Defending CLEAN WATER AND the COASTal zone
THROUGH SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND LAW.
An IRS registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, Defend H2O was formed in June, 2014 to protect and restore the environmental quality of groundwater, surface waters, wetlands and beaches on and around Long Island. The organization's goals are achieved through scientific analysis, public education, and participation in the regulatory and legislative review of projects, programs and other actions that affect water quality and habitat values.
FEATURED NEWS & PRESS
09.29.22 - Suffolk Closeup - “On The Move”
09.01.22 - “Save Our Shore” - The Smithtown News
08.08.22 - “Retreat is Officially in Coastal Plan” - East Hampton Press
08.08.22 - Letter to Editor - “Bridge to Nowhere”
07.30.22 - Letter to Editor - “Do No Harm”
07.18.22 - Suffolk Closeup - “TurningPoint”
06.01.22 - “Three to Six Major Storms…” - East Hampton Star
05.19.22 - Letter to Editor - “No More Gimmicks” - Southampton Press
04.28.22 - “The Picture of Vulnerable” - Southampton Press
04.28.22 - Suffolk Closeup - “Out of Harm’s Way”
01.25.22 - “Slipping Away…” - Southampton Press
12.01.21 - Suffolk Closeup - “Now Is The Time...”
09.02.21 - Suffolk Closeup - “More To Come”
08.19.21 - Letter to Editor - “A New Priority?” - Southampton Press
08.13.21 - “How Long Will It Last” - Jewish World
07.20.21 - Karl Grossman - “Dumping Sand” - Suffolk Closeup
07.16.21 - “FIMP Gears Up” - Dan’s Papers
12.24.20 - Letter to Editor - “Unwarranted Alarm” East Hampton Star
10.30.20 - “Bellone Signs Legislation…” - Long Island Advance
10.20.20 - “New Suffolk County Law…” - 27 East
10.07.20 - “First Flush” - Newsday
08.20.20 - “The Hard Truth” - Karl Grossman, Suffolk Closeup
08.13.20 - Karl Grossman - Suffolk Closeup - “A Choice Was Made”
07.23.20 - Letter to Editor - “Time To Dredge” - Southampton Press
01.17.20 - “Lake Agawam is Center…” - Southampton Press
12.18.19 - “For Better or For Worse” - Newsday
09.19.19 - “Climate Change Is Happening” - 27 East
09.05.19 - “Time To Get Real” - Suffolk Closeup
08.29.19 - “A Cascade of Concern” - Suffolk Clseup
08.22.19 - “Climate Change Effects Weighed” - Southampton Press
08.08.19 - “Living on the Edge” - Southampton Press
08.06.09 - “Kevin McAllister Talks About Climate Change” - 27 East
07.25.19 - “Lawsuit Filed over Carmans River Project” - LI Advance
07.23.19 - “Suited Planned Over Dredging” - Newsday
07.17.19 - For Immediate Release: “Notice of Intent to Sue”
07.08.19 - "Letter to Editor - “Proven Technology” - East Hampton Star
05.29.19 - “Hearing on Erosion Plan…” Southampton Press
05.02.19 - Letter to Editor - “Colossal Error” - East Hampton Star
03.07.19 - Letter to Editor - Coastal Retreat - East Hampton Star
02.14.19 - Media Announcement: “Carmans River Dredging Project Called-Out”
02.13.19 - “NYS Legislators take steps to protect coastal waters from offshore drilling” - TBR Newsmedia
02.08.19 - “Honesty In Sewering” - Smithtown Matters
01.30.19 - “The Great Sewer Debate” - Karl Grossman, Suffolk Closeup
01.10.19 - “Westhampton Beach Awarded $5M For Sewer Project” - Patch
01.03.19 - “Gold Stars” - Press News Group
01.03.19 - Letter to Editor - “Clearing the Air, If Not the Water” - Sag Harbor Express
12.14.18 - “Montauk’s oceanfront properties may move to higher ground” - Fox5 News
12.14.18 - “McAllister Objects To County’s Use Of Methoprene” - 27 East
12.12.18 - “The Local Science Guy’s Santa’s List” - The Independent
12.10.18 - “Climate Change May Force Montauk Businesses To Move Inland” - WSHU
12.03.18 - “Eating Away At Montauk” - Newsday
11.16.18 - “Partly Drained Lake…” - Newsday
11.15.18 - Carmans River Calamity - News 12
11.15.18 - “…gatekeeper for river restoration” - Long Island Advance
11.14.18 - “Yaphank Lake Draining Halted” - Newsday
10.20.18 - Carmans River Damages - Video
11.07.18 - Letter to Editor - “Developmental Abnormality” - The Independent
10.30.18 - “Aquaman Of The East End” - The Independent
10.25.18 - Letter to Editor - “Pass The Buck” - Southampton Press
10.25.18 - Letter to Editor - “Methoprene” - East Hampton Star
10.10.18 - “Pesticide Spraying Reduced” - Newsday
10.03.18 - Letter to Editor - “No More Methoprene” - East Hampton Press
09.06.18 - "Riverside Sewer District Gains Momentum" - The Independent
08.22.18 - Karl Grossman - Suffolk Closeup - "Time To Move Back"
08.08.18 - "Baldwin to Join Defend H2O..." - Sag Harbor Express
08.08.18 - "Scientist, Alec Baldwin To Talk Coastal Living" The Independent
07.05.18 - "Seawall madness isn't the answer" - Newsday
07.03.18 - "Against the Tide..." - Long Island Pulse
06.28.18 - Spraying Suspended at Accabonac - East Hampton Star
06.27.18 - Rising Seas Imperil Hamptons Homes - Independent
06.21.18 - Chemicals Are Creating Concern - Southampton Press
04.29.18 - Coastal Scientist Sounds the Alarm.. - Riverhead Local
04.26.18 - Karl Grossman - Suffolk Closeup - "A Choice To Be Made"
04.24.18 - Lessons From Sandy - East End Beacon
04.19.18 - Letter to Editor - Smithtown News
04.19.18 - Opinion: On Montauk - East Hampton Star
04.09.18 - Media Announcement - Notice of Intent to Sue
03.19.18 - "Legislation Signed to Connect Westhampton Beach to Gabreski Sewer" - Patch
03.09.18 - "Covering sandbags again..." Newsday
02.20.18 - Public Hearing on Offshore Drilling - TBR News Media
02.15.18 - "Opinion: Sand, Seawalls and Sea Level Rise" - Suffolk Times
02.14.18 - News12 - NYS Assembly Hearing on Offshore Drilling
02.14.18 - Kevin McAllister testimony - NYS Assembly Haring on Offshore Drilling
02.01.18 - "WPKN Radion interview" with Kevin McAllister on Living Shorelines, coastal armoring and sea level rise.
01.18.18 - Letter to Editor - "Walls Destroy" - Press Newspapers
12.21.17 - Bonac Hero Awards - Kelly Smith, East Hampton Press
12.21.17 - "Controversial Larvicide Remains in Mosquito Plan" - East Hampton Star
12.21.17 - "Grant Awarded for Living Shoreline" - Long Island Advance
12.21.17 - "County Ties Up Septic Loopholes" - East Hampton Press
11.14.17 - "Suffolk plan to require commercial sewage upgrade" - Newsday
11.9.17 Interview with Kevin McAllister on LTV "Democratic View"
10.26.17 - "Trustees to State Opposition to Methoprene" - East Hampton Star
09.21.17 - Letter to Editor - "The Kill Zone" Southampton Press
08.31.17 - * Upcoming Presentation "Living on the Edge - In the Face of Climate Change"
07.27.17 - "Springs School Needs A Boost" - East Hampton Press
07.27.17 - "Water Quality Worries" - East Hampton Press
07.06.17 - "Bang For The Buck" - Southampton Press
06.28.17 - "Suffolk County Vector Control..." 27 East
06.27.17 - "Schools Could Be A Target..." - 27 East
06.21.17 - "McAllister on Methoprene" - Sustainable East End WPKN Radio
06.15.17 - "Troubling Spray" - East Hampton Star
05.24.17 - Opinion - "Real Progress On Septics" multiple publications
05.18.17 - Letter to Editor - "Insidious Poison" - East Hampton Star
05.11.17 - "County Offers Trial Ban On Mosquito Spray" - East Hampton Star
05.04.17 - Letter to Editor - "Highly Questionable" - Southampton Press
05.01.17 - East End Towns want to end methoprene use - News12
04.11.17 - "County Executive Bellone Announces Community Outreach Effort" LongIsland.com
04.06.17 - "Town and County Target Wastewater Pollution" - East Hampton Star
03.08.17 - "Tapping Another Source" - Southampton Press
02.26.17 - "Fighting Water Pollution On LI" - Exit 10/55 with Richard Rose
02.23.17 - Letter to Editor -"Positive Endeavor" - Southampton Press
02.16.17 - "Weighing In On Hills Debate" - Southampton Press
02.09.17 - "Push To Upgrade Septic Systems" - Newsday
01.31.17 New York- Kevin McAllister Sounds Warning on East End's Coastlines - Coastal News Today
01.25.17 EPA Chides Town About Waste - East Hampton Press
12.22.16 - "Mastic-Shirley sewer project advances" - Long Island Advance
12.22.16 - "Cesspools to Close" - fruits of Kevin McAllister's labor - Newsday
12.21.16 - "County Vector Control Says..." 27 East
12.15.16 - "Pollution Loophole" - Newsday
12.07.16 - Letter to Editor - "Seize the Opportunity" - East Hampton Press
12.01.16 - Methoprene discussion - East Hampton Star
11.17.16 - "Hold the Methoprene Spray" - East Hampton Star
11.16.18 "Living on the Edge"- Coastal Issues, Sea Level Rise and the Future of Our Beaches. WPKNRadio89.5
11.10.16 - "Newly Found Contamination..." - Southampton Press
11.03.16 - "Coastal Retreat Called Only Option" - East Hampton Star
11.02.16 - "McAllister Pushes Retreat" - East Hampton Press
10.30.16 - "Long Term Erosion Fix Urged" - Newsday
10.13.16 - "Suffolk Closeup" On Septics, A Half Measure - South Shore Press
10.06.16 - "Corps May Approve More Montauk Sand" - East Hampton Star
09.29.16 - "Army Corps Considers More Sand For Montauk.." - East End Beacon
09.28.16 - "DefendH2O Files Federal Complaint" - 27 East
09.07.16 - "North Haven Will Rework Erosion Control Law" - Sag Harbor Express
08.24.16 - "Enviros Say County is Letting Developers Slide..." - 27 East
08.22.16 - "DefendH2O Press Announcement"
08.18.16 - Letter to Editor - "Critical Need" - East Hampton Star
07.07.16 - "Critics Say North Haven.." - Sag Harbor Express
06.30.16 - "North Haven Critics hope To Undermine Erosion Control Law" - Sag Harbor Express
06.12.16 - "Water, Water..."- Hamptons Online
06.23.16 - "Developer Wants To Get Started" - Southampton Press
06.16.16 - "Nitrogen protection zone passes" - Long Island Advance
06.14.16 - "Town requires upgrades for water quality" - Newsday
06.09.16 - Letter to Editor - "Stake in The Heart" - Southampton Press
05.31.16 - "Mahogany Algae Bloom.." - South Shore Press
05.26.16 - "Relief, Dismay as Bridgehampton as Gateway Plan Withdrawn" - East Hampton Star
05.20.16 - "New code allowing advanced systems..." Riverhead Local
05.06.16 - "Suffolk's plastic bag ban stalls" - Riverhead Local
05.05.16 - Letter to Editor - "Think Big, Act Bold" - East Hampton Star
04.28.16 "Clean Water Is Next Great Battle" - East Hampton Star
04.28.16 "A Tussle Over Solar" - Long Island Advance
03.27.16 "Town, Environmentalists React to Corps Montauk Harbor Plan" - Montauk Patch
03.24.16 "Brookhaven may require upgraded septic systems" - Newsday
03.14.16 "Town Dubious of Army Corp's Montauk Inlet Plan" - East Hampton Star
03.06.16 "Trustees Debate Methoprene" - 27 East
03.31.16 "Zika scare won't alter vector plan" - East Hampton Star
03.22.16 - "...county vector control about Zika" - 27 East
03.15.16 - "....septics debated" - 27 East
02.23.16 - "Heritage condo application..." Southoldlocal
02.16.16 - "Beach Project Suit Dropped" - Newsday
02.12.16 - "Defend H2O Drops Suit" - East Hampton Star
02.12.16 - "Group Withdraws Lawsuit" -East Hampton Patch
02.11.16 - "beaches, structures and rising seas" - WPKN Radio interview with Kevin McAllister
02.04.16 - "Methoprene Ban Advances" - East Hampton Star
01.28.16 - "The New DDT?" - Karl Grossman - Suffolk Closeup
01.21.16 - "Water Quality Now a Top Priority" - East Hampton Star
01.21.16 - Letter to Editor - "Let's Be Honest" - Southampton Press
01.12.16 - "...Heritage development will impair the environment" - Suffolk Times
01.07.16 - "Calling for nitrogen sensitive zones" - Long Island Advance
12.31.15 - "Activists Fight Methoprene Spraying" - East Hampton Star
12.02.15 - "County Approves Controversial Insecticide in Mosquito Control" - 27 East
12.01.15 - "Missed Opportunity" - Southampton Press
11.19.19 - "Town Gives Seawall the Go-Ahead" - East Hampton Star
10.01.15 - "Next Stop Federal Court" - East Hampton Star
10.01.15 - Letter to Editor - "The Montauk Monster" - East Hampton Star
11.22.15 - Letter to Editor - "Defies Common Sense" - East Hampton Star
09.10.15 - “Toxic Silt Is Not Okay For Long Island” - East Hampton Star
08.18.15 - "Open Water Dumping of Dredged Material" - Riverhead Local
08.06.15 - Letter to Editor - "The Only Option" - Southampton Press
07.09.15 - “Nitrogen Pollution” - WPKN Radio Interview with Kevin McAllister
06.09.15 - "Kevin McAllister Addresses Peconic Fish Kill" - Fox News
05.28.15 - "Turn the Tide" - Southampton Press
05.28.15 - "Biotoxin Ravages Shelled Species" - 27 East
05.14.15 - "Holding Back The Sea" - WPKN Radio Interview with Kevin McAllister
04.16.15 - "A New Player with a Familiar Face" - Southampton Press
04.16.15 - "Water Defenders" - Sag Harbor Express
04.02.15 - Letter to Editor - "Coastal Armoring" - East Hampton Star
03.26.15 - "Fighting Father Neptune" - East Hampton Star
03.24.15 - "Lawsuit Filed Over Montauk Seawall" - Southampton Press
02.29.15 - "Call For Updated Septic Systems" - Southampton Press
02.26.15 - "Gaining Momentum" - Southampton Press
02.24.15 - "McAllister Poised to Pitch..." - SoutholdLocal
11.14.14 - "McAllister Lays Out His Plans" - East End Beacon
10.09.14 - Letter to Editor - "Bag the Bags" - East Hampton Star
07.17.14 - "Mac is Back" - Long Island Advance
05.09.13 - "McAllister Named Environmental Educator of the Year"
10.28.09 - McAllister Spearheads No-Discharge Zone - 27 East
04.25.08 - EPA Applauds Environmental Champions - McAllister Named
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