Suffolk Hopes A New Tax Will Protect Our Tap Water – But Will Local Politics Flush A Good Cause Down The Drain?
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on June 7, 2024. Interested in...
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Is Suffolk’s Proposal to Charge Water Consumers to Help Pay for Septic Upgrades All Wet?
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on March 1st, 2021. Interested in...
Read MoreLatest Efforts to Clean Up Polluted Waters May Be A Drop in the Bucket
The following was published exclusively on The Foggiest Idea on January 18, 2019. Want to support The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning coverage? Click here. But If We Do Nothing, Region Will Be Up A Creek Without a Paddle By...
Read MoreNapoli: Department of Defense Refuses to Pay For Gabreski Mess (Sponsored Post)
The following a sponsored post written by an advertiser. For more information on the separation between sponsored content and The Foggiest Idea’s reported work and data-driven analysis, click here. By Paul J. Napoli Suffolk...
Read MoreNew York City’s Plan to Reopen Queens Wells Puts Nassau Residents Up a Creek
The following was first published on The Foggiest Idea on August 8, 2017, and later published by The Island Now on August 10, 2017. You can read the piece on The Island Now here. New York City, which consumes almost a billion...
Read MoreFeatured by Lenore Skenazy: Is Bottled Water Really Safer Than NYC Tap?
The following was featured by Lenore Skenazy in local newspapers across the NYC metro region on April 27, 2017. You can read the entire piece here or here. “In general, the municipal water supply of any given area has more...
Read MoreWho Shall Pay to Save Long Island’s Drinking Water?
The following was published in the Long Island Press on June 27, 2016. You can read the original here. By now, Long Island’s elected officials and policymakers should know how best to protect our region’s precious drinking...
Read MoreCuomo’s Plan to Study Long Island’s Water Woes a Baby Step in Right Direction
The following was written for the Long Island Press on 2/29/16. You can read the original here. From the tap, a glass of Long Island’s water is crisp, cool and refreshing—descriptions that any soft drink or craft-beer company...
Read MoreWater Worries? Not With Sound Planning
The following was written for LIBN’s Young Island: There has been much talk in the press and social media about in recent weeks about “What’s In the Water”, protecting our sole-source aquifer system and Superfund sites....
Read MoreLong Island’s Hydrogeology 101: How LI’s Groundwater System Works
What follows is an introduction to Long Island’s groundwater system. In order to craft sound policy, it is crucial for the public to have access to data that helps inform the policymaking process.Long Island is unique in...
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