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Join fellow paddlers in a kayak, stand up paddleboard, or canoe challenge to protect clean water, wildlife, and coastal communities NEW HAVEN, Conn., and LARCHMONT, N.Y. — Save the Sound’s Paddle for the Sound returns for its eleventh year from July 31 through August 9, inviting paddlers of all experience levels to kayak, stand up paddleboard, or canoe while raising funds to protect and restore Long Island Sound. Paddle for the Sound allows participants to paddle from any location throughout the 10-day […]
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Restoring Long Island’s Nissequogue River natural wildlife habitat and supporting the natural floodplain at forefront of litigation (EAST ISLIP, NY – July 13, 2026) — Six environmental organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Suffolk County Legislature challenging the County’s failure to fully evaluate the potential ecological and community resilience impacts of building a new […]
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This blog was written by Mamaroneck High School students Eli Herz, Emma Rosen, Eve Brennan, Hadley Hall, Olivia Martin, and Zella Mitra, who recently graduated from our 8-week Environmental Health Ambassador program. Their blog joint reflects shared convictions about the growing negative environmental consequences linked to Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centers, and does not necessarily reflect the views […]
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New Haven, CT—A record-breaking heat wave is looming in Connecticut this week. As residents across the state brace for some of the hottest days in recent memory, the Connecticut Coalition for Climate Action reflects on what this could mean for our most vulnerable populations, and what our state can do to protect its residents in the future. Heat and Public Health […]
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Hamden, CT—Wednesday night, over 70 advocates and concerned neighbors gathered online and at the Keefe Center in Hamden to demand answers from the Department of Energy and Environmental protection (DEEP) about the cleanup and remediation of the contaminated Six Lakes property in southern Hamden. Local advocates in the Six Lakes Park Coalition want to turn the 102-acre […]
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Not so very long ago, the numbers were bleak. The 2022 spring fish run in Connecticut was down about 350,000 alewife. Blueback herring fared even worse—only 570 bluebacks were counted by state-monitored runs, a decrease of 99.9 percent from 1985. Both species of river herring are critical to the food web, in Connecticut’s rivers and […]
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New Haven, CT – Yesterday afternoon, in a celebration of progress and possibility, 7 Connecticut high schoolers graduated as Environmental Health Ambassadors, joining their 6 New York counterparts whose graduation ceremony was on June 9th. “This bi-state cohort of Environmental Health Ambassadors have built the skills, experience, and dedication to drive positive change in their neighborhoods,” said Alex Rodriguez, program specialist and lead instructor of Save the Sound’s Environmental Health Ambassador […]
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Increased investment in clean water infrastructure provided one of the few positive outcomes After a budget process that dragged 57 days beyond deadline left barely a week for the Legislature to focus on passing bills, the 2026 New York legislative session concluded Friday, leaving Save the Sound concerned over significant rollbacks to existing environmental protections and […]
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