The LI Explorium and Brookhaven NAACP Clean Up 34 Pounds of Garbage During Earth Day
By Abby Bender The Long Island Explorium beach clean-up team collected 34 pounds of marine debris in just under two hours during its 2023 Earth […]
Environment
Fast Fashion is Cheap, But at What Cost?
By Samantha Rutt “Wearable Art For A Purpose,” an event by Adelphi University’s Artivism Club designed to start conversations about consumer trends, fast fashion, and […]
Residents Voice their Concerns about Toxic Ash Contamination on Long Island
By Kelsie Radziski, Ashley Pavlakis, and Samantha Rutt Local residents are upset after learning last week that the Brookhaven landfill, which was set to close […]
Let it grow — Vermont’s community gardens navigate the pandemic
By Sabrina Liguori VERMONT — Misse Axelrod fills bags with soil, seeds, empty egg cartons and written instructions on how to plant and care for […]
Workshop teaches Long Island how to rescue their native sea turtles
By Jhonatan Bonilla and Stephanie Melo At the second floor of the Wilderness Visitor Center on Smith Point Beach, the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research […]
Protesters gather at Gaughran’s office to demand fossil fuel divestment
By Mike Gaisser and Matt Rainis A group of about ten high school and college-aged activists gathered outside Senator Jim Gaughran’s office in Syosset last […]
Synthetic chemicals detected in private wells near Brookhaven National Lab
By Noor Lone and Sara Ruberg Synthetic chemicals, potentially carcinogenic, were found in private wells examined in Manorville and Yaphank, Brookhaven National Lab announced at […]
Public hearing underway to update Oakdale residents on sewer project
By Anthony Leon, Ryan Ferguson and Matthew Rainis A public hearing is scheduled for March 9 to update Oakdale residents on a sewer project designed […]
Long Island environmentalists take a Walk for Wildlife in Oyster Bay
By Allie Jorge and Ken Fermin More than 100 people attended a nature walk event in Oyster Bay, NY on Saturday for the Volunteers for […]
Long Island community members join forces to eradicate trash from beaches
By: Alexander Bakirdan and Vaidik Trivedi Over 50 miles from home battling bone-chilling winds on a Sunday morning, 52-year-old Joseph Consoli digs soda cans out […]