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PRESS RELEASE: Save the Sound files comments defending Endangered Species Act regulations

Trump administration proposal threatens Endangered Species Act habitat protections New Haven, CT — This week, Save the Sound filed comments opposing the proposal by the Trump administration to remove the definition of “harm”—which includes habitat degradation and modification—from longstanding Endangered Species Act regulations. The regional nonprofit organization also joined other comments that will be submitted […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Climate Resilience Bill SB 9 Passes the Connecticut State Senate

Hartford, CT—Today the Connecticut State Senate voted 28-8 to pass Senate Bill 9, a bill that would help protect Connecticut residents from the impacts of climate change. Resilience is especially needed in Connecticut, a state that could see as much as 24,000 acres of coastal land lost to sea level rise according to a report […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Climate Bill HB 5004 Passes the Connecticut State House

Hartford, CT—Today the Connecticut State House voted 98-47 to pass this year’s main climate mitigation bill, House Bill 5004. This comes on the heels of a recent American Lung Association report which showed that Fairfield County is among the worst in New England for ozone pollution, exposing 25% of Connecticut’s population to unhealthy air. HB […]

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Youth Climate Voices at the Capitol on Earth Day

On Earth Day 2025, over 50 high school students joined together at the state Capitol for a day of hope, advocacy training, and climate action. Organized by Sunrise Movement Connecticut and Save the Sound, today’s Youth Advocacy Day event gave young people a platform to make their voices heard in the legislative process. The event […]

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Parkland Alienation, Part Two: What You Can Do to Protect Public Parkland

By Dara Illowsky, New York staff attorney, Save the Sound  This is the second part of a two-part blog series on parkland alienation, a process by which public parkland can be sold or used as something other than a public park. Save the Sound will be opposing legislation recently introduced in the NY state legislature […]

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Parkland Alienation, Part One: How Public Parkland Can Become Neither Public Nor Parkland

By Dara Illowsky, New York staff attorney, Save the Sound  By Dara Illowsky, New York staff attorney, Save the Sound  This is the first of a two-part blog series on parkland alienation, a process by which public parkland can be sold or leased for use as something other than a public park. Save the Sound […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Climate Bills HB 5004 and SB 9 Pass out of the Connecticut State Environment Committee

Hartford, CT—This afternoon, in recognition of the growing urgency of climate action, the State Legislature’s Environment Committee voted two of this year’s most important pieces of climate legislation out of committee. House Bill 5004 would update the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act, support the green economy, leverage nature-based solutions, and incentivize the adoption of heat […]

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Press Release: Save the Sound releases 2024 Cleanup Data

Save the Sound released its data from the 2024 cleanup season, tracking another year of cleanup data and continuing trends in trash. In 2024, 3,167 volunteers picked up 11,383 pounds of trash at 92 cleanups at beaches, lakes, and parks inland and along the coastline across Connecticut and New York. The most common trash types collected were […]

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