More than half the U.S. states with laws requiring utilities to buy renewable energy are considering ways to pare back those mandates after a plunge in natural gas prices brought on by technology that boosted supply. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-23/u-s-states-turn-against-renewable-energy-as-gas-plunges.html
http://northfork.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/environmentalists-urge-southold-town-to-save-plum-island-from-development
New York Times May 10, 2013 Carbon Dioxide Level Passes Long-Feared Milestone BY JUSTIN GILLIS The amount of the gas in the air has not been this high for at least three million years, and scientists believe the rise portends large changes in the climate and sea level. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/11/science/earth/carbon-dioxide-level-passes-long-feared-milestone.html?emc=eta1&_r=0
The Fate of Little Gull Island to Be Decided in a Few Days Little Gull Island, located between Plum and Fishers Islands in Long Island Sound, is among a group of former Coast Guard lighthouse properties being sold by the General Services Administration (GSA). Though only one acre in size at high tide, Little Gull, [...]
HELP GOSA SAVE THE UNIQUE HABITAT OF PLUM ISLAND The Federal General Services Administration (GSA) has issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the proposed sale of Plum Island and is accepting comments from the public. Their DEIS has no preferred option to protect the unique habitat of this island, which has had very [...]
by Syma Ebbin I’m preaching to the choir here, I know. You all love exploring open, undeveloped areas, poking around wetlands and marshes, spotting birds and other wildlife as you traipse down the trail or hunker down with your scope or camera hoping for a glimpse of a rare or unusual species (or most likely [...]
By Charles Boos with Patty Oat On a recent visit to The Merritt Family Forest, you may have noticed small plastic tubes and wire cages surrounding seedlings that have been planted throughout the field margins. A closer look would reveal that many of the structures are protecting seedlings of the American chestnut tree. The American [...]
GOSA News Spring 2012 (click here to view full text pdf)
Judy Rondeau, natural resource specialist with the Eastern Conservation district has been leading a study of Baker Cove and the watershed of Birch Plain Creek and two other watersheds that feed it. Syma Ebbin, research coordinator at Connecticut Sea Grant, assistant professor at UConn-Avery Point and GOSA board member, served as the project’s local guide. [...]
GROTON — The town’s Office of Planning and Development Services expects to unveil Aug. 3, 2011, proposals for revising zoning regulations on special permits and site plans, Planning Manager Matthew J. Davis told the July 6 meeting of the Zoning Commission. In another disclosure, Planning Director Michael J. Murphy told the commission that work on [...]
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