Author: Karl Grossman An energy revolution is happening east of Long Island. Deepwater Wind is constructing the nation’s first offshore wind farm—five wind turbines off Block Island, Rhode Island. Deepwater Wind has emerged as the leading offshore wind company in the United States. It is seeking to follow its Block Island project, to be in operation this year, with what it calls Deepwater ONE, 30 miles southeast of Montauk. Deepwater ONE would initially involve 15 turbines

Long Island Sierra Club supports a summertime restriction on gas leaf blowers Long Island has gotten an F in Air Quality from the...

Author: Ann I. Aurelio After approximately 3 years of petitions, phone calls, rallies and hearings, Gov. Cuomo took center stage in Long Beach. On Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015 something monumental happened for NY. Governor Andrew Cuomo rejected the proposed Port Ambrose liquefied natural gas terminal. (LNG) Had this offshore terminal been built it would have been close to the shipping lanes of NY harbor. It would have interfered with a proposed wind farm project. Its purpose was

Author: Nuclear Committee Chair (longer version of article that appeared in L.I. Sierra Club's Newsletter, Spring 2015) On November 14-16, 2014 I attended the Summit for a Nuclear Free Future, organized by Sierra Club’s Nuclear Free Campaign. The main topics were: Why end nuclear power? What are the obstacles to that goal? and What are some recent successes and lessons learned for future action? ​But why should we Long Islanders care? After all, thanks to the efforts of earli