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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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Jones Beach, a spit of sand with 6.5 miles of Atlantic Ocean beaches, had no barrier island to protect it against Superstorm Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012. It was the barrier island, and so it took the brunt of the tempest that terrible day, leaving the famed state park in ruins.
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By Scott Brinton
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10/29/14
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There’s long been a rivalry between motorists and cyclists on Long Island. Many, though certainly not all, drivers believe roads are meant exclusively for cars . . .
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9/25/14
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I had been pedaling for an hour and a half when I stopped cold. The view, quite simply, stunned me.
It was 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 22, and I was three-quarters of the way through a bike ride up and down the asphalt path that runs along the Wantagh and Ocean parkways, from Nassau County’s Cedar Creek Park, in Seaford, to the Town of Oyster Bay’s Tobay Beach Park, in Massapequa. The entire ride, from Cedar Creek to Tobay Beach and back, was 17.6 miles.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/29/14
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He is scanning the Atlantic, as he has for three months almost every summer since John F. Kennedy was president. Lee Hahn may be in between bites of a chicken sandwich. He may be loudly channeling Elvis. If the ocean is calm, he may have drifted into the observant-daydreaming state lifeguards master. If there are waves, he may be having a hard time sitting still, envying the off-hour guards on surfboards out past the break, catching rides while he can only watch.
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By Jim Harmon
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8/27/14
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has turned down New York state’s request for funding to build an outfall pipe to send wastewater from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant into the Atlantic Ocean.
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By T.J. Brennan
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6/4/14
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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.
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1/9/14
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In November 2004, Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P. filed a notice of intent to build a liquefied natural gas import facility at the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay, and the application began winding through Oregon and federal agencies that had to approve it before building could begin, a process that continues today.
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By Brian Racow
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9/5/13
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We live in a world that thirsts for energy. As the population rises, the need for energy grows ever greater.
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7/17/13
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A private company controlled by a multi-billion-dollar Canadian hedge fund is seeking approval to build a liquefied natural gas station in the Atlantic Ocean 17 nautical miles southeast of Jones Beach. If built, a pipeline extending from the station would have to hook up to an existing pipeline 2.2 miles south of Atlantic Beach.
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By Brian Racow
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7/16/13
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