Tallgrass is a Tall Order in Brookhaven

Last night residents turned out for a town board meeting to both support and oppose Tallgrass, the newest plan to develop shopping and housing units and public athletic fields on a 321-acre property currently occupied by DiLalio sod farm and Tallgrass Country Club.

Tallgrass plan would include:

Weiner Chokes on Mayor's Congestion Pricing Plan

In a WNBC "News Forum Now" interview this morning, Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-Queens-Brooklyn) spoke out against Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan.

The show's host, Melissa Russo, tagged Weiner as, " the only candidate for mayor that has voiced opposition to the current mayor's congestion pricing plan."

Message in a Bottle

Wednesday, May 30 marked the beginning of the Bigger Better Bottle Bill PR road show.

Caithness Development Legally Stalled

Riverhead -- State Supreme Court Judge Spinner ordered that the Brookhaven Town board did not follow legal procedure when deciding to move ahead with the Caithness project, a 350-megawatt planned commissioned by LIPA.

Brookhaven representatives plan to file a notice of appeal immediately.

Saving Long Island's Remaining Open Space

The Long Island Pine Barrens Society has concluded a six-month study of Long Island's land preservation efforts and found that Long Islanders have put up nearly $1.2 billion to preserve close to 60,000 acres of open space and farmland.

Congestion Pricing: Polls and Pols

Polling is in on congestion pricing. 

Bloomberg Thinks Globally and (Proposes) Acting Locally

On Earth Day April 22, 2007, Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented an ambitious plan to ensure New York remains a world class leader in terms of its economy, quality of life, and its natural environment in 2030.

Big Oil on Trial on Long Island

Nassau County Supreme Court - today was the first day of a trial of big oil vs. the Plainview Water District.

The district has accused defendants, Exxon Mobil and Cumberland Farms, of releasing MTBE, a potentially carcinogenic fuel additive into local groundwater from three different gas stations. The district seeks $80 million to pay for a new plant with two new water wells.

Dubious Honor Awarded to Albany

Citizen's Environmental Coalition, a statewide non-profit organization who advocates for pollution prevention and clean-up, rated Albany among the state's dozen worst polluters for its plan to expand the Rapp Road dump into the Pine Bush.

$130,000 Fine Slapped on Indian Point

Yesterday, just one day after Paul Newman toured Indian Point, the nuclear power plant was slapped with a $130,000 fine for not meeting important deadlines to get their state-of-the-art emergency sirens up and running by August.