This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a new podcast that just dropped produced by Mr. Allen and WSHU, “Higher Ground,” capping off a longer discussion of climate change; Groundwater pollution in Calverton; sand mines in Riverhead and Southampton; and the COVID vaccination mandate for health care workers.

Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group

Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher,  Riverhead Local

Brianne Ledda, reporter, Times-Review Media Group

J.D. Allen, Assistant News Director and Long Island Bureau Chief, WSHU Public Radio