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We all have a role to play in keeping our water clean

Clean drinking water, a swim in the bay, catching fish to eat and going to the beach are things we easily take for granted as Long Islanders. more

9/22/16

The Department of Environmental Conservation is back at the site of the former USA Petroleum, now South Shore Collision, in Island Park, where petroleum pollution is being treated and removed.

DEC is back in Island Park

In November 2015 the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation began work at the site of the former USA Petroleum gas station at Bishop Street and the corner of Long Beach Road in … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 5/18/16

Think global, and local, on Earth Day

On April 22, we will celebrate the 46th annual Earth Day, when, ideally, we should commit to improving the state of our great Mother Ship. Despite our best efforts to discover a second planet where we might lay down roots . . . more

4/21/16

Grumman’s toxic mess must be fixed now

Environmentally speaking, the mid-20th century was a terrible time. Government and industry experimented with all manner of chemicals . . . more

4/7/16

What do we do if Indian Point springs a radiation leak?

At first, sirens would blare for five minutes, a signal that nearby residents must turn on their TVs and radios and listen for Emergency Alert System announcements. more

2/18/16

South Shore Collision’s owner Tom Lanning and DEC Project Manager Kristy Salafrio watch as petroleum pollution is pumped out from the ground.

DEC continues gas station cleanup

Last month the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) began work at the site of the former USA Petroleum gas station at Bishop Street and the corner of Long Beach Road in … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 12/9/15

Workers pump chemicals into the ground to break up a petroleum spill at the site of a former gas station on Bishop Street in Island Park.

Cleaning up another Island Park pollution site

Two years ago when the owners of South Shore Collision wanted to purchase the site of a former USA Petroleum gas station across Bishop Street at the corner of Long Beach Road from their Island Park … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 11/25/15

It’s turtle nesting time

They are known as the Diamondack Terrapin, named for the pattern on their shell, they are the only turtle native to this area and able to survive in the brackish waters of the marsh. There have been reports of sightings crossing Austin Boulevard, Oceanside Road, at the Island Park train station parking lot, in gardens and back yards. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 7/8/15

Louis DiGrazia, right, of North Bellmore, the Town of Hempstead sanitation commissioner, led Joshua Laird, the National Parks of New York Harbor commissioner, on a tour of the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Thursday. Laird came to learn more about how to convert a decommissioned landfill into a wildlife refuge.

Spreading the word about Levy Preserve

With a herd of Nigerian dwarf goats eating their way through a field of mugwort weeds in the background, Town of Hempstead officials welcomed National Parks of New York Harbor Commissioner Joshua Laird to the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Thursday. Laird and a contingent of federal and New York City officials came to the 52-acre preserve to understand better how to convert a decommissioned landfill into a wildlife refuge. more

By Scott Brinton | 6/29/15

Protecting Earth requires vigilance

In 1970, Americans finally awoke to the horrifying toll they were taking on our fragile environment. That year, Congress passed the Clean Air Act . . . more

4/23/15

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