At 54.5 mpg, a big step forward.
On July 29, President Obama announced the outline of new clean car standards covering cars and light trucks through 2025, which will amount to the single biggest step this country has ever taken to end...
View ArticleA step closer to restoring Long Island Sound.
In 2010, at the urging of our staff and members, the Environmental Protection Agency introduced new clean water rules that will curb the sewage pollution that flows into Long Island Sound.
View ArticleA brighter future for wind and solar.
New policies we helped win will make it easier to build wind farms on and offshore, and to put solar panels on our roofs.
View ArticleThe nation's first drilling ban.
In 2010, former Gov. David Paterson issued the nation’s first temporary ban on “fracking,” the most dangerous form of drilling, after we organized thousands of New Yorkers to speak out and take action.
View ArticleNew York Bans Fracking
On December 17, Gov. Cuomo announced he would ban fracking in the state of New York, citing both public health and environmental risks.“I cannot support high volume hydraulic fracturing in the great...
View ArticleWe're tackling global warming pollution.
Together, we’ve made hard-won progress in the race to protect our children from the worst consequences of global warming. This past June, after more than 3 million Americans, including many New...
View ArticleWe defended New York against drilling.
In response to fracking’s toxic threat to our health and environment, we mobilized thousands of concerned citizens to stand up to the drillers. The grassroots opposition we’ve built has helped convince...
View ArticleWe’re restoring Clean Water Act protections.
More than 800,000 of us called on the Environmental Protection Agency to close loopholes in the Clean Water Act. And in May, they answered by finalizing a rule to restore protections to the more than...
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