Increased clean water investment is a positive; rollbacks to CLCPA, SEQRA threaten environmental health More money will be invested in clean water infrastructure, but the longest negotiation process in years resulted in a New York State budget for Fiscal Year 2027 that Save the Sound laments will be more harmful than helpful for environmental protections. […]
New Haven, CT — Save the Sound has received a transformational $750,000 gift directed by Tim Hopkins on behalf of the Barrett Family Foundation. The gift, announced ahead of Long Island Sound Day—May 22, 2026—as part of the Sound Future Campaign, will expand Soundkeeper boat patrols across the entire Long Island Sound estuary, strengthen Save the Sound’s growing presence on Long Island, […]
Grades based on water quality data collected during 2025 swimming season About three-quarters of the Sound’s beaches had consistently clean water last summer. Seventy-seven percent of the 192 public and private Long Island Sound beaches that were sampled at least nine times during the 2025 swimming season received A or B grades from Save the […]
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, […]
Program has collected water quality data from Long Island Sound bays and harbors since 2017 The 10th season of the Unified Water Study (UWS) got underway Friday morning, with Save the Sound and 30 partner organizations ready to collect water quality samples in 52 bays and harbors around Long Island Sound during the 2026 monitoring […]
American Rivers is today naming the Nissequogue River among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2026, due to the recently approved proposal to build a new dam without a comprehensive environmental impact statement. The unexpected breach of Stump Pond Dam in 2024 restored an important stretch of the Nissequogue, reconnecting habitat, allowing the floodplain to function […]
Long Island Sound Partnership, National Estuary Program, BEACH Act clear hurdle Tuesday night Three programs critical to supporting Save the Sound’s work to restore and protect Long Island Sound were included in the American Water Stewardship Act (H.R. 6422), which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday night in a decisive bipartisan floor […]
Governor’s proposed rollbacks should not be included in NYS budget for FY2027 Save the Sound is profoundly concerned that rollbacks to the requirements of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), New York’s Climate Law, proposed Friday by Governor Hochul will make New Yorkers more vulnerable to the consequences of climate change, particularly in […]
