New Report Details 11 Billion Gallons of Sewage Overflows During Superstorm Sandy

On the heels of last week’s Long Island Sound Citizens Summit exploring Superstorm Sandy and climate change, the nonprofit research group Climate Central released a new report yesterday on the amount of sewage that spilled into local waterways during and after Sandy. The report also emphasizes the long-term vulnerability of sewage treatment systems because of […]

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How Soon Will We See Improvement in the Water Quality of Long Island Sound?

Every time we give a presentation about hypoxia and the Long Island Sound cleanup, we are asked some variation of the same question:

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Wards Island Completes Upgrade, Removing Half the Nitrogen in its Waste

The biggest sewage treatment plant impacting Long Island Sound recently completed an upgrade that is expected to lead to a significant improvement in the western Sound’s water quality.

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Proposed State Budget Reflects Commitment to Clean Water

The Governor has proposed to allocate $997 million to the Clean Water Fund.

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Aren’t We Glad Broadwater Didn’t Happen?

That’s what we’ve been saying here at CFE/Save the Sound this week. Yesterday, an article in the Boston Globe came out about two LNG terminals built off the North Shore of Massachusetts that are just sitting idle now, with $750 million worth of unused buoys and pipes sitting in the ocean.

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Season Review: Why Was Hypoxia So Much Worse in 2012?

Water quality in Long Island Sound was bad during the summer of 2012, after a number of years when conditions were not so terrible.

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