Weekly Digest: Clean Water Wins, EPA headlines

Generosity and protection for Deer Lake Deer Lake is a beautiful 253-acre wooded property in Killingworth, CT that was, until a few years ago, a Boy Scout camp owned by the Connecticut Yankee Council. In 2022, the Council made plans to sell the property for development. Land conservation efforts often take decades, but over just […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Statement on choice of Lee Zeldin to lead EPA

Lee Zeldin is deeply familiar with the environmental issues we face in the Long Island Sound region and has championed the Sound’s health as co-chair of the Long Island Sound Caucus.  We appreciate Representative Zeldin’s prior support of the funding that is critical for the restoration of Long Island Sound, his role in passing the […]

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PRESS RELEASE: 2024 Long Island Sound Report Card Released by Save the Sound

Nitrogen Pollution Management Leads to Improvement in Open Water Grades; Water Quality in Many Sound Bays Raises Concern The regional nonprofit environmental organization Save the Sound has released findings of its 2024 Long Island Sound Report Card. The biennial report offers compelling evidence that efforts to reduce the amount of nitrogen released into Long Island […]

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Book Review Series: A Kind (of) Revolution

Friend of Save the Sound, Patrick Paul Barrett, read books with environmental themes over the summer and is sharing his reviews in this blog series to help you find your next favorite beach read! Book Review 1: The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka I am lost for words. But not because I hated what I […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Solutions to High Electric Bills Exist: Setting the Record Straight on the Public Benefits Charge

Millstone isn’t a public benefit; let’s defend what is. This summer’s spikes in electricity bills are a wake-up call. Unusually high bills came on the heels of weeks of high heat, increased energy usage, and historic floods that are bringing the costs of climate change into sharp focus. Stakeholders including business leaders, health professionals, and […]

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Sometimes, all it takes is a little bit of mussel(s)

This blog post was written by Save the Sound communications intern, Jillian Hooey. To preserve the health of the Sound, scientists are focusing on the prospective power that mussels and oysters hold to clean our waterways.  A single mussel or oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water a day. That is almost 20,000 […]

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PRESS RELEASE: 1-in-1,000-Year Flooding Stresses Urgency of Climate Action

New Haven, CT – This weekend heavy rains and devastating flooding swept through the Long Island Sound region. Southwestern Connecticut and Long Island were hit especially hard, with flash flooding damaging homes, washing out roads, and submerging low-lying areas under as much as 10 inches of rainfall.   Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the […]

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Changing states: Amphibians and vernal pools

Amphibians are the metamorphic marvels of the liminal spaces between land and water. Most frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts begin their lives as tadpoles with gills, gradually morphing into four-legged adults equipped with lungs. Some skip the lung-creating step and breathe through their permeable skin. These unusual adaptive feats allow amphibians to survive the demands […]

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