Pipeline expansion would violate law and harm human health On September 15, 2025, Save the Sound filed a request for an adjudicatory hearing and comments to challenge the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (CT DEEP’s) Notice of Tentative Determination to approve permits for Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.’s proposed expansion of its Brookfield […]
When the calendar flipped to September, the countdown clock for closing the jails on Rikers Island ticked inside two years. That Aug. 31, 2027 legally mandated deadline grows closer every day, yet we are no closer to New York City being ready to meet it Which means we’re not ready to begin converting the island […]
As they reached the bridge that marked the end of a thousand-meter piece, Reagan Amundsen and her three Maritime Rowing Club teammates in the shell stopped to catch their breath. What she noticed that morning in that particular stretch of the Norwalk River, though, took her breath away. There was debris floating in the water, […]
NEW HAVEN, Conn., and LARCHMONT, N.Y. — More than 500 miles of shoreline and open water were explored by kayak, paddleboard, and canoe over the course of ten days this summer as clean water advocates came together for the tenth annual Paddle for the Sound. This virtual sporting event, organized by Save the Sound, brought […]
At Save the Sound, from ecologists to artists to policy pros, we’re united by a drive to make a difference, tackling issues from every angle. This summer, by a stroke of serendipity, a few folks from Yale’s Religion and Ecology graduate program were part of our team, and two of them carved out time to […]
Eelgrass once lined the bays and coves of Long Island Sound in lush underwater meadows, providing critical habitat to marine life, absorbing CO2, and improving water quality. However, declining water quality and coastal construction decimated eelgrass populations, and we saw a 90% decline in eelgrass in the Sound. Now, with your help we’re working to […]
In the woods that border two ballfields in Flint Park, there is a creek most locals don’t know exists. It appears out of nowhere, popping out from a culvert under Boston Post Road beside a car dealership a few hundred yards from Save the Sound’s Larchmont office. It turns left into the park and remains […]
After Tuesday’s announcement that the Trump administration intends to repeal the endangerment finding, which is foundational to the federal government’s ability to enforce limits on greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, Charles Rothenberger, Save the Sound’s in-house climate and energy attorney and director of Connecticut Government Relations, responded to this setback. “The endangerment finding is […]
