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11.09.2020 Environment

A roadmap to protect 250 square miles of the Peconic watershed

To help protect the 250 square miles that comprise the Peconic watershed, the Peconic Estuary Partnership recently unveiled its 2020 Comprehensive Conservation and Management plan, which will serve as...

02.04.2020 Government

Krupski proposes forming county task force to study local effects of climate change, develop policies

A proposed task force in Suffolk County will take aim at a global problem: combatting the effects of climate change. Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski (D-Cutchogue) proposed a law...

01.10.2020 Environment

Sixth grader organizes ‘Fight for the Climate’ rally in Riverhead

Around age 5, Lea Rodger of Greenport, now 11, would tell anyone she ran into that she would be an entomologist when she grew up. “People would be like,...

12.01.2019 Columns

Column: Rising seas, storms present growing challenge for Trustees

Here’s a story about what the rising water level in our bays has managed to do in just the past few years.

11.20.2019 Government

Plan presented to add flood protection to Orient’s Narrow River Road

A wetlands restoration project proposed for Orient could turn Narrow River Road into a recreational path for residents.

11.15.2019 Agriculture

‘Alarm has sounded’ after scallop die-off of 95 to 100% in some areas

After a “near-unprecedented” scallop die-off in Peconic Bay, Suffolk County legislators on Thursday outlined efforts underway to investigate the cause.

09.15.2019 Editorials

Editorial: The county Legislature’s action on climate change is a very good one

Last week, the Suffolk County Legislature took a bold step forward in dealing with the issue of climate change and its impact on our towns, hamlets and neighborhoods.

08.30.2019 Editorials

Editorial: Climate change is here and it is now

A map of warming temperatures across the United States that ran this month in The Washington Post shows that all of Long Island has already approached a significant threshold...

05.31.2019 Podcasts

Facing the effects of climate change on the North Fork

Brought to you by: On more than one occasion, Shelter Island’s North Ferry Company has had to briefly shut down operations to deal with docking difficulties caused by rising...

05.20.2019 Featured Story

Last call for seats at Times Review Talks on climate change on the North Fork

The effects of climate change are already upon us. High tides have been routinely higher and storms — named and unnamed — have funneled massive amounts of water between...

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