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Q. I want to change my home heating system to something that uses biomass, to save money and energy, but I’m not sure it would be allowed in this area. I’d want to burn wood chips, animal pellets or corn. What’s your take on this idea?
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Monte Leeper
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7/27/10
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When I took office on January 1, 2010, I knew Nassau County was in bad shape. Our residents are overtaxed, we're facing a $286 million deficit that was caused by government waste, and our property …
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Ed Mangano
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7/7/10
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Village of Freeport Mayor Andrew Hardwick announced this week that his administration is no longer considering plans to construct a $550 million waste-to-energy incinerator in the village, near the Merrick border.
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Scott Brinton
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6/30/10
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The East Meadow Soccer Club is gearing up for the 32nd annual East Meadow Soccer Tournament, sponsored by the Westbury-based Covanta Energy. It one of the largest and oldest soccer competitions in the Northeast. This year, the club is expecting more than 400 teams to attend, with a number of squads from as far as Canada already signed up.
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Scott Brinton
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6/18/10
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On April 20, an explosion off the Gulf Coast on an oil rig leased by British Petroleum marked the unfortunate beginning of the worst oil spill in our nation’s history.
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Al D'Amato
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6/3/10
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Q. I think your April 1-8 column had an error. You wrote that CO is heavier than air. CO has a molecular weight of 28. Air is mostly N2, which also has a molecular weight of 28. Air also has some O2, which has a molecular weight of 32, so the air mixture is heavier than CO. It should be OK to put the CO detector up high, and not near the floor.
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Monte Leeper
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5/14/10
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To my mind, CNN anchor T.J. Holmes best summed up the situation when he said on his Sunday-morning spot, “They’re really making this up as they’re going along.”
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Scott Brinton
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5/13/10
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Part one of a two-part series.
Imagine building an incinerator next to a hospital nursery.
That, critics say, is about what the Village of Freeport would be doing if it were to build a $550 million waste-to-energy incinerator alongside a wetland in south Freeport, near the Merrick border. Plans for the facility appear in doubt (see related story, "What's up with Freeport's incinerator plans?"). But if eventually approved, the project could have serious consequences for the local environment and human health.
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Allie Wilkinson
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5/13/10
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has rejected a plan to build a liquified natural gas terminal 13 miles off the shore of Long Beach.
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Sari Zeidler
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4/29/10
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I never imagined that there would come a time in our nation’s history when Americans would be prohibited from free speech.
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Al D'Amato
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4/8/10
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