A human body has washed ashore on New York's tiny Plum Island, where a U.S. government lab studies dangerous animal diseases. Police say a security guard discovered the clothed body Thursday afternoon on the island's southwest beach area where access is restricted ...

The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday announced its opposition to a proposed massive floating liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound. Environmentalists hailed the decision as a victory over "the corporate Goliaths of our time." Politicians in New York and Connecticut have campaigned for several ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a pipeline company over denial of environmental permits for a proposed natural gas pipeline through Long Island Sound. Connecticut regulators refused to issue permits for the 50-mile project to Islander East Pipeline Co ...