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Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, far left, and other local officials joined protestors at a rally on the boardwalk last Saturday to oppose Port Ambrose.

Next Port Ambrose hearing set for Monday

Environmentalists from the Surfrider Foundation came together on the boardwalk with local officials including Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, County Legislator Denise Ford and members of the city council … more

10/29/15

Protestors criticized the proposed Port Ambrose LNG terminal at a press conference on the boardwalk earlier this year.

Rally against Port Ambrose this weekend

A new environmental impact study on a controversial plan to build a liquefied natural gas import facility 19 miles off Jones Beach has been released, restarting the license applications process … more

By Matthew Ern | 10/22/15

Composting food would aid sustainability

Food is a major part of our everyday lives, whether we are eating breakfast on the go or celebrating the holidays. Although food is associated with good times, the way in which it is often disposed of has many negative consequences that must be avoided for the sake of current and future generations. more

By Emily Hagen | 9/2/15

Mother Nature’s wrath

You don’t have to be facing a storm with the intensity of Sandy to see the effects of Mother Nature’s temper. The tempest on Aug. 11 uprooted a tree at this Grand Avenue house in … more

8/20/15

Rebecca Vargas, of Valley Stream, protested the treatment of elephants.

Standing against the circus

Two elephants slowly shifted left and right at the direction of a man’s black baton in the parking lot behind Fireman’s Memorial Field in Oceanside on Monday. A crowd gathered to watch the … more

By Micah Danney mdanney@liherald.com | 7/29/15

Residents, city officials and environmental groups locked hands for 15 minutes in protest of Port Ambrose.

A 'united front' against Port Ambrose

Residents, local officials and environmental groups came together on May 16 to participate in ‘Hands Across the Sand,’ a peaceful display of unity against offshore drilling and seismic testing. … more

By Matthew Ern | 5/20/15

Kennedy High School 12th-grader Beatrice Brown was recently named a winner in the American Museum of Natural History’s Young Naturalist Awards. On hand to congratulate her at the May 6 Bellmore-Merrick Central District Board of Education meeting were, from left, Kennedy Principal Lorraine Poppe, research adviser Barbara Franklin and Science Department Chairman Robert Soel.

Museum of Natural History honors Kennedy researcher

Kennedy High School senior Beatrice Brown was recently named a 12th-grade winner in the American Museum of Natural History’s annual Young Naturalist Awards, a national contest. Brown won an all-expenses-paid overnight trip to New York City, where she will attend an awards ceremony at the museum and be given a special tour of its collections. Brown said she is excited to attend the ceremony because she has not been to the museum before. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/14/15

Girl Scout Rebecca Tredwell shows one of the four murals she created for lessons about Long Island’s habitats at the Tackapausha Museum.

Girl Scout melds loves of nature, art

Rebecca Tredwell has always loved nature. When it was time for the Girl Scout to do her Gold Award project, she knew that it would be centered on the environment. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 4/22/15

A video on Liberty Natural Gas’s website shows images of a liquefied natural gas transport ship. Such ships, capable of carrying tens of millions of gallons of LNG, would dock 18.5 miles off Jones Beach if Liberty acquires government approvals to build Port Ambrose.

Feds hit pause on Port Ambrose

The U.S. Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration last month officially suspended the legal timeline for federal review of Port Ambrose, a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal 18.5 miles off the coast of Jones Beach, citing more than 10,000 public comments they received between December and March, among other reasons for the delay. more

By Brian Racow | 4/8/15

City Council members Fran Adelson, far left, Len Torres and Anthony Eramo spoke in opposition to the Port Ambrose pipeline at a public hearing in January.

Port Ambrose faces delay

The federal regulators responsible for making a determination on the controversial plan to build a liquefied natural gas import facility 19 miles off the coast of Jones Beach have suspended the federal license application process. more

By Matthew Ern | 4/1/15

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