by Marshall Brown | Mar 10, 2014 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats
On November 13th, 2013, The Suffolk County Legislature voted 13-3 to raid the Drinking Water Protection Program to the tune of almost $33 million dollars in order to balance the budget.  This was unacceptable then, and now.  The fund was established in 1987 by a...
by Marshall Brown | Nov 6, 2013 | Cleaner Water
Whether from ignorance or cynicism, The Suffolk County Legislature will be voting today on a resolution to appropriate (raid) $33 million from a voter approved fund that is dedicated to the purpose of addressing Long Island’s sewage treatment / water quality...
by Marshall Brown | Sep 25, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured
On Tuesday, News12 aired the second of its five part series, What’s In The Water? with a discussion of pesticides in Long Island’s groundwater. I encourage all to watch the series, with an additional one hour panel discussion at 7 PM Thursday night. As per...
by Marshall Brown | Sep 14, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Education, Featured, Fixing Habitats
What’s in the Water has been produced by News12 in response to the crisis Long Island and its waters now face. Brown tide, red tide, rust tide, blue green algae, constant beach closings and shellfish bed closings in bays throughout Long Island, beginning in 1985...
by Marshall Brown | Aug 8, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Education, Fixing Habitats
It has become the reflexive habit of news organizations to frame every news item as a conflict, a controversy.   Without that, there is no story.  You could be in a lecture hall for two and a half hours, listen to a panel, then have public statements from a crowd of...
