News tagged with long island

Recycling on Long Island has decreased from 29% to 24% from 1998 to 2009

Recycling on Long Island has seen a marked decrease of some 20 percent over the past decade, according to a study conducted by Stony Brook University’s Department of Technology and Society and the Waste Reduction and ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

LIPA, BP Solar and Brookhaven National Lab flip the switch at the Long Island solar farm

Officials from the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), BP Solar International, Inc. (BP Solar), Brookhaven National Laboratory and a host of government officials and environmental leaders today celebrated ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Space Image: Eastern seaboard at night

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Expedition 30 crew member aboard the International Space Station took this nighttime photograph of much of the Atlantic coast of the United States.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

14 arrests for alleged cyberattack on PayPal (Update 3)

Fourteen people were arrested Tuesday for allegedly mounting a cyberattack on the website of PayPal in retaliation for its suspending the accounts of WikiLeaks.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1