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05/01/19 10:00am

Environmentalists to Town Board: The future for alternative energy is now

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Chairperson Linda James of East Hampton’s Energy Sustainability Committee, listened as Gordian Raacke, executive director of Renewable Energy Long Island, outlined progress being made in East Hampton to replace fossil fuels with clean and affordable energy sources.

Green Options Committee Chairman Tim Purtell brought representatives from East Hampton to Tuesday’s Town Board work session to discuss the financial benefits of putting the town on a firm footing for a clean environment. (more…)

East Hampton Town Energy Sustainability Committee, executive, Gordian Raacke, Green Options Committee Chairman Tim Purtell, Linda James, Renewable Energy Long Island

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11/27/18 2:00pm

CPF Advisory Board to explore alternative energy plan

by Julie Lane

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The Community Preservation Fund (CPF) Advisory Board has agreed to meet with representatives of Renewable Energy Long Island to discuss creating solar fields and wind energy sites. (more…)

Community Preservation Fund, Councilman Albert Dickson, Gordon Gooding, Green Options Committee, Long Island Power Authority, Public Works Commissioner Jay Card Jr, Renewable Energy Long Island, Supervisor Jim Dougherty

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10/28/17 8:00am

Suffolk Closeup: A boat ride into the future

by Karl Grossman

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“On a clear day, you can see the future,” is the heading of a full-page Citibank ad that’s been running in major magazines featuring a color photo of the first offshore wind farm in the United States.

Two weeks ago I visited this facility, which is 37 miles east of Shelter Island off Block Island. The trip was organized by its builder, Deepwater Wind, and Renewable Energy Long Island, a group that has long urged the utilization of the wind that blows off our shores. (more…)

Deepwater Wind, Gordian Raacke, Joseph O’Byrne, Montauk, Renewable Energy Long Island, Sylvester Manor, The Block Island Wind Farm, The New York State Energy and Research Development Authority

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02/02/17 4:30pm

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor

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The Town Board Friday holding a public hearing on proposed short-term rental legislation. From left, Assistant Town Clerk Sharon Jacobs, Town Clerk Dorothy Ogar, Councilwoman Amber Brach- Williams, Councilman Jim Colligan, Supervisor Jim Dougherty, Councilman Paul Shepherd, Councilwoman Chris Lewis and Town Attorney Laury Dowd. Several letters this week commented on the public hearing.

Where are we going?
To the Editor:

I read with great interest the recent online piece on the Island school being “susceptible to fiscal stress.” (more…)

Block Island, Constitution Avenue, Deepwater Wind, Exodus 22:21, James Eklund, LIPA, Martha’s Vineyard, Micah 6:8, Montauk Highway, Nantucket, Renewable Energy Long Island, Rutgers Catholic Student Association, Shelter Island Presbyterian Church, single room occupancies, the Hamptons, The Knights of Columbus, Verizon Center, Vincent Novak, y Gordian Raacke

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09/24/16 8:00am

Suffolk Closeup: The future of energy is now

by Karl Grossman

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COURTESY PHOTO | Massive wind turbines out at sea could be a clean solution to Long Island’s energy needs.

East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell was speaking the other day with satisfaction about the town’s plan to have 100 percent of its electricity come from renewable energy — safe, clean, green power — by 2020. That’s just four years away.

After the East Hampton Town Board in 2014 unanimously adopted a resolution to have all the town’s electricity come from renewable sources, Mr. Cantwell said: “Making the switch to clean energy is just the right thing to do, both for the environment and for keeping more money in the local economy and creating jobs here.”

At East Hampton Town Hall recently he said: “We’re doing it!” (more…)

Bill Nye, Deepwater Wind, Gordian Raacke, Insolight, Reason in Revolt, Renewable Energy Long Island, the Independent, the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University, The Solutions Project, The Telegraph.

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