The Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center in Wantagh has found a new ways to integrate environmental education into the classroom.
In January, the Center released a curriculum, “Energy and …
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By Maria Cestero
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3/24/22
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In 2019, when I was Hempstead town supervisor, I spearheaded an energy program that today would be collectively saving town residents millions of dollars on their energy bills.
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By Laura A. Gillen
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3/17/22
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Remember when gasoline cost just $2.84 per gallon? That might seem like a lifetime ago . . .
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3/17/22
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“Olaf is a box turtle,” educator Mia Ramirez explained to a group of about 15 children and adults inside the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center in Wantagh last …
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By Kate Nalepinski
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3/4/22
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New York is headed in the wrong direction on solar power.
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11/18/21
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The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, began last Sunday and will run through Nov. 12. Participants will include more than 190 government representatives and business leaders . . .
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By Alan Singer
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11/4/21
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At the turn of the 20th century, environmental protection meant preserving wilderness so future generations might know nature as the great environmentalists Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir knew it — bountiful and largely pristine. Some 120 years later . . .
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4/15/21
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In case you haven’t noticed it, there are all kinds of battles going on between legislators and governors all over the country.
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3/11/21
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Governor Cuomo recently announced his 2021 agenda — aptly titled “Reimagine, Rebuild, Renew” — and included in it is an ambitious $26 billion green-energy plan . . .
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1/28/21
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We will need years, if not decades, to unravel and repair the damage that President Trump has done to the nation with his politics and policies.
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1/21/21
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