Category: Storms & Hurricanes

PRESS RELEASE: A Step Forward: The Connecticut Coalition for Climate Action Reacts to the 2026 Legislative Session

Hartford, CT—The 2026 Connecticut Legislative Session ended on Wednesday night, delivering incremental progress on key priorities advanced by our climate coalition. Here is what happened on three essential policy topics that will mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and protect residents from the adverse health impacts that are already impacting our state.   Affordable Energy  In the months leading up to session, Connecticut’s award-winning energy efficiency […]

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Midnight Wrap-up: Save the Sound Responds to Environmental Outcomes of the 2026 Connecticut Legislative Session

Hartford, CT — The 2026 Connecticut Legislative Session ended tonight at midnight, delivering important wins and hard-fought compromises for solar access, clean transportation, and ecosystem protection.   Below, Save the Sound policy experts comment on the outcomes of the 2026 session.  Advancing Renewable Energy, Clean Air, and Environmental Justice  “On the last day of the legislative session, the General Assembly passed a solar bill that ensures that the state’s residential, commercial, […]

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Making Polluters Pay: Funding Climate Resilience in Connecticut

Written by Katelyn Mercado, Environmental Justice Policy Intern Greenhouse gases are already harming communities in Connecticut, and the damage will only continue to worsen. One way forward is for the Connecticut legislature to enact a Climate Superfund Act to hold oil and gas corporations accountable for their damage to our communities and to fund protection for the future of the […]

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Three Things to Know about Climate Resilience

As climate disasters increase in frequency and severity, calls to improve “climate resilience” have spread around the nation. It’s an easy buzzword to repeat, but what does it actually mean?   Climate issues are complex and understanding them isn’t easy. In 2024, Save the Sound launched the Henry L. and Grace Doherty Climate and Resilience Institute to communicate those answers. With that in mind, here are three things you should know […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Climate Resilience Bill SB 9 Passes the Connecticut State Senate

Hartford, CT—Today the Connecticut State Senate voted 28-8 to pass Senate Bill 9, a bill that would help protect Connecticut residents from the impacts of climate change. Resilience is especially needed in Connecticut, a state that could see as much as 24,000 acres of coastal land lost to sea level rise according to a report […]

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Save the Sound’s response to President Trump’s Inaugural Address

Here is the response of Leah Lopez Schmalz, president of Save the Sound, to today’s inaugural address by President Trump: “Despite criticizing the federal response to the fires in L.A. and the fall hurricane that ripped through the southeast, President Trump made no mention of the biggest factors fueling that destruction: pollution that’s destabilizing our […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Save the Sound announces priorities for 2025 NYS legislative session

The New York legislature begins its 2025 session on Wednesday, January 8, and Save the Sound remains focused on strengthening state-level policy and investments to protect clean water and communities in the Long Island Sound region and across the state from the mounting consequences of climate change. “We just experienced a year that matched 2023 […]

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2024 Year in Review: Sails, Storms, and Celebrations

There was so much to celebrate at Save the Sound this year: President Leah Lopez Schmalz accepted a national award on the organization’s behalf from the Garden Club of America; Laura Wildman, our vice president for ecological action, became the first woman honored with the International Fish Passage Conference’s Distinguished Career Award; we welcomed eight […]

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