Tag: SEQRA

Save the Sound, other groups sue New York City over counterproductive wastewater treatment plan for Flushing Creek

Proposed approach would fail to reduce the 1 billion gallons of raw sewage entering the creek each year, threaten aquatic life, and introduce new chemical risks Riverkeeper, Save the Sound, and Guardians of Flushing Bay have filed a lawsuit against the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) challenging the City’s plan to construct […]

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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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