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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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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The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will decide by the end of September on a method for cleaning up the Peninsula Boulevard Groundwater Contamination Superfund site, a toxic plume at the former Grove Cleaners, at 1274 Peninsula Blvd. in Hewlett.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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8/18/11
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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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Getting one's pet groomed is not only helpful to maintain the animal's health, but can also be a great way to help absorb the volumes of oil littering the Gulf region due to the BP oil spill.
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Jeff Bessen
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7/8/10
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