Air pollution

Deregulatory actions taken by the EPA with Zeldin at the helm, including eliminating vehicle emissions standards, harm rather than protect the environment and put human health at risk: lawsuit.

Guest column: The tens of thousands of trucks that will move to and from the multiple logistics and distribution centers planned in Riverhead, will make our already unsafe air quality much worse.

New Yorkers will have a constitutional right to “clean air and water, and a healthful environment” at the start of the new year, but what will that mean as a practical matter?

Tomorrow's air quality index for Long Island is expected to reach 130 for the pollutant ground-level ozone, reaching the upper range of air pollution considered unhealthy for sensitive groups.