Press Release: Save the Sound concerned NYS Budget for FY2027 weakens environmental protections

Increased clean water investment is a positive; rollbacks to CLCPA, SEQRA threaten environmental health More money will be invested in clean water infrastructure, but the longest negotiation process in years resulted in a New York State budget for Fiscal Year 2027 that Save the Sound laments will be more harmful than helpful for environmental protections. […]

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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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