Category Archives: Environment

Hudson Canyon: a National Marine Sanctuary

Posted on June 17, 2022 by D. Posnett MD

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 →

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Climate Change Resources

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Mary Foster Morgan

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 →

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Life on Earth Can Recover … Humans Cannot.

Posted on June 27, 2021 by D. Posnett MD

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 | 2 Comments

Right whale #3720

Posted on May 26, 2021 by D. Posnett MD

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 →

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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 →

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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

Zeldin’s complete Environmental Record

Posted on October 15, 2020 by D. Posnett MD

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 | 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

Plastic Pollution of the Oceans

Posted on January 16, 2020 by D. Posnett MD

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 →

Posted in Environment, Uncategorized | Tagged ocean, plastic polution, plastics | 2 Comments

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

How Solar-friendly is your town on Long Island?

Posted on December 30, 2019 by D. Posnett MD

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 | 3 Comments

Trump: no more federal aid to California as fires continue to burn!

Posted on November 5, 2019 by D. Posnett MD

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.)

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Green Tsunami in Switzerland!

Posted on October 22, 2019 by D. Posnett MD

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 | 4 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

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 →