Category Archives: sustainable energy

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Dangerous Men

Posted on September 8, 2018 by D. Posnett MD

Bleached Staghorn Coral By James Ewing (Watermill, NY) “The GOP Republican party is the most dangerous organization in human history…dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organized human life on earth.”—Noam Chomsky, scholar, MIT. What are these most dangerous … Continue reading →

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Those Bothersome Facts

Posted on November 4, 2017 by D. Posnett MD

In the age of “alternative facts”, Breitbart and Fox faux news, we can all make an effort to point out BS when we recognize it!  Bravo Nigel, an R&R regular, for his Letter to the Editor of the East Hampton … Continue reading →

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First Evidence That Offshore Wind Farms Are Changing the Oceans

Posted on September 24, 2017 by D. Posnett MD

Wind turbines can support vast colonies of marine species in areas where they were previously rare. by Emerging Technology from the arXiv September 22, 2017   Offshore wind farms are becoming increasingly common in our oceans. In Europe, the goal … Continue reading →

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