by Marshall Brown | Dec 24, 2014 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
This December finds Long Island’s environmentalists, those in The Nature Conservancy, The Citizen’s Campaign for the Environment, The Group For the East End, The Pine Barrens Society, and the 100+ local organizations in The Long Island Clean Water...
by Marshall Brown | Sep 5, 2014 | Fixing Habitats
In the August 2014 Dujour Magazine online, I wrote about the contamination of Georgica Pond, its bloom of toxic blue-green algae, and efforts by local East Hampton groups, residents, and local environmental scientists to cure the pond. Click here or click the image...
by Marshall Brown | Aug 15, 2014 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats
Indeed as readily predicted in Part IX of Can Long Island Be Saved, Huffington Post series, the heavy rains led of course to widespread beach closures because Long Island’s groundwater is polluted. 66 closed in Suffolk County. We must fix our groundwater or all...
by Marshall Brown | Jul 18, 2014 | Featured, Fixing Habitats
Here’s a useful graphic from The Nature Conservancy showing the sources of nitrogen pollution in various parts of the East End of Long Island, from a report entitled Nitrogen Load Modeling — The Peconic Estuary, New York. The good news – Long...
by Marshall Brown | Jun 18, 2014 | Fixing Habitats
The State Legislature is only in session for one more day up in Albany.  There is only a day left to bring to the floor (and pass!) The Long Island Water Quality Control Act A.9788A/S.7804.   The future of Long Island’s bays, rivers and ponds depend on...
by Marshall Brown | May 30, 2014 | Education, Fixing Habitats
Here is the Part VÂ in the series, Can Long Island Be Saved? It reviews the 2nd and 3rd meetings that were called for by Governor Cuomo as we seek to develop solutions to Long Island’s groundwater, marine and estuarine pollution issues. Here are the presentations...
