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06.28.2014 Environment

How nitrogen finds its way into surface water

The Nature Conservancy released a report last week on the various ways nitrogen finds its way from the air and land and into surface waters throughout the Peconic Estuary....

06.20.2014 Environment

Researchers: Farm fertilizer top nitrogen pollution cause for North Fork

The Nature Conservancy environmental group on Thursday released a report that details the sources of nitrogen pollution researchers say are reaching surface waters throughout the Peconic Estuary. The data presented in...

05.29.2014 Environment

Could new regulations to filter waste ‘muddy the waters’?

New construction and any big renovation projects on Long Island would need to incorporate modern waste treatment systems to better filter nitrogen and keep it from reaching ground and...

05.23.2014 Environment

Assemblyman floats new Long Island water quality bill

New construction and any big renovation projects on Long Island would need modern waste treatment systems installed to better filter nitrogen from reaching ground and surface waters. Registered pesticides...

05.17.2014 Environment

Gov. Cuomo aiming to help region control & treat wastewater

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is hosting a number of meetings to better understand groundwater resource needs in Nassau and Suffolk counties, in hopes of developing a wastewater management plan for the...

04.13.2014 Columns

Guest Column: Inaction is not an option on nitrogen

I must admit I was surprised at Bill Toedter’s response to Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone’s commitment to address the damage to the quality of our waters that excess...

03.22.2014 Columns

Bellone: Time to fix nitrogen problem, for good

This is the time for action. Recently, I announced the single most important initiative of my administration and what should be the single most important goal for all Long...

01.23.2014 Government

L.I. water quality law being pushed in Albany

Environmentalists rallied in Albany last week to support a bill that would establish and implement a water quality protection plan aimed at reducing nitrogen levels in ground and surface...

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