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- 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
- May 9, 2019 – New York State Adopts Final Rules to Phase Out Dirty Coal-Fired Power Plants
- April 30, 2019 – NYS Legislature Passes Suite of Bills That Protect Air, Water, and Health
- April 26, 2019 – LTE: Ban PFAS firefighting foams; prevent pollution at its root
- April 9, 2019 – Legislators, Advocates Call for Green Amendment in State’s Constitution
- April 8, 2019 – Legislators, Advocates to Call for Green Amendment in State’s Constitution
- April 1, 2019 – 2019 NY Budget Statements
- March 26, 2019 – LTE: Include all $2.5B for Water Infrastructure
- March 22, 2019 – Tonko, Environmental Orgs Call Out Trump’s #DirtyBudget
- March 13, 2019 – Environmental Advocates Comment on NYS Senate and Assembly Proposed Budgets
- February 21, 2019 – Op-Ed: The Waste and Health Problem Under New Yorkers’ Feet
- February 14, 2019 – Trump’s EPA Drops the Ball on PFOA, PFOS in Drinking Water
- February 7, 2019 – Leading Environmental Org Releases Water Infrastructure Report
- February 5, 2019 – Assembly Advances “Environmental Bill of Rights”
- January 24, 2019 – Report: Carpet industry must abandon toxic chemicals, embrace recycling as waste crisis looms large in New York
- January 17, 2019 – LTE: Government Shutdown Prevents EPA From Keeping Us Healthy
- January 15, 2019 – #NYBudget Responses