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Q. We interviewed three contractors for a spring project, and one kept talking about switching to using spray foam insulation. Is it better because it costs a lot more?
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By Monte Leeper
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12/11/15
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On Long Island, we worry about our water –– a lot. After all, it comes from a series of sole-source aquifers, stores of ancient water buried deep underground that are recharged not by rivers and lakes, but by rainwater alone.
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7/29/15
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Pope Francis issued an encyclical last month that focuses on our responsibility for and connections to the environment and the poor. I’ve only read the first half of “Laudato Si’" . . .
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7/1/15
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American Water announced in a press release last week that Brian Bruce has been appointed president of New York American Water.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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6/17/15
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Water gushed onto a Baldwin road Thursday morning after a water main broke, causing the water supply to be shut off to about 25 homes for much of the day, according to Brian Bruce, president of New York American Water.
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By Brian Croce
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6/12/15
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In 1970, Americans finally awoke to the horrifying toll they were taking on our fragile environment. That year, Congress passed the Clean Air Act . . .
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4/23/15
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The corner of Winona Road and Anderson Street in Baldwin looked like a scene out of a Hollywood blockbuster Friday morning after a water main burst, causing a tree to fall onto a parked van.
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By Brian Croce
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3/6/15
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New York state has pledged to fund the installation of a $150 million nitrogen-removal system at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, which will reduce the environmental harm of the sewage the plant discharges into Nassau County’s Western Bays, state and county officials said on Feb. 12. The officials, speaking at a Mineola news conference, also called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide $550 million more to build an outfall pipe to carry effluent from Bay Park into the Atlantic Ocean.
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By Brian Racow
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2/13/15
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A company’s plans to build “Port Ambrose,” a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 19 miles southeast of Jones Beach, have stalled for months in a federal review process, but that is likely to change next month. A U.S. Coast Guard official estimated that the government will release a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Port Ambrose in December.
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By Brian Racow
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11/5/14
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That time of the year is here again — the heart of hurricane season — and it’s important to take steps now to make sure you and your family are safe when the next storm hits.
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8/13/14
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