Environment

The Horseshoe Crab Protection Act, which Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed last year, was passed by the State Legislature again. Will Hochul sign it this time?

One of Riverhead Town’s longest serving senior employees, Sewer District Superintendent Michael Reichel, is set to retire this month after 35 years as its top wastewater treatment official.

The consequences of short-sighted, if not outright fantastical, energy policies should be getting harder and harder to ignore. Yet somehow, we seem content to sacrifice the very future of our planet for a quick buck.

Former NY-01 Rep. Lee Zeldin will take the helm of a federal agency in the crosshairs of the Trump administration's plans to dismantle the "deep state" and kill regulations that the President-elect says impede economic growth.

A bill that would ban the taking of horseshoe crabs in New York waters, awaits Gov. Hochul's signature. The species has existed more than 400 million years and is now in decline.

The 1/8-cent sales tax increase is needed to finance the installation of clean water septic systems. State lawmakers must adopt it and allow Suffolk voters to make it a reality.

Instead of changing local zoning and building codes to prevent or even just discourage development in vulnerable, flood-prone coastal areas, Riverhead is actually encouraging high-density development along its downtown riverfront, an area overwhelmed by Sandy’s powerful storm surge and regularly inundated when storm systems far less intense than Sandy bear down on our region.

Learn more about how the planet works and the systems involved for the principle of zero waste during a virtual presentation on...

Commercial exterminators in Suffolk will be prohibited from destroying honey bee colonies or swarms without first consulting a beekeeper for assistance in...

The League of Conservation Voters' 2020 scorecard ranked the NY-01 representative at the bottom of New York's congressional delegation based on 21 votes taken last year on issues ranging from PFAS cleanup and air pollution to land conservation and renewable energy.