New York State Assembllyman Fred Thiele on climate and environment-related legislation

Host Francesca Rheannon talks with New York Assemblyman Fred Thiele about climate and environment-related legislation before the state legislature in the 2022 session.  

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Sustainable Long Island: Audubon Society Coastal Restoration Program

Why is the Audubon Society involved with the restoration of tidal marshes around Long Island Sound and the island's south shore?

The Society's work is designed to protect birds and people from increased flooding and more frequent storms.

Host Francesca Rheannon spoke this week with Samantha Dietz and Jillian Linerof the Audubon Society about the Society's Coastal Program.  

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Drawdown East End - Carbon Crew Project and Solar Power for Southampton and Long Island

 

The Conference of Parties or COP 26  meeting in Glasgow just concluded with nations committing to a partial control of green house gas emissions over several years.

 But what’s happening locally that can help slow down global warming?

Tonight we talk with Darr Reilly and Sheila Peiffer of Drawdown East End about how individuals acting locally and in a group can help reverse global warming. 

And we also talk with Lynn Arthur of the Town of Southampton’s Sustainability Committee about how the Long Island Power Authority and the Town are planning to increase solar power generation.

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Project Drawdown is on-line at https://www.drawdowneastend.org/ 

 

More info about the Carbon Crew project is at https://www.drawdowneastend.org/carbon-crew-project

 

More information about Southampton's Solar Farm project

 

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Solar power at Shinnecock Pre-School 

Long Island Native Plant Initiative

Francesca Rheannon talks with Polly Weigand of the Long Island Native Plant Initiative at The Sisters of St. Joseph in Brentwood, Long Island. 

The Plant Initiative is an all volunteer organization of non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, nursery professionals, and citizens with a mission to protect the genetic integrity and heritage of Long Island native plant populations.

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Long Island Native Plant Initiative

Francesca Rheannon talks with Polly Weigand of the Long Island Native Plant Initiative at The Sisters of St. Joseph in Brentwood, Long Island. 

The Plant Initiative is an all volunteer organization of non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, nursery professionals, and citizens with a mission to protect the genetic integrity and heritage of Long Island native plant populations.

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more about the long Island Native Plant Initiative 

 

Peconic Bay Scallop Harvest Failure

The Peconic Bay scallop season begins the first Monday in November and continues through March. But the scallops have been wiped out in East End waters in each of the past three seasons. After the first season wipeout, Francesca Rheannon talked with Steven Tettelbach of the Cornell Cooperative Extension about the catastrophic failure of the scallop harvest. 

 

Then, earlier this year Francesca spoke with Dr. Chris Gobler of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at Stony Brook University and fisherman Sean Barrett of Dock to Dish, a community-supported fishery about the promise of kelp farming in local bays for cleaning up pollution in our waters. If that succeeds, it could help our local bivalves like scallops and oysters survive and thrive.

 

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Climate Jobs – New York.

 

Mariah Dignan is an organizer for Climate Jobs – New York.

Host Francesca Rheannon spoke to Mariah this week as Congress considered billions on infrastructure projects.  

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More information on climate jobs New York is on-line at climatejobsny.org

Update on South Fork Wind Farm:

This week the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management completed its environmental review of the proposed South Fork Wind project offshore of New York and Rhode Island. 

The project, proposed for approximately 19 miles southeast of Block Island, Rhode Island, and 35 miles east of Montauk Point will deliver approximately 130 megawatts (MW) of power to the South Fork of Long Island. 

The South Fork Wind project would create up to 1,700 jobs. If approved, it would be the second commercial-scale offshore wind project in the United States.