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- November 14, 2019 – Unsigned Environmental Bills
- November 13, 2019 – Albany County Passes Law Implementing 5-cent Fee on Paper Bags
- October 10, 2019 – Trump’s Revisions to Rule Delays Lead Pipe Replacement
- October 4, 2019 – Op-Ed: Are you drinking lead? Pipes bringing water to our homes present a serious risk
- September 23, 2019 – Legislators and Advocates Submit Thousands of Comments, Urging Cuomo to Lower Proposed MCLs
- September 12, 2019 – President Trump Repeals Clean Water Rule
- September 12, 2019 – LTE: Fish Story One Trump Needs to Hook Into
- September 9, 2019 – Broad Coalition Releases EV Toolkit to Electrify NY Municipalities
- September 5, 2019 – LTE: Fund the EPA
- August 24, 2019 – LTE: Don’t Let Trump Gut EPA’s Protections
- August 8, 2019 – LTE: Cuomo, Sign Ban On Dangerous Pesticide
- July 25, 2019 – Orgs Urge Cuomo to Lower Proposed Maximum Contaminant Levels
- July 18, 2019 – Groundbreaking Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act Signed Into Law
- July 8, 2019 – NYS Accepts Clean Water Safeguards
- July 3, 2019 – 3+ Years Later, Still No Clean Water Safeguards for New Yorkers
- June 21, 2019 – State Legislature Bans Toxic PFAS “Forever” Chemicals in Firefighting Foam
- June 21, 2019 – Iwanowicz: “Best Environmental Legislative Session in a Generation”
- June 20, 2019 – NYS Passes Groundbreaking Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act
- June 5, 2019 – Legislation Will Protect NY’s Drinking Water from Dangerous Contaminants
- May 22, 2019 – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Endorses Climate and Community Protection Act