long island sound

(Marine Biological Laboratory) The search for what causes a debilitating shell disease affecting lobsters from Long Island Sound to Maine has led one Marine Biological Laboratory visiting scientist to suspect environmental alkyphenols, formed primarily by the breakdown of hard transparent plastics.

Days after New York and Connecticut leaders opposed plans to build a massive liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound, the Gulf Coast is welcoming two new LNG terminals — the first such land-based ports to open in the U.S. in roughly a quarter-century.