Department of environmental conservation
“They’re here, they’ve always been here, but now maybe there’s more of them." — Lt. Sean Reilly, a state police officer with the Department of Environmental Conservation.
"It puts more of a burden on New York — puts more of a burden on 49 other states."
Greenidge Generation, the natural gas-fueled facility, is supposed to close under the decision. But its owners plan to keep operating, as they fight for an appeal.
There are twelve artificial reefs in the area—two in the Long Island Sound, two in Great South Bay, and eight in the Atlantic Ocean, south of Long Island.
"Without intervention that whale would not have survived."
The NY State Department of Environmental Conservation denied a water permit