environment

Thanks to volunteers, Brookside Preserve in Nassau County may soon welcome new residents: bats. Ten wooden bat boxes have been installed, and WSHU’s Sabrina Garone spoke with Chris McBride of the new Eco Rotary of Nassau County to learn more.

Honeybee populations are again declining, threatening crops. But the honeybee is not the only bee that can work in the fields.

A group of Connecticut medical professionals says they want state lawmakers to act on climate change in the wake of the Trump administration’s rollback of federal environmental regulations.

If the longer days have you itching to get out in the garden, consider adding native plants to your landscape design this year, as experts say it's the best way to support your local ecosystem and maintain biodiversity. WSHU’s Sabrina Garone spoke with Maggie Muzante, lead nursery manager at the Long Island Native Plant Initiative in Brentwood, to learn more.

Butterflies of all kinds of species, in all parts of the country, have declined by one to two percent per year since 2000.

Environmentalists are excited to see the natural expansion of eastern coyotes to Long Island, where apex predators have been practically nonexistent for the past 150 years. To learn more, WSHU’s Sabrina Garone spoke with Frank Quevedo, a naturalist and director of the South Fork Natural History Museum.

President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-NY) to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Zeldin said that his role will be to help “unleash economic prosperity” — in part by cutting regulations.

A new law in New York will hold corporate polluters responsible for damage to the environment. The biggest producers of greenhouse gas emissions will pay about $75 billion over 25 years.

The state passed a sweeping wetland protection law in 2022. Now, regulations are being finalized before taking effect on Jan. 1. The New York-based advocacy group Nature Conservancy is pushing the governor to limit development in wetlands due to the critical roles they play.

Former Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin has been tapped to lead the federal Environmental Protection Agency for the incoming Trump administration.