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Press Release: Save the Sound Commends City Council’s Decisive Vote to Halt Bally’s Casino Bid

Save the Sound applauds the decisive vote taken Monday by the New York City Council to reject an application from the Bally’s Corp. to rezone at least 19 acres of Ferry Point Park for the proposed development of a casino complex. It appears that without approval for rezoning, Bally’s application for one of three downstate […]

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Looking back on 40 years of impact, ahead to the next decade’s partnership

Blue skies, glowing green meadows, and shell pink milkweed flowers. This was the idyllic natural palette flaunted by the Jay Heritage Center in Rye, on the first day of summer. A red carpet would have been an appropriate addition, considering the A-list guests and environmental organizations who turned out to celebrate 40 years of stewardship of […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Governor Lamont Selects Marissa Gillett as PURA Chairperson

Hartford, CT—This afternoon, Governor Lamont announced that he is selecting Commissioner Marissa Paslick Gillett to serve as the chairperson of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA). Here is what Charles Rothenberger, Save the Sound’s Director of Government Relations, had to say:   “Save the Sound applauds Governor LaMont’s reappointment of Marissa Gillett as chairperson of […]

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Stream Bugs that Speak for the Water: How Mayflies, Stoneflies, and Caddisflies Reveal the Health of Our Rivers

Previously, we’ve talked about the connections between snail anatomy and water quality [https://www.savethesound.org/2025/06/16/snail-anatomy-101-and-pollution-tracking/]. Next up on the topic of freshwater bodies, we’re sharing something stranger, tucked under rocks and crawling along streambeds. Enter—the EPT, Ephemeroptera (mayflies), Plecoptera (stoneflies), and Trichoptera (caddisflies).   These freshwater macroinvertebrates— small, spineless aquatic animals visible to the naked eye—are the […]

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Protecting Public Participation: Forest Management Plans and the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act

The Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (CEPA), and why it matters:  Conservation is often driven by the simple power of people caring about local open spaces and fighting to protect them. Residents have the ability to influence decisions that would affect Connecticut’s environment thanks to the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (CEPA).  CEPA requires state agencies to […]

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Protecting economically distressed communities from unfair environmental burdens

We all know that some communities deal with more pollution than others—and that some have an easier time getting their voices heard than others. Here in the Long Island Sound region, New York and Connecticut recognize this via state law.  In enacting the 2022 Environmental Justice Siting Law, the New York State Legislature recognized that […]

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Press Release: NYS Assembly misses big opportunities for environment and human health; Save the Sound concerned

On the final night of the 2025 legislative session, the New York State Assembly had the chance to pass bills that would cut plastic waste by 30% over the next 12 years and ban the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in a range of everyday products from nonstick cookware to cosmetics to dental floss. […]

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Snail Anatomy 101 and Pollution Tracking

If you’re around a lake, pond, or the still reaches of a stream around the Long Island Sound region, see if you can find a freshwater snail suctioned to a plant or gliding along the mud.   If you pick one up, the snail will likely slurp its soft head and muscular foot back into […]

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