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After Sandy, progress, but we’re not fully restored

Hurricane Sandy was special –– in a wicked sort of way. Like no other storm since the Long Island Express of 1938 . . . more

10/22/15

Sister Lynn Caton, a pastoral associate at Sacred Heart Parish in North Merrick, started a food garden for the first time this summer in large part to help protect the environment. She was inspired to act by Pope Francis’s recent encyclical on the environment, “On Care for Our Common Home.”

Taking the pope's message to Sacred Heart Parish

Sister Lynn Caton, a pastoral associate in charge of social ministries at Sacred Heart Parish in North Merrick, began a garden for the first time this summer. It’s a small patch of greenery under her office window, with a handful of bushy tomato plants and soaring sunflowers. There’s also a bird feeder and a clear-plastic cross. She calls it her little “corner of heaven.” more

By Scott Brinton | 9/23/15

The mega-drought, coming to a neighborhood near you

I’ve come back from the future, and if you plan on going, you’d better wear your fire-retardant underwear. more

8/12/15

The people's pope, a man of science

There’s a wonderful story about St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century champion of the poor, after whom the Roman Catholic Church’s current pope is named. St. Francis, it is said, would stop in his tracks if he . . . more

6/25/15

When a New Yorker writer flies off the handle

The April 6 issue of The New Yorker disappointed me. Therein lay what can only be described as a rambling rant decrying the National Audubon Society, of all organizations. more

4/23/15

Obama is finally fighting back

President Obama finally seems like he’s trying to get back in the game. Unfortunately, part of politics at his level is a game. more

11/28/14

Among the Nassau County organizers of the People’s Climate March on Sept. 21 in New York City are, clockwise, from left, Matt Hynes, Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran, Mike Turi, Dan Lamparter, Blake Brown and Bob Young.

The people taking it to the streets against climate change

Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran, a Democrat from Baldwin who represents part of Merrick, and Bob Young, an environmental activist from Merrick, are among the local organizers preparing for the People’s Climate March on Sunday, Sept. 21, starting at 11:30 a.m. at Columbus Circle in Manhattan. more

By Scott Brinton | 9/18/14

L.I. might not become 'Waterworld,' but . . .

President Obama’s National Climate Assessment, released May 6, brought memories of August 2011’s great flood racing back to me. more

5/15/14

Saving the planet by shopping locally

It was a simple but profound thought that struck me as I recently read Anna Lappé’s “Diet for a Hot Planet” (Bloomsbury Press, 2010): Where and how we shop for our food –– and for everything else, for that matter –– is directly tied to the health of our planet. more

2/6/14

Abandon our coast? Heaven — and HUD — forbid

The clarion call has grown louder since Superstorm Sandy: We must beat a “managed” retreat from the coast, or face certain peril as global warming takes hold and sea levels rise. more

1/9/14

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