On September 9, Save the Sound co-hosted an environmental justice-focused community conversation with Junta for Progressive Action, Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE), and Long Island Sound Study (LISS) members in Fair Haven, a predominately Latine neighborhood in New Haven. The event welcome discussion on residents’ environmental concerns to better inform the Long Island Sound Study’s Environmental Justice […]
Climate issues can be difficult to understand. This series is designed to deliver you what you need to know about some of the most prevalent issues in climate policy today. In 1,000 words, let’s learn the foundations of climate advocacy in New York City. This article is written by Kaleigh Pitcher, a Policy Consultant at […]
As part of our commitment to partnering with communities to support an equitable and environmentally just future, we are holding an ongoing series where we shine light on the sustainability work of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and intersectional justice-focused leaders of all ages. Food justice is environmental justice because it relates to […]
Every year, we welcome a new group of interns and seasonal hires, all of whom are as excited to work to protect the environment around the Long Island Sound region as we are to have them. We are happy to introduce this summer’s newest team members, and to allow you to get to know a […]
Open space in CT and MA to be permanently protected if abandonment permit COLEBROOK, CT—A groundbreaking win for open space protection in Northwest Connecticut is being celebrated by the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy (NCLC) and Save the Sound, who have reached a Memorandum of Understanding with The Metropolitan District (MDC) to negotiate the terms and […]
Suffolk County does not have a septic problem. It has 380,000 septic problems. This is not news. County residents have known about it for decades, as has the Suffolk County Legislature. In the first paragraph of the Introduction to its Executive Summary of its Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan, issued in January 2014, the legislature […]
FIRST DAY OF SUMMER BRINGS GOOD NEWS FOR LOCAL BEACHGOERS Water Quality at Most Long Island Sound Public Beaches Earns High Marks; Impact of Increasing Rain Events a Cause for Concern PORT WASHINGTON, New York/NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — June 21, 2023 – The first day of summer marked an auspicious moment for regional nonprofit organization […]
Will Hamden ever get its Six Lakes Park? Justin Farmer has lived 24 of his 28 years on the same block in Hamden’s Newhall neighborhood. For the past six years, he’s also served as its councilperson on the town’s Legislative Council. When he looks at the 102 acres of ponds and forest owned by the […]
