A bill proposed in New York would put the onus on corporations to reduce the amount of plastic and paper packaging they use, and relieve the burden placed on local governments. The goal is to reduce the tons of garbage that ends up at landfills.
Harckham introduces bill to reduce packaging and increase recycling
Step by step, ridding East Meadow’s water of chemicals
There are 13 ongoing water remediation projects for the Town of Hempstead’s Water Department including three related to water in East Meadow.
The East Meadow project includes wells 1 and 3 on Prospect Avenue West, wells 5 and 11 on Prospect Avenue East, and East Meadow Site II with wells 6 and 8.
The town’s water department pumps 18 million gallons of water each day to over 120,000 customers. The East Meadow Water District, within the town’s water department, serves 40,000 customers, including several schools, Nassau University Medical Center, and Eisenhower Park.
Mother files lawsuit against Brookhaven, nearby school following death of 13-year-old son due to cancer
Court papers blame teenager's fatal cancer on Brookhaven Landfill fumes
Nacole Hutley, mother of Javien Coleman, stands beside photos of her late son on Jan. 23, 2023.
A pending lawsuit blames both the South Country Central School District and the Town of Brookhaven for the death of Javien Coleman, a teenager who is believed to have developed cancer due to toxins emitted from the Brookhaven Landfill while at school.
Cleaning East Meadow’s water
The funding is extremely timely, because the cost of the advanced oxidation technology is expensive.”
ADRIENNE ESPOSITO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CITIZENS CAMPAIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
The Town of Hempstead has received $5 million from Washington to continue improving East Meadow’s drinking water. The funding is part of the $1.7 trillion Omnibus spending bill passed by Congress last month.
Patchogue mom will sue over claim her son died from Bellport school's toxic air
NY pulls objection to dredging deposits at site by Fishers Island
Mother to sue Long Island town, school district after son dies of non-Hodgkins lymphoma
BROOKHAVEN, Long Island (WABC) -- A mother is planning to sue a school district and town on Long Island, claiming they are responsible for her son's death.
Grieving mother, Nacole Hutley, repeated the words of her dying son.
"'I would never have went to school there,' he said he would have never went if he would have known," Hutley said.
Manorville homes a step closer to clean water with $2M grant
Representative Rice secures school funding
The allocation of $3 million in support of mental wellness services is exceptional and will go a long way”
SHARI CAMHI SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
THE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING’S IMPACT
Of the larger funding initiatives —$9 million for the upgrades to Bunky Reid Park at the Yes We Can Community Center in North Hempstead, $5 million for Part B of the East Meadow Dioxane Mitigation Project in the Town of Hempstead, $3 million for social and emotional learning programs at the Baldwin Union Free School District, $2 million to expand homeless safety net programming for The Inn, or Interfaith Nutrition Network, Inc, and $1.1 million for workforce development activities at the Urban League of Long Island, Inc, in Plainview.
Steve Englebright reflects on three decades of environmental advocacy
How you can recycle Christmas trees on Long Island
Spending Bill Includes Millions To Improve East Meadow's Water
The omnibus spending bill will provide $5 million to help remove 1,4 Dioxane from East Meadow's water supply.
EAST MEADOW, NY — Part of the massive, $1.7 trillion spending bill passed by Congress last week includes millions of dollars to help improve the water quality in East Meadow.
Hochul Pushes Changes to Carpet Bill, Igniting Bitter Debate Over ‘Chemical Recycling’
Some environmentalists say the amendments would allow unacceptable pollution. Others argue they’re missing the point.
GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL is seeking to rewrite sections of a carpet recycling bill in a way that critics say could open the way to controversial “chemical recycling,” leaving backers of the legislation in tense disagreement over how to respond.
Rep. Rice Secures $15,117,028 For Local Projects in Final Government Funding Package
Top Stories 2022: Fight for clean water in Calverton and Manorville continues
Riverhead slated to receive another $2 million from feds for clean water projects
Navy won’t change stance on groundwater pollution outside the Grumman fence, despite new EPA health advisory for PFAS
Despite a dramatic reduction in a federal health advisory level for PFAS in drinking water announced in June by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Navy will still rely on the old EPA health advisory level to rule out intervention in areas near the former Naval Weapons Reserve Plant in Calverton, where PFAS and other chemicals have been detected in private residential wells.