The Unstoppable Sand Land
How a Hamptons mine, in defiance of New York’s top court, keeps trucking out precious piles of sand.
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“The last time I checked, the ‘E’ in DEC stands for environment and not for economics.”
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“If people who have resources to challenge these outcomes of this permitting practice can’t get anywhere, imagine what other communities are facing.”
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