate Change Seriously
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
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Spring is Looking Up. March 15 #FridaysForFuture, April 4-23 #DrawdownEcoChallenge
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
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Greta Thunberg: 16-year-old star speaker in Davos
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
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Carbon Dividends: 2 New Proposals
(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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