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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PRESS RELEASE: Urban Waters Initiative to Hold 2 More Fair Haven Events

New Haven, CT – Save the Sound’s Urban Waters Initiative (UWI) project will hold 2 more free events, Mic at the Mill on August 17, and a Recycled Art Workshop on August 22, as part of this year’s Fair Haven based community program.  On Saturday, August 17, Mic at the Mill will showcase the climate […]

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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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PRESS RELEASE: Save the Sound celebrates trio of EPA climate grants awarded to Connecticut

Projects will reduce CO2 emissions, save money on residents’ utility bills, and cut pollution from trucking industry New Haven, CT – Save the Sound applauds the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and the City of New Haven for three national climate project awards announced today at a press conference […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Save the Sound responds to SCOTUS decision weakening agency powers

Adding to pattern of undermining regulations for environmental protections  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Supreme Court delivered a decision [https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf] in the companion cases of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce, overturning the Chevron deference doctrine—diminishing federal agencies’ ability to set and enforce policies, including vital environmental and public health […]

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Fair Haven Community Events Activate UWI Haven and Exchange Park

Red clover, milkweed, and yarrow now grow at the corner of Haven and Exchange Street in Fair Haven. Once an underutilized, abandoned lot in the shadow of English Station, last year this space was transformed into the Mill River Trail Green Infrastructure Park and community rain garden as part of the Urban Waters Initiative project (UWI). […]

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Press Release: “Maintaining the status quo is not good enough”—Save the Sound Disappointed by Incremental Progress in NYS Legislative Session

When the New York State Assembly adjourned in the early hours of Saturday, it marked the end of the 2024 legislative session. But even during a session that ran a day longer than originally scheduled, the legislature did not do enough to advance to address the many environmental challenges New York faces. “Maintaining the status […]

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