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Kudos to Nassau for signing climate pledge

At the Herald, we like to give credit where credit is due. In our Nov. 8-14 editorial, “Nassau should take the Climate Smart Pledge,” we called on County Executive Laura Curran . . . more

1/17/20

Nassau should take the Climate Smart Pledge

The greatest long-term threat to Nassau County may not be property taxes. It’s likely the climate crisis. That’s why we were surprised that the county hasn’t signed the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Climate Smart Communities Pledge. more

11/8/19

A pumping Station is proposed to be built by Motts Creek in Cedarhurst. The black outline is the planned bulkheading. On the left is the the Five Towns Mini Golf and Batting Range and on the right is Lawrence High School.

Holding back the water

The construction of a pumping station in Cedarhurst to reduce flooding could get under way as early as next May, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/17/19

The vacant site at 175 Roger Ave. in Inwood that once housed Rockaway Metals has garnered interest from a Great Neck-based company.

175 Roger Avenue in Inwood generates interest

There is interest in the vacant and contaminated site at 175 Roger Avenue in Inwood as New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program application for the vacant building at 175 Roger Avenue from Inwood 175, LLC that is associated with the Great Neck-based AJM Capital II, LLC. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 5/2/19

Trump’s pullout from Paris accord is sad, so sad

The biggest problem with President Donald Trump’s foolish decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement is not that it rejects an international accord signed by 195 countries . . . more

6/15/17

Louis DiGrazia, right, of North Bellmore, the Town of Hempstead sanitation commissioner, led Joshua Laird, the National Parks of New York Harbor commissioner, on a tour of the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Thursday. Laird came to learn more about how to convert a decommissioned landfill into a wildlife refuge.

Spreading the word about Levy Preserve

With a herd of Nigerian dwarf goats eating their way through a field of mugwort weeds in the background, Town of Hempstead officials welcomed National Parks of New York Harbor Commissioner Joshua Laird to the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Thursday. Laird and a contingent of federal and New York City officials came to the 52-acre preserve to understand better how to convert a decommissioned landfill into a wildlife refuge. more

By Scott Brinton | 6/29/15

We'll say it again — fund the Bay Park pipe

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently rejected the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s request to fund a $690 million outflow pipe that would stretch from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant three miles into the Atlantic Ocean. more

6/19/14

We need an outflow pipe to the ocean

Residents and environmentalists have long urged county and state officials to be more aggressive in their efforts to upgrade Nassau County’s aging sewage treatment plants. more

1/23/14

Maps of the closed harvesting areas in the Town of Hempstead.

FDA, DEC shut down town shellfishing areas

South Shore residents accustomed to jumping in their boats and heading out for a day of clamming in Hempstead Bay will have to travel farther this spring and summer. At the recommendation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Town of Hempstead’s shellfishing areas west of the Wantagh Parkway were closed in February, with additional areas closed on April 1. Affected areas include the waters south of Bellmore, Merrick and Freeport. more

By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com | 4/19/12

Chlorinated compounds were found at the former Quick and Clean Cleaners, now Madison Cleaners, at 380 Rockaway Turnpike in Cedarhurst.

Contaminants found at Cedarhurst dry cleaning site

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that a 2004 investigation of the former Quick and Clean Cleaners, now Madison Cleaners, on Rockaway Turnpike in Cedarhurst, led to the discovery of chlorinated compounds in the groundwater which does not affect the nearby water supply. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 9/1/11

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