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Toxic Plume Contaminates N.Y. Drinking Water Wellsnew

How a toxic plume created by Grumman Aerospace Corp. and the U.S. Navy during WWII continues to contaminate more and more public drinking water supplies today.
Long Island Press  |  Christopher Twarowski and Rashed Mian  |  07-02-2012  |  Environment

Clam Wars Rage in Oyster Baynew

Dead Marine Life. Suppressed Information. Tens of Millions in Shellfish. A multimedia investigation documenting the struggle between a dying way of life and the last of the large commercial shellfish operations in New York.
Long Island Press  |  Christopher Twarowski  |  04-11-2012  |  Environment

Sands Point's Guggenheim Estate Under Attacknew

Sands Point's Guggenheim Estate-the muse for F. Scott Fitzgerald's "East Egg" in The Great Gatsby-is being destroyed by the nonprofit entrusted to protect it. The very intention of the 216-acre property's designation as a perpetual nature preserve is being sidestepped, ignored and/or willfully disregarded.
Long Island Press  |  Chritopher Twarowski  |  11-16-2010  |  Environment

Long Island's Toxic Time Bombnew

The dilapidated and understaffed sewage treatment facilities in Nassau County are leaving Long Island vulnerable to a disaster of "Katrina" proportions.
Long Island Press  |  Christopher Twarowski  |  04-29-2010  |  Environment

Nassau County Dumps Trash on a Public Beachnew

The county is using one of its public beaches as an illegal landfill. File cabinets, old auto parts, rusty oil drums, and home appliances are piled ten feet high behind massive walls of sand, apparently created to disguise the trash behind them.
Long Island Press  |  Christopher Twarowski  |  08-07-2004  |  Environment

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