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Do solar panels make sense for my house?

Q. What can you tell me about solar on my house? Do I need a permit and will it really make sense for me? I am near retirement and if I downsize in about 10 years, I don't know if it's really worth it. more

Monte Leeper | 9/22/10

Molloy College's Sustainability Institute set to receive $450k federal grant to work with L.I. schools

With the assistance of Sen. Charles Schumer, the Sustainability Institute at Molloy College is slated to receive $450,000 in federal funds to work with school districts across Long Island to transition to cleaner and more efficient energy methods. more

Katherine Kollitides | 8/12/10

Solar panels on my roof?

Q. What can you tell me about solar on my house? Do I need a permit and will it really make sense for me? I am near retirement and if I downsize in about 10 years, I don't know if it's really worth it. more

By Monte Leeper | 8/5/10

Going natural to heat your house

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? more

Monte Leeper | 7/27/10

Contact Albany for support on assessment plan

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 … more

Ed Mangano | 7/7/10

Players went head to head at the 2009 East Meadow Soccer Tournament, sponsored by Covanta Energy

East Meadow Soccer Club gears up for Aug. 28-29 tourney

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. more

Scott Brinton | 6/18/10

The future of energy independence

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. more

Al D'Amato | 6/3/10

More on CO detectors

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. more

Monte Leeper | 5/14/10

When an ocean of black oil comes ashore

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.” more

Scott Brinton | 5/13/10

Sources close to Freeport Village Mayor Andrew Hardwick say he has not entirely killed plans to build a waste-to-energy incinerator in south Freeport, near the Merrick border. The incincerator would sit at the head of several tidal creeks leading into the nearby South Shore Estuary Reserve.

Toxic threat to nature's nursery?

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. more

Allie Wilkinson | 5/13/10