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In 1970, Americans finally awoke to the horrifying toll they were taking on our fragile environment. That year, Congress passed the Clean Air Act . . .
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4/23/15
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is holding a public meeting, to explain the proposed cleanup of the former Smart Set Cleaners site at 16 Atlantic Avenue in Oceanside.
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3/4/15
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Patients should stop thinking of powerful pain medications like Oxycontin and Vycodin as slightly stronger versions of Tylenol and Advil. Rather, they should think of them as “heroin pills.”
That’s according to Dr. Andrew Kolodny, president of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing and chief medical officer for Phoenix House, a national, nonprofit drug treatment agency.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/18/14
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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.
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2/6/14
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At 15, Merrick native Heather Leibowitz lit out for Ute Mountain in Colorado. She went to study Hopi Indian culture and to dig for relics in a pit at the foot of the mountain, which is surrounded by an expanse of dusty, brush-covered plains.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/29/14
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Residents and environmentalists have long urged county and state officials to be more aggressive in their efforts to upgrade Nassau County’s aging sewage treatment plants.
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1/23/14
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Amid growing concerns among residents over the water quality in the ocean and Reynolds Channel in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, City Manager Jack Schnirman called on Nassau County last week to …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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4/17/13
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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced on Dec. 21 that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to release $11 million in grant money awarded to Nassau County in the mid-1980s as a reimbursement for $20 million in upgrade work done at the Bay Park and Cedar Creek sewage treatment plants at the time.
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by Scott Brinton
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12/21/10
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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to reimburse Nassau County for more than $20 million in federal sewer construction funds so the county can end the …
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Chris Engelhardt
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12/8/10
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Bellmore-Merrick residents saw their water rates rise in January when the New York State Public Service Commission approved a three-year, 12.66 percent rate hike for Aqua New York, their water provider. The average customer's bill will rise from $593 to $643 this year, according to the PSC.
When U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, a Democrat, heard from constituents about the rate hike, and a similar increase in December 2008 for towns in Westchester County, he and his staff began looking into Aqua New York and its parent company, Aqua America.
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Deirdre Krasula
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5/25/10
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