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Butch Goring, Islanders backing Earth Day initiative of Long Island chemist

Dr. Lawrence Rocks is gravely concerned about climate change. The Islanders and Upper Deck, with an assist from Butch Goring, are using Earth Day to help the Stony Brook resident and Long Island University professor emeritus spread his message.

Specifically, the need for WeatherStationMoon, a proposed unmanned station on the moon to better study weather patterns.

"I’m not a scientist but, from a layman’s point of view, it’s great for somebody to do something to help the climate along," said Goring, a four-time Stanley Cup champion with the Islanders and currently the team’s television analyst for MSG Networks.