Tag: Clean Water

PRESS RELEASE | Save the Sound’s 2026 CT Legislative Priorities: Ensuring Affordability, Protecting Clean Water, & Supporting Communities

New Haven, CT—Save the Sound released its priorities today for the 2026 Connecticut Legislative session, which starts this Wednesday, February 4, and runs until May 6.   Advance Affordable, Renewable, Efficient Energy  “Energy affordability is on everyone’s mind, and the best way to keep energy costs manageable is to continue investing in energy efficiency and clean energy resources,” said Charles Rothenberger, Save the Sound’s director of Connecticut government relations. “This allows us to address grid reliability issues while reducing reliance on expensive peaking […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Save the Sound concerned the Draft NYS Energy Plan abandons greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy targets

Organization pleased with Draft Plan’s prioritization of nature-based solutions to improve resiliency Larchmont, NY — Save the Sound submitted written comments on Monday to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority in response to its Draft New York State Energy Plan, which assesses the state’s future energy needs through 2040. Save the Sound […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Save the Sound’s 2025 CT Legislative Priorities: Clean Water, Resilience, Justice

New Haven, CT—Save the Sound released its priorities for the 2025 Connecticut Legislative session today, which starts this Wednesday, January 8, and runs until June 4. This year is a “long session,” in which lawmakers craft the biennial budget in addition to passing legislation.  Reduce Costs & Increase Resiliency  “Investing in energy efficiency and clean, […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Paddle for the Sound Event to Benefit the Health of Long Island Sound July 12 to 21

Join nature enthusiasts and environmental advocates in an exciting kayak, paddleboard, or canoe challenge to support a healthier Long Island Sound  NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Save the Sound is back for its ninth year of Paddle for the Sound! Whether you’re in for a leisurely paddle or looking to test your limits in a kayak, […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Gov. Hochul Signs Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act into Law

Now, the county legislature must add referendum to the November ballot Larchmont, NY — Of the many reasons to head to Long Island at the start of Memorial Day Weekend, Governor Kathy Hochul picked a good one. She was in Babylon on Thursday morning to sign the Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act into law.  […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Bill to reduce toxic PFAS passes CT Senate; advocates urge House passage

(Hartford, CT) – Clean Water Action, Sierra Club, Save the Sound and Environment Connecticut, along with many other coalition partners, including the CT Union of Professional Firefighters Association, numerous local groups and health advocates, celebrated the strong bipartisan support and passage of Senate Bill 292, An Act Concerning The Use Of PFAS Chemicals In Certain Products […]

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The Legislative Session in New York Has Ended; Our Work on Ensuring the Strongest Policy Protections Has Not

This blog was updated from our end-of-session press release, which we issued on Saturday, June 10. It was the middle of Thursday afternoon, on what was intended to be the final day of the legislative session in New York, when Governor Kathy Hochul stood beside several of her commissioners and acknowledged that everywhere across the […]

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Reflecting on the 27th UN Climate Change Conference

Save the Sound Policy Intern Kaleigh Pitcher is pursuing her Master’s of Public Policy at the University of Connecticut and hopes to continue working towards the intersections of climate justice and health equity in public policy. She recently aided our climate and environmental justice teams in monitoring developments at the 27th United Nations Climate Change […]

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