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As gas prices rise, our confidence plummets

Remember when gasoline cost just $2.84 per gallon? That might seem like a lifetime ago . . . more

3/17/22

What’s the deal with the Green New Deal?

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 29-year-old Democrat from the Bronx, is surely the most dangerous elected official now in office. You know she is because . . . more

5/10/19

‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ strains to find hope — but there is

Al Gore appears angrier than he did 11 years ago. He grimaces and yells more. He is less personal. He seems to strain to convey a hopeful message. That was my first — and most striking — reaction to his latest . . . more

8/24/17

Yoga studio ‘FAR’ exceeds expectations

Fuel the Soul Yoga studio brings exciting innovation to Long Island with its new FAR infrared Yoga. FAR infrared heating is the same technology currently being used in hospitals . . . more

By Teri Ann Loeser | 4/21/16

Firefighters needed 90 minutes to extinguish a fire that started when a tanker truck overturned on Sunrise Highway in Bellmore late on Dec. 17.

Tanker bursts into flames on Sunrise Highway in Bellmore

A tanker truck overturned on Sunrise Highway in Bellmore late Tuesday night, causing a fuel spill that erupted in flames. Officials estimate that 3,000 to 7,000 gallons of fuel escaped from the tanker, which flipped on its side just before midnight.    more

By Julie Mansmann | 12/18/13

Stopping global warming — and the sea — or else

In an apocalyptic vision portending worldwide coastal flooding presented by National Geographic in its September issue, Long Island disappears under the Atlantic Ocean. more

9/19/13

Due to increases in fuel costs, residents will now pay 12.8 cents per kilowatt-hour for power from the Rockville Centre Electric Department.

Electric costs increase again

At a meeting Monday night, the Rockville Centre Village Board of Trustees adopted the Electric Department budget, which raises the rate residents will pay by 10 percent to nearly 13 cents per … more

By John Maher | 5/15/13

Where, oh where, is Long Island's wind farm?

I ran for 45 minutes over the seashell-coated paths and up and down the steep hills of Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Saturday, and I didn’t meet a soul, which was surprising and strange, even a little eerie. more

2/7/13

Missing in action: the great climate debate

I have to hand it to the coal industry. more

10/24/12

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, at the lectern, held a brief ceremony last Wednesday to celebrate the town’s new wind turbine, which generated more than 125,000 kilowatt hours of electricity in six months. She was joined by, from left, Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby of Hempstead, Councilwoman Angie Cullin of Freeport and Town Clerk Mark Bonilla of Bellmore.

Town of Hempstead blows through a milestone

Round the final bend as you’re headed south on the Loop Parkway into Lido Beach, and you suddenly spot it in the distance –– a more than 10-story, high-powered wind turbine, with its massive rotors spinning in the wind, generating electricity to power a hydrogen-fueling station at the Town of Hempstead’s Department of Conservation and Waterways. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/25/12

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