Citizens Campaign for the Environment Archives

03.11.2026 Feature Story

Study: ‘Forever chemicals’ found in vegetables from Long Island farm stands

“Forever chemicals” known as PFAS — cancer-causing pollutants already found in Long Island groundwater — have been detected in vegetables purchased from farm stands across the North and South forks, according to a new study...

11.24.2024 Featured Story

Suffolk Closeup: Lee Zeldin is no friend of the environment

The views are certainly mixed, to put it mildly, about President-elect Donald Trump announcing last week that he would nominate Lee Zeldin, the former congressman from Suffolk County, to...

08.04.2024 Featured Story

Suffolk Closeup: Destroying 400 million years of L.I. life

“We are destroying this incredible living fossil, chopping it up for bait,” New York State Assemblymember Deborah J. Glick (D-NYC) told me in an interview last week. Ms. Glick...

04.13.2023 Featured Story

State budget faces delay as lawmakers clash over governor’s housing plan

With the initial state budget deadline of April 1 in the rearview mirror, disagreements on measures to expand housing as well as changes to the controversial bail reform bill...

03.03.2023 Featured Story

Elected officials, environmentalists meet in Riverhead: A forum asking: ‘Where do we go from here?’

A who’s who of leading environmental advocates joined elected officials in Riverhead last week to discuss Long Island-wide conservation initiatives. New York State Sen. Anthony Palumbo (R-New Suffolk), who...

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