Environmentalists are looking for more federal funding — much more — to fix aging sewer and water systems.

A report from Food & Water Watch called “Clear Waters: Why America Needs a Clean Water Trust Fund,” found that annual funding to maintain aging sewer and water systems falls short by $20 million nationwide. It’s easy not [...]

Boats won’t be able to dump their treated waste anywhere in Long Island Sound off Westchester if Assemblyman George Latimer State Sen. Suzy Oppenheimer have their way.

Latimer has just sponsored a bill calling for a ban on boats discharging their treated waste from Port Chester to New Rochelle and Pelham Manor. The bill is exactly [...]

The results of the latest tests for oxygen in Long Island Sound waters show that the areas where oxygen is too low have spread farther than in past years, but that the worst areas are not as bad as they could be.

With too little dissolved oxygen in the water, a condition called hypoxia, fish and [...]

Boaters heading to New York City waters can easily find a place to empty their head’s waste tanks with a free map from Going Coastal, Inc., a Brooklyn-based organization that puts out information on these things.

“The New York State side of the Hudson River is a ‘No-Discharge’ designation; boats with toilets are required to [...]

Is Long Island Sound or the Hudson River a big part of your life? Do you
swim often at local beaches? Do you fish or sail on the sound or the river?

If so, we want to hear from you.

How is the water now compared with years
ago? How is the fishing? What sea life and birds have [...]

New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson signaled the other night that he wants to his city on board the effort to fight global warming.

In his second State of the City address the other night, Bramson announced that the city had joined the U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection effort.

The idea is that each city signed on [...]

There’s no question that marketing can help a cause.

If the caretakers of Long Island Sound really want to crank up the efforts to save the estuary, they need to get people thinking of it as one of the great things about this country, and not just a regional asset.

That was the message from John Flicker, [...]

Pirate Camp?

Not exactly, but close. The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk over in Connecticut sent me a notice about summer camp sessions where kids can learn about sharks, seals, otters and, yes, even pirates. At the Maritime Explorers Summer Camp, they can also design and set up a working aquarium.

The Marimtime Aquarium is located in this [...]

Carl Safina, an ocean scientist, has worked for more than a decade to get people thinking about ocean conservation, and next month, he’ll bring that mission to Purchase College, his alma mater.

He’ll give a talk, “How the Ocean is Changing and What it Means for You,� at 7 p.m. March 6 in the Purchase College [...]

Take a look at this harp seal.

If you’re down around the docks in this frigid weather, you may see one like it. We’re in the middle of seal season, when the water in Long Island Sound gets cold enough for the pinnipeds to venture in, even harp seals, which are arctic creatures.

The one you see [...]